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Fired for Reporting the Truth
Last month, I attended an interfaith panel discussion, “Unpacking Misconceptions,” at Portland State University, where I’m a political-science graduate student. I ended up being fired as the multimedia editor of our student newspaper, the Vanguard, for tweeting about what was said there. Much of the discussion was uncontroversial.
According to his piece in National Review, Andy Ngo, a former multimedia editor for the Vanguard, posted a clip from an interfaith panel discussion, during which a student asked the Muslim panelist about whether the Quran calls for killing non-Muslims.
The Muslim panelist responded by saying it is considered a crime in Muslim countries to follow any religion other than Islam and that non-Muslims have the option to leave (or, presumably, face death), adding:
And some, this, that you’re referring to, killing non-Muslims, that [to be a non-believer] is only considered a crime when the country’s law, the country is based on Koranic law — that means there is no other law than the Koran. In that case, you’re given the liberty to leave the country, you can go in a different country, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it. So you can go in a different country, but in a Muslim country, in a country based on the Koranic laws, disbelieving, or being an infidel, is not allowed so you will be given the choice [to leave].
Andy Ngo on Twitter
At @Portland_State interfaith panel today, the Muslim student speaker said that apostates will be killed or banished in an Islamic state. https://t.co/YpsVSB1w9P
Andy Ngo on Twitter
@Portland_State Here is full clip that I recorded. An audience member asked about Quran 5:51 & “infidels.” He summarizes Quran 5:32 just before video starts https://t.co/7FMgsPbFR6