The Intolerance of Islam: The University College Incident

The University College in London recently banned an Islamic Student Organization for attempting to segregate men and women in a debate sponsored by the said organization, the Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA). The debate, on the subject matter ‘Islam or Atheism: Which Makes More Sense?’ 

One of the speakers, Dr. Lawrence Krauss, threatened to walk out of the debate after organizers attempted to segregate men and women. He was jeered upon as he walked out of the debate table. It was reported that the debate continued after the organizers abandoned the planned "sexual apartheid."

The university is forever banning the said organization from ever conducting activities in campus as it has, according to school officials, " '...their interests are contrary to UCL’s ethos and that we should not allow any further events involving them to take place on UCL premises.'"

IERA spokesman Mr. Saleem Chagtai that such procedure (the segregation of the sexes) is normal and accepted in Islamic societies. Adding, ‘There were a number of ladies who used their free will and didn’t want to sit with the opposite sex.’ To which I would add, then WHY THE HELL DO YOU NEED TO IMPOSE IT IF WOMEN WANT TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES. IF THEY WANT TO, THEN THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SIT SEPARATELY from men. THERE IS NO NEED TO ACTUALLY ENSURE THAT EVERYONE ACTUALLY BE SEPARATED. LET THE WOMEN CHOOSE WERE THEY SIT. YOU don't tell people WHERE THEY will SIT.

This is actually the fundamental problem of Islam, it really is a bigoted, misogynistic, intolerant, backward and brutal ideology masquerading as a faith. As Sam Harris would say, the problem with Islam is not the Islamic fundamentalists but the fundamentals of Islam itself, I am not Islamic scholar but I have read and listened to various literary pieces and talks on Islam, indeed, you only have to read the Koran to know that it institutionalizes violence and bigotry.