Central Michigan Life

Issue date: 10/15/08 Section: News

Media Credit: Casey Shortt Central Michigan University religion professor Hugh Talat Halman thanks Horowitz for sharing his wisdom as well as asks his opinion on a few issues. "I wanted to find out what these people wanted to do at CMU," said Halman. "It is very important to understand what the fuss is about." [Click to enlarge]

David Horowitz believes radical Islam is rampant in our society.

"It's amazing how you can't refer to Islam and terrorism in the same paragraph without being attacked as an Islamofascist," Horowitz told about 200 people Tuesday night at Warriner Hall's Plachta Auditorium.

Campus Conservatives hosted the discussion by communist-turned-conservative Horowitz as part of Islamofasism Awareness Week.

Horowitz said professors and universities seek to represent issues in only one way, silencing the voice of conservatives.

Security was assigned to the event, which included two police officers.

Horowitz spoke out against the Muslim Brotherhood and organizations affiliated with it, such as the Muslim Student Association, which he said believes in the seventh-century Sharia Law, which dictates a raped woman needs four witnesses to confirm the crime happened.

"Terrorists are people who want to blow up children, saw people's heads off and fly airplanes into building," Horowitz said. "This enemy is worse than Nazis and communists."

Horowitz said the liberals of today's society don't want to believe these people are a threat and propose people should simply observe their religion. He also attacked CMU with similar accusations.

"You had 15 liberal speakers come to CMU," he said. "Nobody wants a different point of view; we're becoming a one-sided state. Why no conservatives?"

Horowitz said Islam is a religion whose prophet called on the extermination of an entire group of people, and referred to a quote of Muhammad that states, "The day of judgment will only come when Muslims fight Jews and kill them."

"I hope you stand up for your rights as an American and open up your minds. You're too young to close them," Horowitz told the audience, urging them to hear both sides of issues.

Topinabee senior and Campus Conservatives spokesman Dennis Lennox II said Horowitz delivered an outstanding lecture.

"The faculty doesn't want to hear both sides," Lennox said. "It's too bad we had to bring him here; it shouldn't be up to the students to seek out both sides. We won't pay for security and we'll take (University President Michael) Rao to court if we have to."


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