Muslims attack Jews in South Africa! Demand that Jewish students be kicked from university

Letter called deplorable by South African authorities

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - A student group from Durban University of Technology (DUT) called for all Jews to be expelled from the school, because of their potential stance on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.

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In response, Vice Chancellor and Principal Ahmed Bawa called the "outrageous" demand "a deep violation of... every human rights principle."

"One of the demands on the memorandum was deregistration of Jewish students at DUT, to which my response was that this was outrageous, preposterous and a deep violation of our National Constitution and every human rights principle.

"No student at DUT will be discriminate against on the basis of religion, race, gender, political affiliation or sexual orientation."

Bawa issued his statement in response to a memo from the Students Representative Council and the Progressive Youth Alliance, which listed grievances which included more banal things like financial aid and student housing.

Immediately, a secretary with the student council, Mqondisi Duma, fired back. Stating that the decision to demand that Jews leave the university was the result of analysis of "international politics. We took the decision that Jewish students, especially those who do not support the Palestinian struggle, should deregister."

Natan Pollack, the national chairman of the South African Union of Jewish Students called the proposed plan "deplorable."

"To discriminate against people because of their religious and political standpoint goes against freedom of speech," he said.

The Student Representative Council released an apology letter, which was not, in fact, very apologetic.

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"The SRC apologises without reservation to anyone offended by recent demands made by us regarding Jewish students," the statement said. "Once more, we repeat our position, Israel is an apartheid state that should be fully isolated; on this point we will not concede.

"If there are any students, Jewish, Muslim, Christian, even atheists or any other that is funded by the apartheid state of Israel and its institutions they must not be students at DUT. If there are any, they must be immediately deregistered. Our campuses will not be breeding grounds for apartheid."

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