One common demand from the encamped righteous has been that colleges bring in more students from “Palestine” (example in Oregon; state-sponsored NPR gives us an example from New Jersey). If we look at photos from Gaza, however, we don’t see people who dress and act like American college students. Nobody is drinking alcohol. Nobody has a pet dog (“Islam forbids Muslims to keep dogs,”). Females don’t go out without being well covered in hijab and long dress (to do otherwise would be to dress like a prostitute (BBC)). Here’s an example from UNRWA (they provided 3 million medical consultations to 2.3 million Gazans during 6 months of war, which means that it is easier to get in to see a doctor in Gaza during wartime than in the U.S. during peacetime):
Lets have a look at the encampments. Here’s one at the University of Coimbra, founded in 1290:
There were about 10 protesters (out of 25,000 students total at Portugal’s oldest university) and at least two of them had pet dogs. In the photo above, a dog is not only kept as a pet, contrary to Islam, but is allowed to walk on the sacred Palestinian flag.
Here’s the encampment at Brown:
Instead of hijabs, students who appear to identify as “female” are wearing halter tops, showing cleavage, etc.
How are students from Gaza supposed to feel welcome in this debauched environment? Shouldn’t the pro-Hamas college students demand that administrations ban alcohol (including for those over 21, e.g., at faculty and alumni events), ban immodest dress, and ban dogs from their campuses?
To be fair, the Gazans do practice a limited form of polyamory, so that might be okay for all the sex-positive college kids.
One of the charms of Coimbra was the sight of students wearing their academic cloaks around town as a matter of course and not just for ceremonies. I wonder if they retain the custom.
The conclusion section of the website link in your post about dogs mentions that “Muslims should not imitate the kuffar …”, so it seems it is ok for some kuffar people to own dogs as just pets. Can’t students from Gaza simply ignore such kuffars who have pet dogs and engage in other reprehensible activities mentioned here?
Anon: Would you want to be surrounded by people whose behavior is disgusting to you? Suppose that you were invited to attend a university in a country where people didn’t use forks, knives, or spoons, but ate everything off plates and bowls with their mouths, just as a dog might. There would be no rule against you bringing flatware from home and using it, but everyone else in the dining hall would be putting their faces down onto their plates.
On the skimpy dress matter, the typical Islamic country has https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_religious_police or similar to enforce the wearing of modest attire. Apparently, ignoring people who don’t adhere to Islamic rules is not acceptable. Google’s AI, asked if a western woman can not wear hijab in Iran: “No, the Islamic hijab is required for all women in Iran after puberty, regardless of their religious beliefs or nationality. The law applies to both residents and tourists, and posters are displayed throughout the country to remind women to comply.”
Many people would be willing tolerate people whose behavior they find disgusting if they are getting far more benefits (such as free housing, food, healthcare, phone, etc that you frequently highlight). So students may not have to alter their behavior in the short run to welcome migrants. However, once there are enough of those and they have power, they may decide to address such issues that they find disgusting.
“Anon: Would you want to be surrounded by people whose behavior is disgusting to you?”
Now that you mention it, it sure seems the answer to that question is yes, yes, YES! for many peoples and religions.
Judging by the quantity of Muslims in Europe, alcohol and dogs are ok as long as they come with a generous social benefit system (see Germany vs Poland)