AHA-gate: AEI vindt Hirsi ongeschikt als onderzoekster

[Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks]

REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl

Hahahahahaha....   :-)

Bron:  PipeLineNews
Datum: 7 augustus 2006
URL:   http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=ali8706.htm
Ref:   http://www.aei.org


Statement By American Enterprise Institute Scholar To Be - Ayan Hirsi Ali
- Raises Conservative Hackles
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

August 7, 2006 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - As noted in our
previous coverage of Ayan Hirsi Ali - who is still angling for a position
at the highly regarded American Enterprise Institute - the former Dutch MP
does not seem to possess the traits normally associated with high level
research.

As her most recent interview in the Jerusalem Post, Ayaan Hirsi Ali on
Israel makes abundantly clear, her understanding of the broad backdrop of
issues that surround her core interest in radical Islam is hardly rigorous
- "superficial" to use her own words.

More troubling however is Ali's moral relativism which in conservative
circles is strongly thought to be a barrier to developing a clear
understanding of the clash of cultures promulgated by the Islamists.

"From my superficial impression, the country also has a problem with
fundamentalists," she says. "The ultra-Orthodox will cause a demographic
problem because these fanatics have more children than the secular and the
regular Orthodox."

>From this single statement much can be gleaned.

Does Ms. Ali realize that Israel is currently in a shooting war with
Iran's proxy army Hezbollah, and that making statements of an inflammatory
nature might be considered ill-advised?

Why would she employ the term "fanatics" to describe Israel's most devout
Jews? Is this indicative of the type of mindset beneficial to dispassionate
research?

In a brief conversation this morning with Veronique Rodman, AEI's
Director of Communications she indicated that the offer of a position to
Ms. Ali is not yet a done deal and that Ali's citizenship still clouds
any potential alliance.

We suggest that AEI reconsider its offer to Ali, she has neither the
temperament nor the intellectual gravitas necessary for successful
scholarship - in our opinion Ali is a train wreck just waiting to happen.

--------
(c) 2006 PipeLineNews.org

**********
Dit bericht is verzonden via de informele D66 discussielijst (D66 at nic.surfnet.nl).
Aanmelden: stuur een email naar LISTSERV at nic.surfnet.nl met in het tekstveld alleen: SUBSCRIBE D66 uwvoornaam uwachternaam
Afmelden: stuur een email naar LISTSERV at nic.surfnet.nl met in het tekstveld alleen: SIGNOFF D66
Het on-line archief is te vinden op: http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/d66.html
**********