Multicultural college 'suspended staff for being white and Christian'

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The multi-cultural circus continues unabated in the UK. :erm:

The Telegraph

Professor Malory Nye, 47, claims he was dismissed from his job at the Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education in Dundee, Scotland, because its hierarchy viewed his race and religion as a threat to its Muslim values.

His wife Isabel Campbell-Nye, 42, alleges she was also forced out of her position as head of the college’s English language centre because she brought in too many students who were not Muslims or Arabs.

The independent college, sponsored by the Dubai royal family, advertises itself as a research-led institution “that promotes a greater understanding of different religions and cultures in a multicultural context, for the benefit of the wider community”.

However, the couple allege that its claims of multiculturalism were a charade and that Prof Nye was dismissed to make way for a Muslim replacement.

They are taking the college to an employment tribunal claiming racial and religious discrimination, and unfair dismissal.

Mrs Campbell-Nye is also claiming sex discrimination on the grounds that she was allegedly suspended and later dismissed because she is married to Prof Nye.

Prof Nye and his wife began working at the college eight and four years ago respectively and were so happy there that they chose to marry on the campus last year.

However, they believe they fell out of favour with leaders at the college, whose patron is Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the Deputy Ruler of Dubai, over fears they were pushing it in a more cosmopolitan direction.

They allege that Abubaker Abubaker, the director of operations, and Mirza al-Sayegh, chairman of its board of directors and private secretary to the Sheikh, decided to force them out because they were British, white and Christian.

Prof Nye said: “It is clear to me that there is collusion between these two individuals that I should be removed from my position on the basis that I am not an Arab and not a Muslim and that the person who has the role of principal should be Arab and/or Muslim.

“Multiculturalism and respect for cultural and religious differences are, I had thought, core values of the college.

“However, I believe that such inclusive multiculturalism no longer fits the particular type of multicultural vision of certain managers and the chairman, that is accepting of different cultures, so long as the majority of students are Muslims and/or Arabs and the ethos is distinctly Islamic.

“My face and lack of Muslim faith no longer fit.”
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I can't believe that these are the descendants of the British Empire who conquered 1/4 of the world....I'm quite sure that they wouldn't have taken this nonsense in the days of Churchill or Salisbury.
 
copacetic said:
Multicultural college 'suspended staff for not being Muslim' is what the headline should have been.
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Yeah, it's a pity the report didn't specify whether there are other teachers from other faiths besides Christianity and Islam there. Although I think we can guess that the answer is most probably a resounding "NO".
 
Nothing to do with the alleged multicultural circus yet though. As they say the place isn't exactly multicultural. At least not any longer. Still what would be telling is how their complaint pans out, if their claims of why they were dismissed are true.

Lounger said:
http://www.almi.abdn.ac.uk/2011/09/building-approval-sought-for-college-mosque/

Britain is far too tolerant. This would never be allowed in Quatar, for example.

"The cross should not be raised in the sky of Qatar, nor should bells toll in Doha," wrote Lahdan bin Issa al-Muhanada, a leading columnist in Doha's Al-Arab newspaper.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,338014,00.html
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What possible reason would Britain have for wanting to emulate the barbarians that run countries like Qatar and Dubai? Why don't we all emulate North Korea.

You can never be too tolerant (in the classic liberal sense).
 
noxibox said:
Haven't other bombers gone to standard British schools. Clearly breeding grounds for violence and mayhem.
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Most have come from areas in the UK dominated by a large Asian population. i.e. influencial Imams and Madrassas.
 
Protestant and Catholic too. Mostly restrict themselves to white on white violence though.
 
multi culturalism is a zero sum game. One of the cultures always has to give something up to appease the other.
 
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