Documentary Screening, Lecture Kick Off Islamo-Facism Awareness Week

From the UCSB paper:

The controversy on campus all began with a warning from an ex-Marxist turned right-wing commentator.

David Horowitz, an occasional Fox News analyst and conservative writer, bills “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” as the largest demonstration ever by conservative college students. Horowitz said the week highlights the dangers radical Islamic terrorism poses to America. The nationwide event, which begins today, will include a guest lecture and the screening of Obsession, a documentary on radical Islamic terrorism.

Horowitz said IFAW is meant to create discourse and provoke a reaction from the “liberal left.”

“On your campus you probably have a Muslim Student Association,” Horowitz said. “I’m sure on campus they don’t go around blowing up things. What they do is attack anyone who tries to raise awareness.”

Horowitz defines Islamo-Fascism as a movement within Islam that seeks to enforce the laws of religion through the state. The Terrorism Awareness Project, with which Horowitz is affiliated, has put out online materials to help conservative college students nationwide begin similar discussions on their campuses.

College Republicans Chair Jerad Ferguson said UCSB’s chapter has arranged for conservative talk show host Dennis Prager to discuss the values that America must exhibit to beat radical Islamic ideology on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Girvetz Theater 1004.

“We in College Republicans see the ideology of Islamo-Fascism as a danger to the U.S.,” Ferguson, a fourth-year political science and history double major said. “Even if people don’t agree with us, it’s nice to have them voicing their opinions.”