McMaster professor who sponsored 'Wear a Hijab Day' says she was targeted before

From the Globe and Mail (McMaster professor was targeted before, she says by Unnati Gandhi, April 14, 2007):

A McMaster University professor whose office door was spray painted with anti-Islamic profanity this week says this was not the first time she's been targeted by people on campus for her association with Muslim students.

Muriel Walker, an assistant professor of French at the Hamilton, Ont., university, said she's been told on several occasions "by colleagues and people around" that she shouldn't openly support events like the "Wear a Hijab Day" she organized last week.

"I was told that I would always be remembered as a crazy leftist who supports fanatical terrorists," she told The Globe and Mail yesterday.

[Hyphenated_Canadian: I don't know that she supports terrorism, but 'crazy leftist' sounds right to me. The phrase 'liberal flake' also comes to mind. Given the climate that Muslim terrorists have created with their violence, asking non-Muslims to wear a Muslim religious symbol is a provocation. Wear a Hijab Day doesn't justify vandalism and hateful language, but people have good reason to feel irritated if not angry. Instead of encouraging a much-needed discussion about the national security implications of mass immigration from Muslim countries, Muriel Walker and others like her waste our time with liberal guilt. To people like her, Islamic terrorism isn't the problem. The real threat comes from cultural insensitivity. This professor has a view of the world that is maddening. Enough with the guilt trips already!]

"This equation that Arab equals Muslim equals terrorist . . . is very, very alive here, unfortunately."

[Hyphenated_Canadian: And whose fault is that? I can understand it must be painful for a law-abiding Muslim to see his faith constantly linked to terrorism, but non-Muslims make that link because of real events, not because of stereotyping. As long as Muslim extremists do things like this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this, people will associate Islam with terrorism.]

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Sandra Wilson, the police force's community relations co-ordinator, said investigators still have no leads, but believe the perpetrators come from within the McMaster community. Ms. Wilson said the incident highlights the fact that the community is becoming more "racialized and diverse in Hamilton and, certainly, at McMaster. Unfortunately, that means we're going to see more of these types of incidents."

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Read all of Unnati Gandhi's article.

Sandra Wilson should talk to Jared Taylor. The man was castigated (not to mention physically assaulted) for pointing out that racial diversity causes tension and conflict. Read the text of his speech Is Racial Diversity Good for Canada? Does it make sense to have an immigration policy that radically alters Canada's ethnic balance? Is it wise to promote diversity for the sake of diversity? These are the things we should be discussing instead of constantly obsessing over Muslim sensitivities.

See also:

Wear My Crucifix Day to show solidarity with Christians persecuted in Muslim countries

McMaster University's Wear a Hijab Day elicits strong response