The University of Minnesota has concluded its investigation and taken formal action regarding Professor Ismail. I appreciate the resolve shown by those who demanded accountability for his behavior. We will remain vigilant to ensure the campus environment upholds the standards of conduct that students deserve.
November 27, 2020
Stop Racist U.S. Prof. Qadri Ismail who wrote "F*** You President Gotabaya Rajapaksa"
Final supporters
Stop Racist University of Minnesota Prof. Qadri Ismail
“F*** you, Mr. President.”
That is the crude and shocking title Professor Qadri Ismail of the University of Minnesota gave his out-of-control online diatribe calling Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and other prominent Sinhalese Buddhists “a*** holes” and “thugs”
Prof. Ismail, a Sri Lankan Muslim, has a history of racism in and outside the classroom. Given existing racial and religious tensions in America, we call on Minnesota state and federal officials to investigate and take appropriate action to stop him from using his academic credentials for inciting hatred against targeted religious and racial communities. Such a hate-filled arrogant teacher, given the tremendous influence he has on young minds, should have no place in today’s academia.
Student Online Evaluations – Racism, Religious Bias, Bullying
“His worldview revolves around racism & he is deeply ingrained in his own opinions. He made rude jokes about conservatives and Christians. He has little clear grading criteria, & is a scary & difficult person. Class was survivable but traumatic.”
“This guy hides behind his tenure status and bullies students. Roughly half my class turned him in for inappropriate comments and behavior…. File a grievance, don’t be afraid of him..”
“Qadri was hands down the most arrogant and insufferable teachers … used the fact that he was tenured to say he doesn't care if everyone hates him. He pushed his opinions on everyone and was personally insulting to me in particular.”
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/
A wink and nod to Jihadists
Barely two weeks after the deadly Easter Day bombings by Islamist terrorists that killed 269, including Americans and maimed over 500 in Sri Lanka, Prof. Ismail faulted no one but the Sinhala Buddhists for the deadly carnage: “There isn’t now and never has been a terrorist or national security problem in Sri Lanka. And we’ve faced just one catastrophe: Sinhala Buddhist nationalism. (From casualty to catastrophe) he declared giving a clean bill of health to the Tamil Tigers terrorists who waged a 30-year war that killed thousands of Sri Lankan civilians from all ethnicities, and Muslim terrorists who had just bombed hundreds of Christians as they knelt in church.
To justify hatred for Buddhists, he dwells extensively (in several articles) on two monks whose controversial views have remained on the fringes, as evident from the recent polls in which they were clearly rejected by Buddhist voters. It’s like judging black American leaders using Louis Farrakhan as the yardstick, or white Americans by the wildly xenophobic statements of some fringe Christian groups.
He also accuses Sri Lanka of Islamophobia, a distinctly American phenomenon, taking examples, again, from just those two monks and the temporary ban of the hijab in public imposed by the Sri Lankan government following the Islamist terrorists’ bombing. “The Muslim is today’s object of the Sinhala nationalist war of terror.” The blame, thereby, is nicely shifted: another wink and nod to Jihadist killers.
Lies/Distortions
Prof. Ismail states:
“My mother often told me Sri Lanka was not our country. We were Muslim, and no doubt also Moor – remember those people? they’ve disappeared – and didn’t quite belong here.” On (Not) Knowing One’s Place published by the International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka
Which suggests there are no more Moors in Sri Lanka! Far from disappearing, Moors’ (Muslims) numbers have grown, from 5.9% in 1963 to 9.3% in 2011. Countless Muslim politicians have been elected to parliament and Muslims have distinguished themselves in numerous fields. In fact, the very Rajapaksa administration which Ismail “F*** You’d” has appointed a Muslim lawyer to one of the highest positions in government -- minister of justice.
Ironically, the feeling of not belonging didn’t stop this family from enjoying numerous benefits, including that prized free education Ismail received at the prestigious University of Peradeniya.
With such a history of racist rhetoric, allegations of classroom bullying, and outrageous distortion of facts, Qadri Ismail does not deserve a place in academia. No student should be exposed to such a bigoted professor.
We call on Minnesota State officials and elected representatives to initiate appropriate investigations.
Links
Article by Qadri Ismail “F*** you Mr. President.”
FACTS ABOUT ISLAM IN SRI LANKA
University of Minnesota Professor Qadri Ismail claims Muslims have disappeared from Sri Lanka while accusing the Sinhalese Buddhists of discrimination. Following are Facts about the status of Muslims.
Sri Lanka Population: 14,272,056
Religion in Sri Lanka (2012)
- Buddhism (70.2%)
- Hinduism (12.6%)
- Islam (9.7%)
- Roman Catholic (6.1%)
- Other Christian (1.3%)
- Other (0.05%)
Buddhist temples: 6,000: Muslim Mosques: 1820
General Education
Islamist Madrasas Dedicated to Teaching Islam, Arabic, Tamil: 1,669
Islamist Arabic Schools: 317
Schools with Buddhist background, but not religious schools – 37
Islam (on par with Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity) is taught in schools as a subject for General (GCE) Examinations
Higher Education
- The Islamic university in Beruwala (Jamiya Naleemiya)
- Eastern University of Sri Lanka – Dept of Arabic studies has been offering B.A. degree programs since 1982.
- The Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language (FIA) of the South Eastern UniversityofSri Lankawas Established in 2005.
- Government Teachers Training Colleges (GTTC) and Colleges of Education – teacher training for Islam, and Arabic language at government schools
- Muslim Religious consultative Board, Ministry of Education counsels the government on teaching of Islam and Arabic in schools
- The Muslim Unit of the Ministry of Education and the National Institute of Education (NIE) conducts seminars for teachers of Arabic and Islamic studies
Marriage Laws
- Muslim law in Sri Lanka is one of three customary laws, the other two being Kandyan law and Thesavalamai. It is different from Islamic law and governs aspects of marriage, divorce custody and maintenance, having been included in the Act No. 13 of 1951 Marriage and Divorce (Muslim) Act, the Act No. 10 of 1931 Muslim Intestate Succession Ordinance and the Act No. 51 of 1956 Muslim Mosques and Charitable Trusts or Wakfs Act.
- Child Marriages - Sri Lankan Muslim law allows the marriage of Muslim children as young as 12.
- Polygamy - is allowed under sections 24 (1)- 24 (4) of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act of 1951. A man can marry up to four women.
Islamic Banking
Sri Lanka is one of the few non-Islamic countries with an Islamic banking sector, which started in 2005 and took off in 2009 (during the Mahinda Rajapaksa government) with the entry of Amana, a fully- fledged Islamic bank. That increased to two windows owned by state banks, 14 windows owned by private banks, and three Takaful (Islamic) insurance companies and four shariah-compliant unit trusts.
Status of Buddhism versus other Religions
Constitution adopted 16th August 1978. Article 9 falls short of establishing Buddhism as the state religion; the provision gives Buddhism the “foremost place”, making it the duty of the state to “protect and foster the Buddha Sasana”. All religions are afforded Constitutional protection under Articles 10 and 14(1)(e) which guarantee personal freedoms.
Updates
September 4, 2020
The documentation provided by students regarding classroom conduct remains the core of this ongoing effort. We are currently preparing to present this compilation of grievances to the university administration to ensure these concerns reach the appropriate oversight committee.
Reached 100 supporters
September 4, 2020
107 Comments
Indecent Words Used for the President of the Sri Lanka and also for the Major Religion Buddhism in Sri Lanka. I am a Sri Lankan Catholic and Respect all the Religions and Faith of all the Sri Lankans.
University of Minnesota should be ashamed to have Prof. Qadri Ismail as a professor. Is this the caliber of people UM has in the staff? His facts are wrong and his language is pathetic.. What a Professor of UM??
People like this muslim man migrated to greener pastures for a better life based on academic credential obtained from free education in Sri Lanka and he has not become a civilized person due the narrow views implanted in his mind by the religion than the education. He has no academic achievement what so ever.
The benevolent welfare state of Sri Lanka transformed a nobody to a respected journalist and beyond, and the global Jihadist movement has made him a lunatic professor.
The Writings of Dr Ismail on President Gotabhaya Rajapaksha show his outrageous racism and authorities should take appropriate actions to stop his hate speeches. Dr. Ruwan Disanayake
I actually was a graduate student at the University of Minnesota when he was the director of graduate studies. I didn't see him as overtly racist, but he was pretty rude and nasty to everybody, including me. He didn't seem to have much respect for anybody who had differing opinions. It seems to me as if he used his tenured position to rant about Sri Lankan politics.
Country is going through deepest ever financial crisis: Patali 2 June 2021 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Patali Champika Ranawaka said the country is going through the deepest ever financial crisis in its history. In an article compiled by him, argued that the tradition of undiscipline, irresponsible management of public finances over the years pushed the nation to an irredeemable quagmire and unprecedented vicious cycle of exponentially increasing national debt. “One of the prime causes that has led to this crisis is the short term high interest commercial debt raised by the government in order to finance certain mega projects that do not generate any meaningful financial or economic returns—either never, or in the near-term—enabling payback of such debt. This was highlighted in my publication ‘Aalapaalu Arthikaya’ published in 2014. It was also spontaneously expounded by me how and why the tax-cuts introduced by the present government in December 2019 would mark a point of no return in its undisciplined policy towards public finance. What are the consequences? The government debt as a percentage of GDP has reached 109.7, as per the official reports of the Central Bank. This is the highest ever figure in history, and would stand in excess of 113% if the true financial burden of the sovereign bonds issued by the country, rather than their devalued market value, were to be considered in the calculations. The immediate cause of this unprecedentedly high percentage of public debt has obviously been the collapse of government revenue by as much as 40% due to those indiscriminate tax-cuts introduced in December 2019, which in turn has also led to a budget deficit of staggering 11.1% of the GDP. Again, the effective budget deficit, when adjusted for the overdue debt service payments, would rise to 14% of GDP. Although the current economic downturn has been a significant contributory factor to this financial crisis, the fact that the government rev
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The University of Minnesota has concluded its investigation and taken formal action regarding Professor Ismail. I appreciate the resolve shown by those who demanded accountability for his behavior. We will remain vigilant to ensure the campus environment upholds the standards of conduct that students deserve.
November 27, 2020
Stop Racist U.S. Prof. Qadri Ismail who wrote "F*** You President Gotabaya Rajapaksa"
Final supporters
Stop Racist University of Minnesota Prof. Qadri Ismail
“F*** you, Mr. President.”
That is the crude and shocking title Professor Qadri Ismail of the University of Minnesota gave his out-of-control online diatribe calling Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and other prominent Sinhalese Buddhists “a*** holes” and “thugs”
Prof. Ismail, a Sri Lankan Muslim, has a history of racism in and outside the classroom. Given existing racial and religious tensions in America, we call on Minnesota state and federal officials to investigate and take appropriate action to stop him from using his academic credentials for inciting hatred against targeted religious and racial communities. Such a hate-filled arrogant teacher, given the tremendous influence he has on young minds, should have no place in today’s academia.
Student Online Evaluations – Racism, Religious Bias, Bullying
“His worldview revolves around racism & he is deeply ingrained in his own opinions. He made rude jokes about conservatives and Christians. He has little clear grading criteria, & is a scary & difficult person. Class was survivable but traumatic.”
“This guy hides behind his tenure status and bullies students. Roughly half my class turned him in for inappropriate comments and behavior…. File a grievance, don’t be afraid of him..”
“Qadri was hands down the most arrogant and insufferable teachers … used the fact that he was tenured to say he doesn't care if everyone hates him. He pushed his opinions on everyone and was personally insulting to me in particular.”
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/
A wink and nod to Jihadists
Barely two weeks after the deadly Easter Day bombings by Islamist terrorists that killed 269, including Americans and maimed over 500 in Sri Lanka, Prof. Ismail faulted no one but the Sinhala Buddhists for the deadly carnage: “There isn’t now and never has been a terrorist or national security problem in Sri Lanka. And we’ve faced just one catastrophe: Sinhala Buddhist nationalism. (From casualty to catastrophe) he declared giving a clean bill of health to the Tamil Tigers terrorists who waged a 30-year war that killed thousands of Sri Lankan civilians from all ethnicities, and Muslim terrorists who had just bombed hundreds of Christians as they knelt in church.
To justify hatred for Buddhists, he dwells extensively (in several articles) on two monks whose controversial views have remained on the fringes, as evident from the recent polls in which they were clearly rejected by Buddhist voters. It’s like judging black American leaders using Louis Farrakhan as the yardstick, or white Americans by the wildly xenophobic statements of some fringe Christian groups.
He also accuses Sri Lanka of Islamophobia, a distinctly American phenomenon, taking examples, again, from just those two monks and the temporary ban of the hijab in public imposed by the Sri Lankan government following the Islamist terrorists’ bombing. “The Muslim is today’s object of the Sinhala nationalist war of terror.” The blame, thereby, is nicely shifted: another wink and nod to Jihadist killers.
Lies/Distortions
Prof. Ismail states:
“My mother often told me Sri Lanka was not our country. We were Muslim, and no doubt also Moor – remember those people? they’ve disappeared – and didn’t quite belong here.” On (Not) Knowing One’s Place published by the International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka
Which suggests there are no more Moors in Sri Lanka! Far from disappearing, Moors’ (Muslims) numbers have grown, from 5.9% in 1963 to 9.3% in 2011. Countless Muslim politicians have been elected to parliament and Muslims have distinguished themselves in numerous fields. In fact, the very Rajapaksa administration which Ismail “F*** You’d” has appointed a Muslim lawyer to one of the highest positions in government -- minister of justice.
Ironically, the feeling of not belonging didn’t stop this family from enjoying numerous benefits, including that prized free education Ismail received at the prestigious University of Peradeniya.
With such a history of racist rhetoric, allegations of classroom bullying, and outrageous distortion of facts, Qadri Ismail does not deserve a place in academia. No student should be exposed to such a bigoted professor.
We call on Minnesota State officials and elected representatives to initiate appropriate investigations.
Links
Article by Qadri Ismail “F*** you Mr. President.”
FACTS ABOUT ISLAM IN SRI LANKA
University of Minnesota Professor Qadri Ismail claims Muslims have disappeared from Sri Lanka while accusing the Sinhalese Buddhists of discrimination. Following are Facts about the status of Muslims.
Sri Lanka Population: 14,272,056
Religion in Sri Lanka (2012)
- Buddhism (70.2%)
- Hinduism (12.6%)
- Islam (9.7%)
- Roman Catholic (6.1%)
- Other Christian (1.3%)
- Other (0.05%)
Buddhist temples: 6,000: Muslim Mosques: 1820
General Education
Islamist Madrasas Dedicated to Teaching Islam, Arabic, Tamil: 1,669
Islamist Arabic Schools: 317
Schools with Buddhist background, but not religious schools – 37
Islam (on par with Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity) is taught in schools as a subject for General (GCE) Examinations
Higher Education
- The Islamic university in Beruwala (Jamiya Naleemiya)
- Eastern University of Sri Lanka – Dept of Arabic studies has been offering B.A. degree programs since 1982.
- The Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language (FIA) of the South Eastern UniversityofSri Lankawas Established in 2005.
- Government Teachers Training Colleges (GTTC) and Colleges of Education – teacher training for Islam, and Arabic language at government schools
- Muslim Religious consultative Board, Ministry of Education counsels the government on teaching of Islam and Arabic in schools
- The Muslim Unit of the Ministry of Education and the National Institute of Education (NIE) conducts seminars for teachers of Arabic and Islamic studies
Marriage Laws
- Muslim law in Sri Lanka is one of three customary laws, the other two being Kandyan law and Thesavalamai. It is different from Islamic law and governs aspects of marriage, divorce custody and maintenance, having been included in the Act No. 13 of 1951 Marriage and Divorce (Muslim) Act, the Act No. 10 of 1931 Muslim Intestate Succession Ordinance and the Act No. 51 of 1956 Muslim Mosques and Charitable Trusts or Wakfs Act.
- Child Marriages - Sri Lankan Muslim law allows the marriage of Muslim children as young as 12.
- Polygamy - is allowed under sections 24 (1)- 24 (4) of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act of 1951. A man can marry up to four women.
Islamic Banking
Sri Lanka is one of the few non-Islamic countries with an Islamic banking sector, which started in 2005 and took off in 2009 (during the Mahinda Rajapaksa government) with the entry of Amana, a fully- fledged Islamic bank. That increased to two windows owned by state banks, 14 windows owned by private banks, and three Takaful (Islamic) insurance companies and four shariah-compliant unit trusts.
Status of Buddhism versus other Religions
Constitution adopted 16th August 1978. Article 9 falls short of establishing Buddhism as the state religion; the provision gives Buddhism the “foremost place”, making it the duty of the state to “protect and foster the Buddha Sasana”. All religions are afforded Constitutional protection under Articles 10 and 14(1)(e) which guarantee personal freedoms.
Updates
September 4, 2020
The documentation provided by students regarding classroom conduct remains the core of this ongoing effort. We are currently preparing to present this compilation of grievances to the university administration to ensure these concerns reach the appropriate oversight committee.
Reached 100 supporters
September 4, 2020
107 Comments
This guy had his free education in SL and now insulting one if the greatest president’s in the world. It’s a shame to employ this racist man as a professor in an academic institution. It’s shows his low class upbringing . Hope he will be stop and expelled from his job.
Indecent Words Used for the President of the Sri Lanka and also for the Major Religion Buddhism in Sri Lanka. I am a Sri Lankan Catholic and Respect all the Religions and Faith of all the Sri Lankans.
University of Minnesota should be ashamed to have Prof. Qadri Ismail as a professor. Is this the caliber of people UM has in the staff? His facts are wrong and his language is pathetic.. What a Professor of UM??
People like this muslim man migrated to greener pastures for a better life based on academic credential obtained from free education in Sri Lanka and he has not become a civilized person due the narrow views implanted in his mind by the religion than the education. He has no academic achievement what so ever.
The benevolent welfare state of Sri Lanka transformed a nobody to a respected journalist and beyond, and the global Jihadist movement has made him a lunatic professor.
The Writings of Dr Ismail on President Gotabhaya Rajapaksha show his outrageous racism and authorities should take appropriate actions to stop his hate speeches. Dr. Ruwan Disanayake
I actually was a graduate student at the University of Minnesota when he was the director of graduate studies. I didn't see him as overtly racist, but he was pretty rude and nasty to everybody, including me. He didn't seem to have much respect for anybody who had differing opinions. It seems to me as if he used his tenured position to rant about Sri Lankan politics.
Country is going through deepest ever financial crisis: Patali 2 June 2021 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Patali Champika Ranawaka said the country is going through the deepest ever financial crisis in its history. In an article compiled by him, argued that the tradition of undiscipline, irresponsible management of public finances over the years pushed the nation to an irredeemable quagmire and unprecedented vicious cycle of exponentially increasing national debt. “One of the prime causes that has led to this crisis is the short term high interest commercial debt raised by the government in order to finance certain mega projects that do not generate any meaningful financial or economic returns—either never, or in the near-term—enabling payback of such debt. This was highlighted in my publication ‘Aalapaalu Arthikaya’ published in 2014. It was also spontaneously expounded by me how and why the tax-cuts introduced by the present government in December 2019 would mark a point of no return in its undisciplined policy towards public finance. What are the consequences? The government debt as a percentage of GDP has reached 109.7, as per the official reports of the Central Bank. This is the highest ever figure in history, and would stand in excess of 113% if the true financial burden of the sovereign bonds issued by the country, rather than their devalued market value, were to be considered in the calculations. The immediate cause of this unprecedentedly high percentage of public debt has obviously been the collapse of government revenue by as much as 40% due to those indiscriminate tax-cuts introduced in December 2019, which in turn has also led to a budget deficit of staggering 11.1% of the GDP. Again, the effective budget deficit, when adjusted for the overdue debt service payments, would rise to 14% of GDP. Although the current economic downturn has been a significant contributory factor to this financial crisis, the fact that the government rev
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This guy had his free education in SL and now insulting one if the greatest president’s in the world. It’s a shame to employ this racist man as a professor in an academic institution. It’s shows his low class upbringing . Hope he will be stop and expelled from his job.