My
name is Paul Derengowski, and I was hired by Tarrant County
College in 2008 to teach
Great World Religions, Bible History I & II, and Introduction to Philosophy.
On
November 8, 2011, I gave the second of a two-part lecture on Islam, as I've
been doing Spring, Fall, and sometimes twice in the Summer, dealing with
Islamic history and doctrine, and more particularly Muhammad's move to Medina. A
question had been raised by two Muslim students in the previous the lecture
concerning the sources I used to discuss the raid at Nakhlah. At the start of
the second lecture I provided my sources (The Life of Muhammad by Haykal and
the Qur'an), which included reading Sura 2:216-217. That is when all hell broke
loose.
Both
Muslim students, for an hour, berated me, my sources, and my credentials. When
other students in the class attempted to ask questions or make comments, then
the Muslim students would interrupt them as well. Finally, toward the end of
the class period, a student made a comment on how "scary" the person
of Muhammad seemed to be. That's when the male Muslim blurted out "you
ought to be scared," and then bolted for the door in a fit of outrage. I
subsequently filed a campus police report on him out of concern for the safety
of students and myself. The female followed suit as well, claiming later in a
libelous email she passed around unbeknownst to me—that is, until one of the
students forwarded the diatribe to me later—that she was not going to sit there
and listen to me slander her religion, even though all I did was quote from
Islamic sources.
It
was the libelous email that really started the wheels in motion leading up to
my resignation. The female Muslim student not only stealthily sent around the
email to all the rest of the students in the class to (1) defame me behind my
back, but also to (2) try and gather support for her reckless behavior. She
ended up with zero support from anyone. In it she made the same baseless claims
of slandering Islam, but included some selective quotes from a couple of Mormon
bloggers who had done what she was doing, and that is malign me in a malicious
way, as well as a portion of blog I had written in 2009 on the Abdulmuttalab
idiot who tried to blow up the plane over Detroit.
Both
Muslim students then turned to TCC administration to make their specious
complaints. The sad thing is, as if what these students did was not sad enough,
is that the administration kowtowed to them, called me in and questioned
everything from my syllabus (which was already approved and essentially the
same ever since 2008) to my motives for teaching, to the banner on my website
dealing with Islam. I was informed that I was to teach "neutral" in
my views on religion, my opinions and insights were not welcome, that the
remainder of my syllabus would be nixed, and that I was to strictly abide by
the department approved book (which in reality, I was the one who even selected
it for the course). None of the other students were called in and questioned as
to what happened. After a veiled threat concerning my employment for failure to
abide by the neutrality mandate, I subsequently resigned.
Since
my resignation on Nov. 15, I've received several letters of support from the
remaining students, as well as notes of encouragement from past students for
standing my ground. There are currently, at least, three grievances that have
been filed by the students in the class with the administration, yet the
administration continues to drag its feet. It has done NOTHING! TCC
administration claims that an investigation is ongoing, but no one has ever
been spoken to on the matter.
As
of today, I've been interviewed by CBS, FOX, KLIF-Dallas, and The Collegian, as
well as have several of my students, but as much as I appreciate some of the
effort, the two Muslim students have gone unscathed in this whole matter. Grades
have been overturned in their favor, which is a clear violation of TCC policy, as
well as another slap in my face for acting in an appropriate manner when
students are insubordinate, and they've been allowed to return to class, without
repercussion, while several of the students in the class are now suffering
discrimination, disrespect, forfeiture of return on money invested by their
companies for taking certain classes, and lower grades. It is truly a
despicable thing the TCC administration has allowed at what I termed a "terroristic
act of jihad."
This
is the Cliff Notes version of what has transpired. There are many more details
and the story only keeps getting uglier. I hope this helps you to understand
just a little of what has gone on, and is going on, these past weeks, as the "religion
of peace" and its followers wreak havoc once again upon American soil, education,
and freedom.
If
you need to speak to me directly, you may contact me at apologetics@capro.info. Thank
you.
A
grave injustice has occurred at Tarrant
County College
in Texas . If this situation is allowed to stand, it sets
a bizarre precedent for future attacks on an increasingly rare breed: PATRIOTIC AND TRUTHFUL COLLEGE PROFESSORS!
After
reading the account below, please call to register your “respectful outrage” to
the office of the President of the Southeast Campus:
President
Bill Coppola
Phone:
817-515-3001
Tarrant
County College District
http://www.tccd.edu/
Thank you Mike Mallory for getting me this info.
RECITATION: "I am very proud, that I pray to and worship our Judea/Christian, God Almighty. I am very proud to be an American, who loves all his family and all his fellow patriots. I will defend the original Constitutional. I will defend the rights and lives of patriots to the best of my ability and, if time and resources permit will even defend other Americans, who may fail to believe as I do, but I will never defend a Muslim, believer of the Quran! They are my ENEMY and I DO NOT recognize their beliefs in Islam to be a RELIGION, and I never will! Remember, be proud of, and promote, your beliefs! Be proud you're an American and promote that with pride! Be proud of your families and your fellow patriots and promote that with pride! And last, take some kind of real action and pray “everyday” for God to lead you correctly! Believe me.....this will lead to success.”” -- JOHN L SULAK ...and there you have some more opinions from me, Th' Dumb Ol' East Texas Boy. Take care out there, okay. IN GOD WE DO TRUST!
Thank you Mike Mallory for getting me this info.
RECITATION: "I am very proud, that I pray to and worship our Judea/Christian, God Almighty. I am very proud to be an American, who loves all his family and all his fellow patriots. I will defend the original Constitutional. I will defend the rights and lives of patriots to the best of my ability and, if time and resources permit will even defend other Americans, who may fail to believe as I do, but I will never defend a Muslim, believer of the Quran! They are my ENEMY and I DO NOT recognize their beliefs in Islam to be a RELIGION, and I never will! Remember, be proud of, and promote, your beliefs! Be proud you're an American and promote that with pride! Be proud of your families and your fellow patriots and promote that with pride! And last, take some kind of real action and pray “everyday” for God to lead you correctly! Believe me.....this will lead to success.”” -- JOHN L SULAK ...and there you have some more opinions from me, Th' Dumb Ol' East Texas Boy. Take care out there, okay. IN GOD WE DO TRUST!
The religion of peace, huh? Bah--humbug! Piss be on them!
ReplyDeleteI have just finished reading The Everlasting Hatred by Hal Lindsey. There is no way to please these Muslims, until all the Jew's and Christlans are dead, then they will kill themselves,because they are filled with hate.
ReplyDeleteThe "Everlasting Hatred" is very appropriate for Muslims. They can't even get along with each other! You have no argument from me on your assessment.
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