College Suspends Student for Daring to Question Muslim Professor Who Said Jesus is a Hoax

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College Suspends Student for Daring to Question Muslim Professor Who Said Jesus is a Hoax

A college in Florida kicked out a student who had the temerity to question a Muslim professor who told her class that Jesus did not exist.

Published 3 hours ago

on December 27, 2019

By Warner Todd Huston
 
A college in Florida kicked out a student who had the temerity to question a Muslim professor who told her class that Jesus did not exist and that the crucifixion is a hoax.

Marshall Polston, a sophomore at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, claims he confronted his Muslim humanities professor, Areeje Zufari, for her hateful claims about Jesus that are not supported by well accepted historical records.

“It was very off-putting and flat out odd,” the 20-year-old student told the Central Florida Post. “Honestly, it reminded me of some of the more radical groups I researched when abroad.”

https://thewashingtonsentinel.com/college-suspends-student-for-daring-to-question-muslim-professor-who-said-jesus-is-a-hoax/

[PeteS in CA]

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/31/rollins-college-lifts-suspension-of-marshall-polst/

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times - Friday, March 31, 2017

https://world.wng.org/2017/03/student_and_professor_clash_over_religion

by Kiley Crossland
Posted 3/31/17, 01:22 pm

UPDATE: Rollins College has reinstated Marshall Polston, the Christian student suspended last week over conflict with a Muslim professor. His attorney said he plans to return to school next week.

“A student’s freedom of speech and expression are the cornerstones of liberty in a free society,” attorney Kenneth Lewis said in a statement Thursday night, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Lewis called for a full inquiry into the actions of the professor, Areej Zufari.

[Fishrrman]

I'd be looking for another college to which to transfer...

[Smokin Joe]

I'd be looking for another college to which to transfer...

Absolutely.

[Wingnut]

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/31/rollins-college-lifts-suspension-of-marshall-polst/


https://world.wng.org/2017/03/student_and_professor_clash_over_religion

Even more good news.

Muslim Professor Forced To Resign For Controversial Comments [on Areej Zufari]
"Vulgar" and "Mean-spirited"

by Fred Maxwell
Western Journalism
April 13, 2017

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A controversial Muslim professor in Florida has resigned from her position.

In March, Areej Zufari, a humanities professor at Rollins College was confronted by one of her students after she said the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was a "hoax" and that Christ's disciples did not believe he was God.

Sophomore Marshall Polston, 20, said that, as a Christian, the remarks were "unsettling."

"It was very off-putting and flat out odd. I've traveled the Middle East, lectured at the Salahaddin University, and immersed myself in Muslim culture for many years," Polston told the Central Florida Post. "Honestly, it reminded me of some of the more radical groups I researched when abroad."

Polston was reportedly asked to leave campus after Zufari filed a complaint claiming he made her feel "unsafe."

The dispute between student and professor was not just about Zufari's "anti-Christian" remarks.

https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/24518/muslim-professor-forced-to-resign-for

[PeteS in CA]

  @The Ghost! From that article,

After receiving a grade of 52 on an essay, Polston sent Zufari an email, Polston told College Fix.

In the email, Polston accused her of having a double standard.

"On the one hand you report me to the dean for correcting you while you were indoctrinating students with false information. On the other hand a Muslim student in class cracks a joke about chopping someone's body parts off and you do nothing," the email read.
...
In a statement to the Orlando Sentinel, president of Rollins College Grant Cornwell said the "hateful threats and emails and phone messages" were the reason Zufari resigned.
...
The college president also said that Polston was suspended because of his "vulgar" and "mean-spirited" Facebook comments, insisting a student would "never ever ever" be suspended for disagreeing with a professor.

Polston's attorney disagreed, saying the classroom dispute was precisely why he was suspended. ...

[Smokin Joe]

@The Ghost! From that article,

It wouldn't be the first time a student was graded down because of a disagreement with a professor. (If that happened).
I dropped a class over that back when.