Screening of
‘American Sniper’ Canceled at University of Maryland
by Amy Lutz 23 Apr 2015
A planned screening of the film American Sniper on
the University of Maryland campus has been
been canceled after outcry from Muslim
students.
The school’s conservative group released this statement in
response:
The University of Maryland Student Entertainment Events
(SEE) decided to screen American Sniper on May 6 and 7, 2015. After
meeting with concerned student organizations, SEE has decided to ‘postpone’ the
movie.
If the University prevents a movie like this from being
shown, it promotes intolerance and stifles dialogue and debate on the subject
and goes directly against the atmosphere of diversity the University of
Maryland purports to provide.
The Muslim Students Association at the University of
Maryland started a petition requesting that the school pull the screening
of American Sniper. In the petition, the group stated that the film
“perpetuates the spread of Islamaphobia and is offensive to many Muslims around
the world for good reason.”
Ironically enough, the group also requested that students
“exercise their freedom of speech” by signing the petition to remove the film
from campus. MSA seemingly got their wish this morning when the school decided
to cancel the screening.
The University of Maryland is only one of several campuses
that have faced student outcry for screening, or attempting to screen, the
Oscar-winning film. Just recently, the Young Americans for Freedom chapter at
the University of Michigan
protested the school’s decision to cancel the campus screening. Their protests
were successful as the school eventually decided to show the film as
planned.
Muslim
Osama Bin Laden
planned the 9-11 terrorist attacks,
and the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden’s
9-year-effort led to his killing in 2011.
Note: U.S.
Naval Special Warfare Development Group troops that raided bin Laden
compound in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden.
SEAL Team Six
The United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), or DEVGRU, is a U.S. Navy component of Joint
Special Operations Command. It is often referred to as SEAL Team Six,
the name of its predecessor which was officially disbanded in 1987.
National
Security Agency (NSA) conducted
electronic surveillance for the Hunt for
Osama Bin Laden, and intercepted phone calls & email messages from Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti.
Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti’s
phone calls & email messages were intercepted by the National Security Agency (NSA), and was Osama Bin Laden’s courier.
National
Security Agency (NSA) is a contractor
for the University of Maryland.
William A.
Galston is a professor at the University
of Maryland, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Carol L. Graham
is a professor at the University of
Maryland, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
John D.
Steinbruner is a professor at the University
of Maryland, and was a director of the Foreign Policy Studies Program for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think
tank), the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, and the Human
Rights Watch.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a
benefactor for the Human Rights Watch,
and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Human Rights Watch.
Sherrilyn Ifill
was a chair, U.S. programs for the Open
Society Foundations, is the president & director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund,
and a law professor at the University of
Maryland.
Jacques S.
Gansler is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a professor at the University of Maryland.
William
E. Mayer is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a trustee at the University of Maryland.
Beth
A. Brooke was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a director at the White House Project.
Gara
LaMarche was an associate director at the Human Rights Watch, a VP & director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations, and a
director at the White House Project.
Daisy
Khan was a director at the White
House Project, is a developer for Park51,
married to Feisal Abdul Rauf, and an
executive director for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Park51
Park51 (originally named Cordoba House) was a planned 13-story Islamic
community center in Lower Manhattan.
The majority of the center was set aside for the general public to promote interfaith
dialogue. Plans for the center included a Muslim
prayer space which, due to its location two blocks from the World Trade Center site,[6][7]
has controversially been referred to as the "Ground Zero mosque", though
numerous commentators disputed that characterization.[8][9] The
owner now proposes to build a three-story museum instead of the original
13-story center.[10]
Park51 would have replaced an
existing 1850s building of Italianate style that was damaged in the September 11 attacks. The design included a 500-seat auditorium, theater, a performing arts center, a fitness center,
a swimming pool, a basketball court, a childcare area, a bookstore, a culinary school,
an art studio, a food court, and a memorial to the victims of the September 11
attacks. It included a prayer space for the Muslim community to accommodate
1,000–2,000 people.
Feisal Abdul
Rauf is a developer for Park51, married
to Daisy Khan, the founder &
chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, and
a co-founder for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Cordoba
Initiative is a sister organization for the American Society for Muslim Advancement, and a sponsor for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow.
Alwaleed
Bin Talal Foundation was a funder for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow.
Alwaleed bin
Talal is the founder of the Alwaleed
Bin Talal Foundation, the Saudi
Arabia prince, and a benefactor for the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a center
at Georgetown University.
Madeleine K.
Albright is a professor at Georgetown
University, an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a
director at the Center for a New
American Security.
Jacques S.
Gansler is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a professor at the University of Maryland.
William
E. Mayer is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a trustee at the University of Maryland.
Beth
A. Brooke was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a director at the White House Project.
R.
Leslie Deak was an advisory board member for the Center for a New American Security, a contributor for the American Society for Muslim Advancement,
a contributor for the Cordoba Initiative,
and sued Feisal Abdul Rauf for alleging
abuse of nonprofit funds.
Cordoba
Initiative is a sister organization for the American Society for Muslim Advancement, and a sponsor for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow.
Feisal Abdul
Rauf was sued by R. Leslie Deak
alleging abuse of nonprofit funds, is a developer for Park51, married to Daisy
Khan, the founder & chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, and a co-founder for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Sour charity: Ousted Ground Zero mosque leader stole
millions, suit says
By Julia Marsh
http://nypost.com/2013/02/06/sour-charity-ousted-ground-zero-mosque-leader-stole-millions-suit-says/
ZERO SUM: Imam Feisal Abdul Raufm (right), once the leader of the proposed Ground Zero
mosque project (left), is accused of embezzlement.
What a holy mess.
The married founder and former
religious leader of the controversial Ground Zero mosque project allegedly
embezzled millions from his Muslim
charity to lavish gifts on a special lady
friend, buy a sports car and vacation around the globe, according to a lawsuit
filed by a disgruntled financial backer.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf treated
his Cordoba Initiative and Shariah Index Project, nonprofits meant to promote
religious tolerance and fight anti-Muslim bigotry, like a personal piggy bank, the
suit filed by Westchester businessman Robert Leslie Deak alleges.
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