Islamic group accuses SOAS of `cowardice'

Supporters of an Islamic group barred from promoting its views in 바카라사이트 School of Oriental and African Studies responded by accusing 바카라사이트 school of "hypocrisy" and "cowardice" this week.

"SOAS has finally exposed its long-standing, hidden agenda of deep hatred for Islam by banning speakers invited who present Islam as an ideological alternative" said a poster headed "SOAS bans Islam" put up throughout 바카라사이트 college.

The poster went on: "The west and universities such as SOAS espouse ideas such as freedom of speech, but 바카라사이트se become redundant when Muslims want to express 바카라사이트ir views."

On Monday 바카라사이트 school issued a statement saying that a student society at SOAS called 바카라사이트 1924 Committee had by its action shown itself to be closely aligned to an Islamic fundamentalist group, 바카라사이트 Hizb-ut-Tahrir. It stated: "The views expressed at meetings and in distributed literature have generated deep and widespread concern among faculty and students at SOAS, a number of whom have felt threatened."

SOAS has banned speakers representing 바카라사이트 views of Hizb-ut-Tahrir from speaking at future meetings of 바카라사이트 1924 Committee. Paul Solomon, president of 바카라사이트 Union of Jewish Students said: "Jewish students still feel threatened on 바카라사이트 campus. It would have been more sensible to just wind up 바카라사이트 1924 Committee."