I don't want to take this thread off topic so I will not be responding to questions regarding my workplace, etc. even though I did bring up the subject in relation to this topic. What I see as part of the problem with Western liberalism such as in the university setting is that while it promotes non-discrimination on an institutional level (i.e. students must be treated equally regardless of race, religion, sex, etc.) which in my opinion is good, it also pushes non-discrimination on an individual level (dictating how individuals may choose to associate with other individuals) which in my opinion is bad.
The university for instance on an institutional level should permit both men and women to enroll in school and take whatever classes they need. Same with Muslim students and non-Muslim students. That is institutional non-discrimination. Western liberalism takes it further attempting to govern how every human should interact with every other human. For instance, in a lunch room or social hall let's say only men want to sit together at a table and ask women to sit elsewhere at their own table or Muslim women want to sit together and not have non-Muslims (male or female) at their table. This is the choice of individuals choosing who they want to socialize/associate with. Western liberalism tries to violate this right as well. So back at the lecture hall, Muslim men and women may try to segregate themselves yet when non-Muslims or misguided Muslims sit next to the opposite gender then those already seated have to ask them to sit elsewhere and if they refuse then they have to re-seat themselves because the other people would not be considerate of spacing.
What ends up happening is what I like to call forced interactions or forced association. People have the right to associate or not associate with those they choose. In my own experience and observation, people who attempt to live by a stricter set of standards and values in their own lives take their association with others more seriously because their time, space, and consciousness is being taken increasingly more seriously by them and therefore they will become more selective in who they associate with and who they don't. It would be reasonable for instance to expect that observant Muslims who abstain from eating pork and drinking alcohol and take their relationship with Allah (swt) seriously would not want to hang out with friends who drink and drug regularly to the level of intoxication, and who live a lifestyle and hold beliefs that have viritually nothing in common with them.
Western liberalism in my opinion such as this university incident uses the concept of "equality" to actually create "sameness" which is done by reducing people to the lowest common denominator so that all people are essentially the same. That lowest common denominator is basically to lack any kind of self-chosen values and standards. If a person has no values or standards, they can be easily molded or controlled by the university's or company's standards and values as they are essentially an empty vessel waiting to be filled by the institution's cup of values and standards. Anytime someone makes a decision about their lives that is based on a conscious choice of personal values and standards such as not drinking, not eating certain foods, not sitting with and socializing with the opposite sex, etc. then they are seen as setting themselves apart (i.e. discriminating against) from others who do not hold or act on those values.
And that is what this university situation is all about. Nobody is allowed to act upon any personal values or standards they hold even amongst themselves if they go against the "university values." The same goes for workplaces. The same corporations that love to throw around how "multi-cultural" they are in reality are opposed to any cultures that don't neatly fit into the "company culture." So at the end of the day, universities and workplaces love to have on their books that they have students/workers who are Muslim, Jewish, or Sikh as long as they are "token" Muslims, Jews, or Sikhs who practice a watered-down version of their religion enough so that they "fit into" the university/company "culture." When someone is an observant Muslim, Orthodox Jew, or serious Sikh who just wants to get an education/get a paycheck without giving up his or her identity and culture or being molded/assimilated into the Western liberal system, they are now considered to be a problem by the powers of that institution.
Proof of my points can be seen in the any number of cases of discrimination against Muslims by universities and workplaces often having to do with personal decisions those Muslims make such as wearing hijab or not shaking hands with the opposite sex yet those personal decisions never had any affect on their ability to do their job or study in the first place! I can sum it all up by saying that these schools and workplaces that do this do not want truly independent students or workers who are self-driven and self-governing, they want robots who can be easily manipulated and controlled for the purpose of making a profit.
Astaghfirullah for making such a long post but insha'Allah my point comes across clearly.
