A Palestinian academic who has supported suicide bombings in Israel is to be allowed to speak at a London university.
Tom Whitehead
The Telegraph [UK]
24 Feb 2012
Student campaigners have hit out after Azzam Tamimi was invited to attend the event at Queen Mary University on Tuesday.
Mr Tamimi has previous said he would be willing to blow himself up in Israel if given “the opportunity” and is a supporter of Hamas, which is a banned group in the UK.
The move will raise fresh concerns over the spread of extremist views on campuses but the university last night insisted it was defending freedom of expression.
Mr Tamimi, who is based in Britain, is to speak at an event hosted by the university’s Palestine Solidarity Society, called ‘One State or Two State Solution’.
In 2004, he claimed sacrificing oneself was a “noble cause” and said he would blow himself up in a strike against Israel he was allowed back in to the country.
“It is the straight way to pleasing my God and I would do it if I had the opportunity,” he told the BBC at the time…
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