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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (875)	9/14/2006 6:28:39 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

Radical Islam opponent wins 'courage' award By Bob Klanac A faculty member of the University of Western Ontario has been chosen as recipient of an award by the leading Jewish organization in North America. Salim Mansur, an associate professor with Western's Political Science Department, will receive a Profile In Courage Award from the American Jewish Congress (AJC) in a ceremony September 17 in Los Angeles. Mansur expressed surprise at the award. "One does what one does in life without seeking any reward." Mansur has written widely on the Middle East and related issues for media ranging from the Sun chain of newspapers to the Globe and Mail as well as international media. The Profiles In Courage award is being presented to those who are "voices of Muslim reformers in the modern world." Other recipients at the ceremony include Salman Rushdie, Waja Sultan, Nonie Darwish, and Tashbih Sayyed. "The AJC recognizes that there are Muslims who have taken a position to oppose, in some fundamental sense, by their words, painting, drawings, in repudiating the values and the ideology that goes into the making of Islamist extremism," says Mansur. Mansur demurs that distinctions of courage are for others to make about people adding that, "I suppose in some very minor sense that I have been writing and speaking in the public arena in opposition to the radical Islamists that have declared war on western civilization. "I have been devoted to writing about it and letting the world know or at least my readers about what has been happening," he says. "At the least I have been a minor voice as an Islamist who has fought back against those who have used and abused Islam for their own purposes." The American Jewish Congress defines itself as an association of Jewish Americans, whose members have organized to defend against threats to Jewish interests at home and abroad through vigorous public policy advocacy through the courts and political means and by working overseas with others who are similarly engaged. Salim Mansur, Political Scientist, media commentator communications.uwo.ca