Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Muslim Student Association: Anti-Semitic Hate Group

Bill Levinson

“Sharia Muslims Hate Free Speech” by Tom Trento shows that the Muslim Student Union organizers of Israel Apartheid Week attempted to get a campus police officer to move Trento and his camera crew out of a public area to prevent them from filming and recording their activities. Note also how a member of the university’s administration attempted to interfere with Mr. Trento’s First Amendment right to view and listen to the activities in a non-disruptive manner.

From where we sit, the Muslim Student Union is a lot like things that live under rocks; they cannot abide the light of day or, in this case, publicity that shows who they are and what they are doing. This comes as no surprise because Mr. Trento’s video shows anti-Semitic hate material at 0:45 (U.S. Flag with Star of David in upper left corner). We have in fact reported this to the University of California at San Diego as a possible violation of its codes of conduct. Maybe that is what the MSA didn’t want Mr. Trento’s video crew to see. Here is what we reported to the UCSD contact addresses:

I attempted to report this via your Web page at http://ophd.ucsd.edu/reportbiasform.asp but repeatedly got an Internal Server Error.

As shown by this video on YouTube at about 0:45, your campus’ Muslim Student Association displayed the anti-Semitic hate image of a U.S. Flag with the Star of David in its upper left corner, as in “The Jews are taking over America” during its Israel Apartheid Week demonstration. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzwxNl5_hog&feature=player_embedded#at=18 Maybe this is what the Muslim Student Association didn’t want Tom Trento and his camera crew to see: that the MSA’s problem is actually with Jews and not just with Israel and/or Zionism. Please regard this as a formal complaint against the MSA if your university policy prohibits hate speech against people because of their race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and so on.

I have also posted this information on a pro-Israel blog and am bringing it to the attention of the Anti-Defamation League.

The following was sent to the ADL:

The Muslim Student Association at University of California San Diego included an anti-Semitic hate image (U.S. Flag with Star of David in upper left corner) during its Israel Apartheid Week demonstration. It can be seen at 0:45 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzwxNl5_hog&feature=player_embedded#at=18. I have also reported this to the university at http://ophd.ucsd.edu/reportbiasform.asp.

It is unfortunate that Mr. Trento’s camera crew did not get a closer look at the other posted material; it would come as no surprise if it related to Jews instead of Israel and Zionists, and this is probably why the MSA didn’t want them to get a closer look.

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