FROM THE NEWSROOM: NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Muslim womens advocate critical of Islam has brought her message to Yale University where she was warmly greeted by her audience and by protests days earlier. The New Haven Register reports that Ayaan Hirsi Ali spoke Monday night, invited by the William F. Buckley Jr. Program. Ali reminded her audience of about 200 that Brandeis University disinvited her last spring and withdrew its offer of an honorary degree. Ali said her experience at Brandeis illustrates the Islam practice of resisting criticism. She praised the Buckley group for standing up for academic freedom. Ali said those who resist criticism are branded infidels and heretics. Yales Muslim Students Association said Ali lacks the credentials to speak authoritatively on Islam and asked the Buckley program to invite another speaker to counter Ali Hirsi.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:52:28 +0000
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