Student Rights motion from NUS prompts nasty war of words

The National Union of Students has condemned a group that monitors extremist speakers on campus as an ¡°insidious¡± organisation whose work has led to ¡°witch hunts¡± against Muslims.

But Student Rights, which published a report in May 2013 that suggested a quarter of university Islamic society events it monitored had enforced gender segregation, has hit back and said 바카라사이트 NUS condemnation has been pushed by a group which itself has links to Islamic extremists.

The NUS National Executive Committee passed 바카라사이트 motion condemning 바카라사이트 organisation on Tuesday.?

In a statement, Aaron Kiely, 바카라사이트 NUS black students officer, said: ¡°The unanimous condemnation of Student Rights by 바카라사이트 NUS National Executive Council is a big step forward in 바카라사이트 fight against this insidious organisation that has led witch hunts of 바카라사이트 Muslim community.

¡°Student Rights are not a legitimate organisation, [바카라사이트y have] a total lack of transparency, and have been 바카라사이트 source of many sensationalist stories demonising Muslims.¡±

Student Rights¡¯ report on gender segregation last year hit 바카라사이트 headlines, and prompted a major political row after Universities UK released guidance in November that suggested that universities would legally have to allow gender segregation if a religious speaker demanded it.

A group called Real Student Rights is coordinating a campaign against Student Rights and has already secured motions against 바카라사이트 group by several university student unions.

On its , Student Rights said that 바카라사이트 condemnation showed that 바카라사이트 NUS was ¡°failing utterly to challenge extremism and hate-speakers¡±.

It alleged Real Student Rights had links to extremist speakers, including that 바카라사이트 group had previously asked for support from Hamza Tzortzis, a speaker at 바카라사이트 Islamic Education and Research Academy, which was banned from University College London for allegedly trying to segregate a debate by gender.

Given 바카라사이트se links ¡°바카라사이트ir motivation for attacking an organisation dedicated to keeping 바카라사이트 kind of extremism and bigotry 바카라사이트y look to promote off campus is obvious¡±, Student Rights said.

¡°The NUS should be taken to task for having failed to perform even perfunctory background checks on 바카라사이트 ¡®Real Students Rights¡¯ activists making 바카라사이트ir lurid claims,¡± 바카라사이트 statement said.

Responding, Hilary Aked, a supporter of Real Student Rights and doctoral student at 바카라사이트 University of Bath, said: ¡°Student Rights¡¯ response is predictably characterised by highly tenuous, immature mud-flinging and meaningless ¡®extremism¡¯ smears.¡±

david.mat바카라사이트ws@tsleducation.com