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Subject: well done UCL and lawrence krauss
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recurv11 14.03.13 - 10:54pm
University College London bans hard-line Islamic group which tried to segregate men and women at a debate held on university premises * +

recurv11 14.03.13 - 10:55pm
Islamic Education and Research Academy ran debate on Islam vs Atheism When audience was segregated speaker Lawrence Krauss walked out Debate eventually went ahead without the audience being divided by sex UCL says segregation is 'contrary to ethos' and iERA will now be barred * +

9362 14.03.13 - 10:57pm
Excellent * +

recurv11 14.03.13 - 10:57pm
The audience was there for a public debate on the subject 'Islam Or Atheism: Which Makes More Sense?'. It was organised by north London-based iERA, and the speakers were atheist American scientist Lawrence Krauss and Greek Islamic convert, Hamza Andreas Tzortzis. When Professor Krauss realised the audience was being segregated before the debate started, he packed his bag and said he was leaving. * +

recurv11 14.03.13 - 10:58pm
To boos and jeers from the audience, he told an organiser: 'Either you quit the segregation or I'm not interested'. Prof. Krauss then walked out, only returning when he had been persuaded by staff that they would abandon attempts to sit the audience according to gender. American student Dana Sondergaard wrote on her Facebook page: 'Tonight I attended a debate at UCL on Islam and Atheism. * +

recurv11 14.03.13 - 11:03pm
Atheist writer Richard Dawkins called the segregation 'sexual apartheid' and called it a 'disgraceful epsiode'. Writing on his blog, he said: 'University College, London is celebrated as an early haven of enlightened free thinking, the first university college in England to have a secular foundation, and the first to admit men and women on equal terms. Heads should roll. * +

recurv11 14.03.13 - 11:11pm
it makes u wonder wot century these guys living in... * +

urvoice1 14.03.13 - 11:23pm
not hard to guess, somewhere around 600th * +

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