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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is for your kind orientation, a sad mail
recieved from a colleague from Copenhagen University</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best reagrds,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>External lecturer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mustafa Hussain</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dept. of Culture and Identity</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Roskilde Universitry.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DK- 4000 Roskilde., Denmark</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Research Coordinator,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>EUMAP - Muslims in the EU-Cities</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Open Society Foundation, London.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT><BR>I
apologize for cross posting. I just got the mail mentioned below. I
am<BR>thinking that some one of you may be
interested.<BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>Ehab Galal<BR><BR>Ph.D.
scholar<BR><BR>Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies<BR><BR>Carsten
Niebuhr Section<BR><BR>Copenhagen University<BR><BR>Snorresgade
17-19<BR><BR>2300 Copenhagen S<BR><BR>Denmark<BR><BR>Office phone: +45
35328914<BR><BR>Mob. phone: +45 31182305<BR><BR>Room:
772<BR><BR>E-mail: ehab@hum.ku.dk<BR><BR> <http://www.arabisk.ku.dk/>
http://www.arabisk.ku.dk/<BR>Please forward it and distribute it as wide as
possble<BR><BR>---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR><BR><BR>Dear
friends,<BR><BR><BR>I would like to request your support for our protest against
the structural<BR>exclusion of Iranian students and academics at two Dutch
universities.<BR><BR>Universities used to be open, scientific forums where
students and<BR>researchers were selected based on their academic qualities, not
their<BR>nationality. University of Twente and Einhoven University of Technology
have<BR>decided, in an unprecedented move, to reject all Iranian students
and<BR>academics "as a results of the UN sanctions" against the Iranian
government.<BR>This means that even students who are interested in subjects that
have<BR>nothing to do with nuclear technology, such as social sciences
and<BR>industrial design, are denied admission to the university.<BR><BR>Dear
friends, this is the first time, since the Second World War, that a<BR>specific
group of people is excluded from higher education. It is sad to<BR>observe that
it should happen in a country that used to be praised for its<BR>liberal and
progressive climate.<BR><BR>What needs to be done? We have already the support
of a large number of<BR>academics at the Dutch universities. Also, we have
lobbied so much that the<BR>Parliament will hold a session on this topic within
the next few days. We<BR>can really stop this, by sending a strong message to
the government and the<BR>universities that we do not accept discrimination
against innocent students<BR>and researchers, just because that have "the wrong"
nationality.<BR><BR>We need all the support that we can get. That is why I would
like to ask you<BR>to read our petition, using the following
links<BR><BR>http://www.iraansestudenten.nl/
<http://www.iraansestudenten.nl/><BR>(Dutch)<BR><BR>http://www.iraansestudenten.nl/?English<BR><http://www.iraansestudenten.nl/?English>
(English)<BR><BR>If you sign it, it would even be better! And please , spread
this message in<BR>your network.<BR><BR>Many
thanks<BR>Samrad<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>