{"id":1965573,"date":"2023-07-06T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-student-goes-viral-for-response-to-female-principal-handing-off-his-diploma-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T13:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T17:01:05","slug":"muslim-student-goes-viral-for-response-to-female-principal-handing-off-his-diploma-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-student-goes-viral-for-response-to-female-principal-handing-off-his-diploma-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim student&#8217;s response to female principal handing him diploma goes viral."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmuslim-student-goes-viral-for-response-to-female-principal-handing-off-his-diploma-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1965573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Remembering High School Graduation<\/h2>\n<p>Do you remember your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-key-policy-areas-where-the-democratic-leadership-and-black-voters-disagree\/\" title=\"4 Key Policy Areas Where The Democratic Leadership And Black Voters Disagree\">high school graduation<\/a>? Truth be told, I don\u2019t. I was one of those students who was just happy to be rid of the indoctrination. I apparently sat on a lawn chair on the grass of our high school\u2019s football stadium, listened to an average valedictorian give an average speech, listened to the principal tell us all about how we were at the crossroads of life, grabbed a diploma, went to a dinner with a few families at an Italian restaurant afterwards, and that was that. The most I remember is ordering tagliatelle with shrimp in a tomato cream sauce. It was good.<\/p>\n<h3>Celebrating Graduation Around the World<\/h3>\n<p>That said, most people liked high school and, I assume, liked the graduation ceremony. It symbolizes years of hard academic work to obtain a diploma \u2014 and, in most cultures, it\u2019s a cause for celebration. The manner of celebration differs from country to country; one graduation gown manufacturer notes on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marstonrobing.com\/iblogs\/graduation-traditions-around-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> that traditions range from throwing caps in the air in Britain to Swedish graduates receiving teddy bears to Finnish Ph.D. graduates bringing swords to the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-norway-knocks-south-korea-out-of-world-cup-with-2-1-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norway<\/a>, they keep things simple. You shake hands with the head of the school as your diploma is handed to you. This seems simple, but as Kathrine Jebsen Moore noted at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/2023\/06\/30\/norwegian-headteacher-shamed-for-trying-to-get-muslim-student-to-shake-her-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Sceptic<\/a>, a British conservative blog, a handshake is not\u00a0<em>just<\/em> a handshake in Norway: \u201cShaking hands is as required in normal social life in Norway as cheek kissing is in France. Every young Norwegian person learns the value of a firm handshake. I remember being told off for my feeble handshake by my grandmother \u2014 she could be quite stern so she only needed to tell me once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norwegians, you also won\u2019t be surprised to learn, are socially liberal on issues of gender, with Moore noting that \u201c[a]nother Norwegian custom is treating men and women the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, in a viral clip that\u2019s reportedly from a recent secondary-school graduation ceremony in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-nasdaq-makes-offer-to-buy-oslo-stock-exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oslo<\/a>, both of these customs were reportedly trashed by a Muslim student who refused to shake hands with the principal because she was a woman \u2014 and when the video went viral, Muslim activists came to student\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s worth noting the veracity of the clip \u2014 where it took place, whether it was recent, whether it was some sort of setup \u2014 has not been established in most English-language media. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/norway-just-criminalize-misgendering-trans-person-even-private-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norway\u2019s<\/a> most prominent newspaper, <a href=\"https:\/\/web-archive-org.translate.goog\/web\/20230628050138\/https:\/\/www.aftenposten.no\/meninger\/debatt\/i\/2BgAwx\/opprop-ogsaa-muslimsk-ungdom-er-norsk-ungdom?_x_tr_sl=uk&#038;_x_tr_tl=en&#038;_x_tr_hl=en&#038;_x_tr_pto=wapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aftenposten<\/a>, has reported on the incident and published an Op-Ed cosigned by several Muslim activists who defended the student, which would indicate that this isn\u2019t some dated clip dug up by someone with a grudge.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the student can be seen coming up to grab his diploma without the obligatory handshake. When the teacher tried to reach for his arm, he forcibly pulled back and left the stage.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy and Defenses<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cGuys, we live in Norway. We can\u2019t have it like this, I mean it,\u201d the principal said. \u201cAnd you parents \u2026 we live in Norway. You will have to work with Norwegian women or else you won\u2019t succeed in Norway.\u201d (As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublica.com\/norway-muslim-student-refuses-to-shake-school-headteachers-hand-prompting-debate-on-assimilation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Publica<\/a> noted, this was likely a reference to a recent piece of legislation passed by Norway requiring companies to have 40 percent female corporate boards at minimum.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re parents, you have to tackle this. It is expected that you would shake my hand, as an employer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>At first, the video was published on TikTok \u2014 \u00a0where it went viral, albeit without English captions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@unknownb811\/video\/7247516982071856390\" data-video-id=\"7247516982071856390\">\n<section><a title=\"@unknownb811\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@unknownb811?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@unknownb811<\/a> Rektograr pr\u00f8ver \u00e5 spise elev<a title=\"b9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/b9?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#b9<\/a>@<a title=\"viral\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/viral?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#viral<\/a> <a title=\"school\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/school?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#school<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\u30b7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp%E3%82%B7?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u30b7<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - Unknown_b9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7247516989843901190?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 Unknown_b9<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was lent further viral clout when it was posted to Twitter by a pro-Muslim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-doj-convicts-twitter-troll-election-interference-posting-clinton-memes-2016-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">troll account<\/a> with about a thousand followers, this time with English subtitles: \u201cBased Muslim teenager who refused to shake hands with his teacher. May Allah bless him with more strength and success,\u201d the caption read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Based Muslim teenager who refused to shake hands with his teacher. May Allah bless him with more strength and success. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r58K9kUqMO\">pic.twitter.com\/r58K9kUqMO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raaaaazzzzzzzzzzzz (@issoxwadey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/issoxwadey\/status\/1673176329519509504?\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The owner of the account continued to defend the student in the most base (not based) way possible:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Feminists clowns for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-student-goes-viral-for-response-to-female-principal-handing-off-his-diploma-report\/\" title=\"Muslim student's response to female principal handing him diploma goes viral.\">gods sake stop making<\/a> everything about yourselves and shouting Patricachy and mysoginy. In islam both men and women are not allowed touch the opposite gender. The law is equal here. It\u2019s not about discriminating a woman it\u2019s simply adhering to the religion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raaaaazzzzzzzzzzzz (@issoxwadey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/issoxwadey\/status\/1675727271800475649?\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The clip got further viral momentum when an Indian journalist affiliated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/russian-tv-mocks-biden-artificially-created-video-not-good-sign-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian state media<\/a> and India\u2019s Hindustan Times criticized the behavior of the student.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Harmful student graduating from school in Norway refuses to shake hands with his female high school principal on religious grounds. These Harmfuls have no problem committing taharrush and rape of European women but shaking a woman\u2019s hand is haram?<\/p>\n<p>Good to see the principal not\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qhf22UxbR9\">pic.twitter.com\/Qhf22UxbR9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rakesh Krishnan Simha (@ByRakeshSimha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByRakeshSimha\/status\/1673440432070758400?\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIs this a case of too little, too late? Woke Norwegians allowed hundreds of thousands of Harmfuls to enter their country and now are faced with high crime rates, terrorism, unsafe cities, unemployment doles,\u201d Rakesh Krishnan Simha tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd still Norway won\u2019t learn. Instead of focusing on jehad and the virus within, they believe Russia is the enemy and are pouring billions of dollars and weapons into Ukraine. Harmful immigrants are Europe\u2019s karma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, this is a troll account, this time using the clip to deflect blame from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/russian-soldiers-using-huge-supply-us-made-sniper-ammunition-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia for invading Ukraine<\/a>. Right. Sad to say, however, that this is arguably the most visible take that sides with the teacher, at least on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Off of social media, there were more defenses of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-outrage-erupts-man-accused-blasphemy-stoned-death-latest-mob-killing-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muslim<\/a> student\u2019s behavior to be found. In Norway\u2019s most prominent newspaper, <a href=\"https:\/\/web-archive-org.translate.goog\/web\/20230628050138\/https:\/\/www.aftenposten.no\/meninger\/debatt\/i\/2BgAwx\/opprop-ogsaa-muslimsk-ungdom-er-norsk-ungdom?_x_tr_sl=uk&#038;_x_tr_tl=en&#038;_x_tr_hl=en&#038;_x_tr_pto=wapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aftenposten<\/a>, several Muslim activists authored an Op-Ed on June 27 which criticized the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a need to scrutinize the school,\u201d the activists wrote in the Op-Ed, according to a Google translation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people remember their own graduation ceremony: how proud they were of completing their schooling and how hopeful they were for the future,\u201d the Op-Ed noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was supposed to be a joyful diploma ceremony at a secondary school in Oslo last week, however, turned into a humiliating affair when the audience was exposed to an aggressive demonstration of power from the school management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The authors went on to accuse the principal of having \u201cused the opportunity to alienate Muslim youth\u201d because she \u201cdelivered a scolding sermon that if you live in Norway, you have to shake hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis attack on the self-determination of Muslim youth is paradoxical on many levels: It is happening at a time when there is a great spotlight on embracing diversity and the right to be oneself,\u201d the Op-Ed continued. \u201cYou would have thought that the post-Covid-19 period would have taught most people that there are a variety of ways to greet each other in a friendly manner. The attack takes place at school \u2014 which is an important arena precisely to counteract negative social control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words: Muslims should be able to enjoy the cultural perks of living in Norway \u2014 which is assumedly part of why they or their forebears moved there, because Islam isn\u2019t exactly endemic to the Nordic countries \u2014 without having to follow any of the cultural norms they find offensive to them. In this case, it\u2019s literally a teenage boy treating a grown woman with disrespect because, in his worldview, he believes unnecessary contact with members of the opposite sex is haram, or <a href=\"https:\/\/islamqa.info\/en\/answers\/2459\/ruling-on-shaking-hands-with-the-opposite-sex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prohibited by Allah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And this defense of this behavior is being published in Aftenposten, Norway\u2019s answer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/interview-reagan-gave-3-days-leaving-office-debunks-nyts-ridiculous-biden-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>. This is the crazy, upside-down world of the cultural left: There\u2019s no need to assimilate into any society or respect their norms, at least if that society is in the West. A Norwegian visitor to Saudi Arabia would not be protected or lauded by anyone at Aftenposten if he encountered \u201cnegative social control\u201d when he tried to drink some Jack Daniels from a flask whilst walking the streets of Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, we don\u2019t have definitive evidence of where or when this happened \u2014 although reports strongly suggest it was in Oslo in June. We do have a good idea as to <em>why<\/em> it happened, though: This young man believes the cultural values of the nation offering him an education and a diploma are depraved and debauched, in part because he\u2019s forced to shake a woman\u2019s hand in a country where hand-shaking is a custom of some significance. And then, that country\u2019s paper of record allots space for activists to scold the principal this young man set out to insult.<\/p>\n<p>If a nation cannot defend its own cultural values, there is no longer a national culture. All that is left is a managerial state which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/country-no-immigrants-welfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allots money and resources<\/a> to whomever happens to be inside its borders at the present moment. It\u2019s enough to make me want to defend the rituals of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-police-say-door-to-uvalde-elementary-school-was-unlocked-when-gunman-entered\/\" title=\"Texas Police Say Door to Uvalde Elementary School Was Unlocked When Gunman Entered\">high school graduation ceremony<\/a> I don\u2019t even particularly remember \u2014 apart, of course, from the tagliatelle.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/muslim-student-goes-viral-response-female-principal-handing-off-diploma-report\/\">Muslim Student Goes Viral for Response to Female Principal Handing Off His Diploma: Report<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you recall your high school graduation? Honestly, I don&#8217;t. I was relieved to escape the indoctrination. 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