Monday, September 10, 2007
The local Muslim American Society/Islamic Society of Boston email list is touting the anti-"occupation" film Occupation 101 and guess whose endorsement they're circulating? Why if it isn't former Andover High School teacher Ron Francis...gone from teaching impressionable high schoolers, but still out on the stump over his favorite obsession. From the email (quoting Francis):
CRHR is showing it.
Short discussion at 6:30 and the film starts exactly at 6:40 !
Fwd: from Cambridge Residents for Human Rights
www.crhr.org
CRHR is presenting the film "Occupation 101" on Tuesday August 21st at the Pearl St. Public Library in Cambridge. Address is 45 Pearl St.
A thought provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film produced on the conflict, Occupation 101 presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the controversy and dispels many of the longstanding myths and misconceptions.
The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the U.S. in the conflict, and the major obstacles which stand in the way of a peace based on justice. The roots of the conflict are explained with thought provoking commentaries from leading figures in the human rights, academic, religious and journalistic communities.
Leading figures like: Albert Aghazarian, the PR Director from Bier Ziet University, Phyllis Bennis, Noam Chomsky, Cindy and Craig Corrie, Paul Findley, Jeff Halper, Amira Hass, Rashid Khalidi, Michael Lerner, Ilan Pappe, and Alison Weir.
Lovely educational opportunity for the local Muslim youth.
Also, the Islamic American University's Boston branch is chugging along:
The Islamic American University opened its Boston branch last year and continues to provide Islamic Higher-Education for Muslims in the Greater Boston Area. In this email, I would like to show you the great potential that lies in this very accessible academic institution.
Are you studying Finance, Economics or Business? Why not take take "Islamic Economic System" or "Fiqh of Transactions" and enhance your academic background? This could easy be a stepping-stone into the flourishing field of Islamic Finance!...[etc...]
So what" IAU was founded by the infamous Salah Soltan, he of "Israeli soldiers make ash trays from Palestinian embryo skulls, and that the Talmud commands the Jews to kill all gentiles" among other things fame.
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