Providing private tuition to Mutassim Gaddafi, the National Security Advisor to the Gaddafi regime - no problem.
Giving ex-Pakistan dictator General Pervez Musharraf to speak to students despite being accused of complicity in murder, warcrimes and more - no problem.
Inviting al-Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki to speak - no problem.
Giving a platform to Palestinian academic Azzam Tamimi who has advocated suicide bombing, has told students he “longs to be a martyr” and that Israel “must come to an end” - no problem.
I could go on and on with the examples of 'no problem'; but some of SOAS's students found their limit this week when as The Standard reports, they 'stormed a university building and demonstrated against David Willets speaking on their campus... a student of politics and persian, said: "We were demonstrating against tuition fees, cuts and changes that are to be made to the education system."'
So allowing supporters of terrorism to speak is fine but a Conservative minister; no way.
It could be that the protester quoted above also protested against one or more of the above named speakers. It could be that there were equally vehement protests against the above four speakers. It could be; but somehow I doubt it.
Giving ex-Pakistan dictator General Pervez Musharraf to speak to students despite being accused of complicity in murder, warcrimes and more - no problem.
Inviting al-Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki to speak - no problem.
Giving a platform to Palestinian academic Azzam Tamimi who has advocated suicide bombing, has told students he “longs to be a martyr” and that Israel “must come to an end” - no problem.
I could go on and on with the examples of 'no problem'; but some of SOAS's students found their limit this week when as The Standard reports, they 'stormed a university building and demonstrated against David Willets speaking on their campus... a student of politics and persian, said: "We were demonstrating against tuition fees, cuts and changes that are to be made to the education system."'
So allowing supporters of terrorism to speak is fine but a Conservative minister; no way.
It could be that the protester quoted above also protested against one or more of the above named speakers. It could be that there were equally vehement protests against the above four speakers. It could be; but somehow I doubt it.
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