Cowardly Academics

Insanity is prevailing.

The London School of Economics has just banned the highly articulate and intelligent Douglas Murray, the author and Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion, from their campus.


Murray was to have chaired a debate about Islam titled “Islam or Liberalism. Which is the Way Forward?” The reason given was “security concerns.”


According to Damian Thompson, of the London Telegraph, the School had no such fears when known “members of Al-Mujaharoun, a pro-terror Islamist organisation,” spoke there. Thompson was in attendance. “The presence of the group was announced in advance, but that was OK with the School. Presumably that was because it was also OK with the Islamic campus ideologues in front of whom it cowers.’ ”


This is truly absurd. According to Peter Whittle, Director of the New Culture Forum (who, to his credit, has just invited Murray to chair their first program of 2009):


“The ban on Mr Murray is outrageous. Even more worrying however is the total silence on such occasions from our elected ‘representatives’ in public life. Are they cowards? Are they in denial? Certainly, Douglas Murray is neither. ”


Douglas Murray appeared on BBC1's 'The Big Questions' a few weeks back, when he took part in a debate about Israel's response to Hamas, in Gaza. Murray was fair, polite and in command of the facts. He also refused to condemn Israel for defending herself following eight years of Hamas terrorism.

The LSE powers-that-be should hang their heads in shame.