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Is extremism putting free speech in UK universities under threat?

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The University of Oxford had to cancel a debate on abortion last year because people objected that both panelists were male.

Concern that the Islamic State militant 'Jihadi John' may have been radicalised while attending a London university has re-stoked the debate about free speech in academic institutions.

Mohammed Emwazi was last week identified as the IS militant who has appeared in numerous beheading videos for IS. Emwazi attended the University of Westminster between 2006 and 2009. Former students have told the press that the university "created a hostile environment towards non-Muslims" and that it was heavily reliant on the income from foreign students, many of whom were Muslim, and so did not sufficiently scrutinise those invited to speak there.

The university has strongly defended the claims. And although the concerns may not prove true, they have prompted the institution to suspend all student events of a "sensitive" nature.

These fears come amid an ongoing debate about the freedom of expression at British universities and it doesn't just apply to religious groups. Recent cases include Oxford University cancelling a debate on abortion last year because people objected to the fact it was being debated by two men. And among the more bizarre examples are Birmingham University's ban on sombreros because they were deemed "racist" and UCL's student union banning the Nietzsche reading group.

Concerns were raised earlier this year by both academics and religious groups about the potential effect of the new Counter-Terrorism and Security Act. Guidance accompanying the Bill, which was issued in January, said universities would have to monitor groups on campus and vet talks and speakers.

While most Christians would support attempts to crack down on radicalisation, there were fears that this could have a negative impact on Christian unions and evangelical organisations hosting events at British universities.

The Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) said at the time the Bill was being debated that although they supported government efforts to combat terrorism, there needed to be a distinction between Islamist radicalisation and the work of Christian unions. "The basic tenets of the Christian faith have nothing to do with terrorism, so what possible justification can there be for jeopardising time-honoured freedoms in an attempt to counter Islamist threats?" the chairman of the board of trustees John Lenton and director Richard Cunningham said in a joint statement.

Academics also saidin February that the proposed legislation was a threat to freedom of speech and would place an "unenforceable duty on educational institutions". The government responded to these concerns, and proposed amendments to protect the freedom of expression in universities.

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Debate: Do Liberals Stifle Intellectual Diversity On The College Campus?

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Kirsten Powers writes about politics, human rights and faith for USA Today and The Daily Beast. Chris Zarconi/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption

Kirsten Powers writes about politics, human rights and faith for USA Today and The Daily Beast.

There is agreement on both the political left and right that a majority of college professors in the United States are liberal or left-of-center. But do liberals stifle free speech particularly that of political and social conservatives on college campuses?

Social conservatives often argue that campuses, as a whole, are generally hostile to views that don't conform to the social and political left. Conservatives and evangelicals are rarely asked to speak at colleges and universities, they argue. And they point to numerous incidents where, when schools have asked conservatives to speak, those invitations have been revoked after clamor from left-leaning students and faculty.

But there are many who disagree with the premise that liberals quash intellectual diversity on college campuses. They argue that criticism is not censorship, but that conservatives too often label it as such. And when speech has been curtailed at colleges, they say, it's far more often by administrators seeking to quell or ward off campus disruption than by left-leaning students and faculty.

In the latest event from Intelligence Squared U.S., two teams faced off on in an Oxford-style debate on the motion, "Liberals Are Stifling Intellectual Diversity On Campus." In these events, the team that sways the most people by the end of the debate is declared the winner.

Before the debate at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., 33 percent of the audience voted in favor of the motion, 21 percent were opposed and 46 percent were undecided. After the debate, 59 percent agreed with the motion, while 32 percent disagreed, making the team arguing in favor of the motion the winner.

FOR THE MOTION

Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate and Freedom from Speech. He has published articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Stanford Technology Law Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education and numerous other publications. He is also a blogger for Huffington Post and authored a chapter in the anthology New Threats to Freedom. Lukianoff is a frequent guest on local and national syndicated radio programs, has represented FIRE on national television and has testified before the U.S. Senate about free speech issues on America's campuses. He is a co-author of FIRE's Guide to Free Speech on Campus.

Angus Johnston (left), founder of StudentActivism.net, and Jeremy Mayer, a professor at George Mason University, argue against the motion, "Liberals Are Stifling Intellectual Diversity On Campus." Chris Zarconi/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption

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ISIS Supporters Threaten "Charlie Hedbo style" Attack Against Twitter Employees

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Microblogging platform Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) has gained a reputation for going to great lengths to preserve freedom of speech, at times leaving up accounts of hackers, trolls, and those sympathizing with violent terrorist movements. Now its cofounder and employees have found themselves the target of a death threat by supporters of the so-called"Islamic State" who were enraged at the American internet service firm's interference with their efforts to recruit new jihadis on social media.

I. Militant Microblogging

In 2014 Twitter struggled with the issue of the "Islamic State", better known as ISIS. The Sunni extremist militia, which controls territory in parts of Syria and Iraq, increasing took to posting execution photos and video on its news feeds to rally its supporters on Twitter. On the one hand ISIS's vocal presence on the site was damaging to Twitter's image. And ISIS supporters seemed in clear violation of the"Rules" subsection ofTwitter's Terms of Service (ToS), which ban:

According to ABC News, in the last week it has suspended 2,000+ user accounts who appeared to be active ISIS members or sympathizers with the movement. Also suspended were 13 out of 16 of the group's Twitter news feeds.

ISIS has leaned heavily on the social platform to connect with and radicalize both jihadis looking to travel to its territory the Middle East and those looking to carry out so-called "lone wolf" terrorist attacks overseas. The group has supporters in as many as 90 different countries who it communicates with via Twitter, according to intelligence experts.

II. ISIS Murder Threat Targets Twitter Founder and His Employees

Faced with losing a key recruitment tool some ISIS supporters decided to get more aggressive with Twitter. An Arabic language post to Pastebin like anonymous sharing site "JustPasteIt" carried a threatening tirade which lashed out at Twitter cofounder and chairman Jack Dorsey for the account crackdowns.

Alleged supporters of the terrorist group reportedly wrote:

Your virtual war on us will cause a real war on you. How will you protect your employees and supporters, helpless Jack, when their necks officially become a target for the soldiers of the Caliphate?

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Not so Charlie now?

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Blogger of the Year PETER RHODES on the unmasking of Jihadi John, freedom of speech on campuses and the rise of shower paranoia.

SO Jihadi John was a grand young lad until MI5 started harassing him. At that point he reacted as any young man would, by going to Syria and chopping people's heads off. Does anyone buy this narrative? Or is the truth that Mohammed Emwazi was, from his early years, as mad as a box of frogs?

I'D be interested to hear the views of his classmates at the age of about 14 when kids have an uncanny ability so spot contemporaries who are, as they charmingly put it, mental (or more commonly men'al, with a silent T). How many former pupils of Quintin Kynaston Academy have witnessed the unmasking of men'al Emwazi and muttered: Told you so.?

MEANWHILE, in the continuing war on terror, the Government wants to limit free speech on university campuses. So we aren't Charlie, after all?

ON the continuing theme of politicians robbing one generation to pay another, a reader says there are times in life when low interest rates are useful, and other times when higher rates and a dash of inflation are very helpful. The truly lucky ones, he declares, are those of us who managed to be first young, and then old, at just the right times.

AS good advice goes, the above item is about as helpful as the old tip on how best to avoid heart attacks: don't have parents who had heart attacks.

IT is not enough to be born of the blood royal. It is not enough to prove your valour as a rescue-helicopter pilot. It is not enough to marry a beautiful woman and produce heirs. In order to achieve full status as a prince of the British Monarchy you must also go to faraway places and wear a silly hat. Arise, William, the Samurai warrior.

I WROTE recently about the Conservative David Tredinnick who says astrology could have a role in health care. Tredinnick is an old Cornish name and I'm disappointed the MP doesn't mention the benefits of befriending a pisky, the Cornish equivalent of leprechauns. If you want extra luck, offer an incantation to the Queen of the Piskies, Joan the Wad. For all dental problems consult the Tooth Fairy.

A SURVEY on the nation's showering habits has generated an enormous, angst-ridden response, mostly from women journalists. No surprises there. Thousands of years of religion and culture have convinced women that they are sinful and unclean and generally in need of a good purification. As religion declined, the multi billion-dollar cosmetics industry took over with the relentless advertising message that women are not only sinful, unclean and impure but also wrinkly, hairy and yellow-toothed. No wonder that so many women have been driven to hygiene-paranoia. This survey, by a skin-care company, assumes that we should all shower at least once a day. Well, who says so? Was the human skin ever intended to be drenched in hot water and stripped of its oils every 24 hours? And once you assume a daily shower is essential, how easy it is to convince yourself that two or more showers a day are even better. It becomes a sort of mania. Show me someone who has three showers a day and I'll show you someone whose problem lies not in the armpits but between the ears.

MY own personal-hygiene arrangements are brisk and regular. Every three months Mrs Rhodes hoses me down in the back yard. Whether I need it or not.

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Moss Beach man among 100 candidates selected for Mars colonization training

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Several Bay Area residents and natives are among 100 people selected worldwide to begin training for a planned mission to colonize Mars in 2024.

The 100 candidates were selected from a pool of more than 200,000 applicants around the world. The 50 men and 50 women selected will now begin a selection round including group training exercises and interviews.

Eventually the Mars One foundation, a nonprofit established to set up a human colony on Mars, plans to set up outposts on Earth in areas like the desert or the Arctic for small groups to inhabit as part of their training.

The training would include scenarios like what they would do if the air supply unit stopped functioning correctly, or if they were running out of water.

Portions of the training process could be televised and organizers hope selling the broadcast rights will help to fund the mission.

One of the several Bay Area residents selected is Peter Felgentreff, 50, a technology worker who lives near Moss Beach in San Mateo County.

Im thrilled about it, Felgentreff said Tuesday.

He learned he was selected to be one of the 100 applicants this week and said he is ready to begin the extensive training necessary before he could potentially take the trip to Mars in less than a decade.

The pool of applicants includes people from a wide range of backgrounds teachers, artists, engineers but little Earth-bound experience could prepare someone to be the first person to move to another planet.

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Slovakia-NATO Meeting: War in Ukraine and Russian role in the conflict tops the agenda – Video

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Slovakian President Andrej Kiska has met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, Belgium. Top of the agenda was the war in Ukraine and the role of Russia in the conflict....

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