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Written by The Shorthorn editorial board

Tuesday, 21 October 2008 11:18 PM

Muslim students shouldn’t be generalized as terrorists “There are good Muslims, and there are bad Muslims,” David Horowitz said as he started his speech Tuesday night at the university, about Muslims imposing a “global Islamic state.” Horowitz believes Muslim Student Associations across the country should condemn terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah. The MSA should not have to denounce organizations they do not openly support. Horowitz said he would embrace an MSA member who would denounce Hamas and Hezbollah. An Iranian student from the group stood up and did just that. He was applauded for his stance, but wasn’t allowed to elaborate on his opinion. Calling Muslims the worst enemies we have ever faced, Horowitz said the Muslim movement started with the Muslim Brotherhood, and they “spawned Al-Qaeda” and created several other terrorist organizations like Hamas. He believes members of the Muslim Brotherhood are infiltrating the U.S. through MSAs and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR. Calling CAIR a “terrorist front,” Horowitz said four of their executives are in jail, convicted of terrorist activities. In the Q & A portion of the event, Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of CAIR, stood up and prefaced his question with, “I don’t even know where to begin … You spent the last hour or so acting as if Muslims have tails.” Horowitz spoke of Islamic history, calling attention to their intertwining politics and religion. “It is a death cult. It’s a sick culture, and people who support it are sick, morally,” Horowitz said. It is understandable that the university chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas wants to bring in a speaker who will galvanize and excite their members, but Horowitz, who incites such hatred, is not the person to show to the rest of the university as an example of their views. With such a diverse student population at the university, our differences should be celebrated by tolerance, not made more divisive by hatred. The university’s MSA refuted much of what Horowitz said. MSA president Azim Ansari said he falsified his statements about Muslims with over-generalized terms. MSA should not have to defend themselves against a speaker they had no control over, and Muslim students at the university shouldn’t be equated with terrorists. They are students getting an education in the U.S. ­— The Shorthorn editorial board Views: 938 | E-mail   Be first to comment this article Powered by AkoComment Tweaked Special Edition v.1.4.6 AkoComment © Copyright 2004 by Arthur Konze - www.mamboportal.com All right reserved

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