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Prominent Jewish conservative causes stir at Columbia Univ.
By The Associated Press

NEW YORK - Conservative author David Horowitz spoke at Columbia University Friday as part of so-called "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week," which some Muslims say is fostering racism.

Horowitz is the latest in a string of controversial speakers to appear at the prestigious school.

Horowitz, a self-described former Marxist, said the week was an effort to distinguish "moderate Muslims" from "Islamo-Fascists."
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"This is nothing that could remotely be interpreted as an attack on Muslims. It's a defense of moderate Muslims," Horowitz told a peaceful lecture-hall audience of about 100 students and visitors.

The California-based activist was invited to Columbia by the College Republicans, who on Friday kept track of each person entering Lerner Hall - against a list of names submitted in advance. The audience included people who disagreed with Horowitz's positions.

Last month, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caused an uproar when he was invited to speak at Columbia. He faced tough questioning and the university's president introduced him by saying Ahmadinejad exhibited "all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator."

And last year, the College Republicans invited Jim Gilchrist, founder of the California-based Minutemen Project which advocates action to prevent illegal immigration from Mexico. He was forced off the stage by protesting students. Gilchrist was invited back earlier this year, but the speech was canceled under pressure from student activists.

Horowitz, author of "Indoctrination U: The Left's War Against Academic Freedom" and other conservative books, gave an hour-long speech in which he outlined his views on the role of Muslim fundamentalists through history, emphasizing the current danger posed by a group of people he said are "out to kill Americans."

He said discussion of this subject has been "banished" from classrooms at Columbia, his alma mater. The school hires mostly "progressive" professors, he said, while failing to employ teachers who might offer students "diverse" ideas.

By contrast, when he was a Columbia student "50 years ago," Horowitz said, "I wrote Marxist papers for professors who were undoubtedly anti-communist."

Columbia officials declined to comment on Horowitz's statements.

One protester, a senior majoring in religious studies, called Horowitz "a demagogue opposed to reasonable discourse."

Joshua Schwartz, 21, said his view of Islamic fundamentalists as dangerous "comes from an old tradition of associating Islam with barbarism and violence."

Sunsara Taylor, who joined the protest but is not a student, went one step further. Horowitz, she said, is "on a witch hunt to purge academia of professors who don't agree with him."

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  1.   prominent jewish.... 09:00  |  aline 27/10/07
  2.   Horowitz and people like him are as dangerous as A`nejad! 09:17  |  Roxana from IRAN 27/10/07
  3.   Speech 09:19  |  stork 27/10/07
  4.   This is how the holocaust started back in 1936 09:32  |  America 27/10/07
  5.   When is Judeo-Fascism Awareness Week? 09:47  |  Holden 27/10/07
  6.   ""moderate Muslims" LOL... there`s an oxymoron for you 10:11  |  Kobi 27/10/07
  7.   #4 "America" - Yeah, and I`m Antarctica 11:02  |  Yonatan 27/10/07
  8.   #6 Kobi - Don`t you understtand" 11:05  |  Yonatan 27/10/07
  9.   "Moderate Muslims" tried to subvert Sweden too,not "caused by the 11:05  |  Absolute Sweden 27/10/07
  10.   absolute Sweden 11:22  |  eva 27/10/07
  11.   Where can I read what Horowitz said? 11:24  |  stork 27/10/07
  12.   what is a moderate Muslim 11:35  |  curious 27/10/07
  13.   #8 Yonatan 11:36  |  Kobi 27/10/07
  14.   Eva,I know,but many doesn`t just like most don`t know 12:07  |  Absolute Sweden 27/10/07
  15.   can we defend moderate jews too ?? 12:25  |  mehmet 27/10/07
  16.   Jude-O-Fascism is when...? 12:28  |  POP 27/10/07
  17.   What is a moderate Jew ?? 12:41  |  POP 27/10/07
  18.   # 11-David Horowitz`s Speech 12:46  |  CSB 27/10/07
  19.   # 11 , Stork, Google it or call Columbia university and 12:46  |  Max Zinger,P.Chimist 27/10/07
  20.   What is a Jewish Moderate - All I see & hear is Racism from Jews. 12:46  |  POP 27/10/07
  21.   STUPID AMERICAN LIBERALS 12:46  |  B`Galil 27/10/07
  22.   Former Marxists are a ok. 12:50  |  Ky 27/10/07
  23.   Pop 13:37  |  Antony 27/10/07
  24.   Pop 13:45  |  Antony 27/10/07
  25.   A fascist is a fascist whether Muslim, Jewish, or American 13:49  |  newageblues 27/10/07
  26.   Sources of Information on Islamist-Jihadism 13:52  |  Brod 27/10/07
  27.   Mr. Horowitz should shame himself 13:59  |  Marlene N. 27/10/07
  28.   Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week 14:00  |  Muslimah 27/10/07
  29.   #5 Holden PART 1 14:02  |  George Kaplan 27/10/07
  30.   Yonatan: watch out 14:06  |  A Muslim-that-seeks 27/10/07
  31.   Holden #5 PART 2 14:13  |  George Kaplan 27/10/07
  32.   To Mehmet 14:13  |  dovale 27/10/07
  33.   #12, you`re not curious, you`re sarcastic 14:13  |  newageblues 27/10/07
  34.   POP MODERATES 14:28  |  stork 27/10/07
  35.   To #5 and POP 14:38  |  SMF 27/10/07
  36.   Columbia turning out dumb and dumber students 15:15  |  Nechama 27/10/07
  37.   Chris Hedges: Believer Empowered = Fascists! 15:24  |  36.6 Centigrades 27/10/07
  38.   Roxana - An honest Iran Report? 15:33  |  more info 27/10/07
  39.   Curious#12....None of your list 15:46  |  TrippleJump 27/10/07
  40.   "Jewish" conservative 16:09  |  Steve 27/10/07
  41.   Religions are not immune from criticism 16:34  |  McQueen 27/10/07
  42.   to #30 --- 16:34  |  Kobi 27/10/07
  43.   an irresponsible term 16:54  |  Annie H. A. Cotton 27/10/07
  44.   St. Paul Horowitz 17:33  |  Arik Silverman 27/10/07
  45.   The Branding of Brandon Mayfield 17:35  |  Mark of Lewiston 27/10/07
  46.   he ain`t a `prominent conservative`, he`s a prominent jewish nazi 17:35  |  Rowan Berkeley 27/10/07
  47.   curious #12 17:36  |  Veritas 27/10/07
  48.   To #5 Holden - ARE YOU NUTS?????? 18:09  |  B`Galil 27/10/07
  49.   Mehmet - #15 18:49  |  David Israel 27/10/07
  50.   Notice how this biased AP article omits any supportive comments 18:57  |  sk 27/10/07
  51.   Horowitz Evil-Ajmadinijad a saint! 19:02  |  Avram 27/10/07
  52.   To Annie (43): an ACCURATE term. 19:33  |  sk 27/10/07
  53.   #5, Holden... 19:36  |  Silvienne 27/10/07
  54.   Let`s set up a fund for the moderate Israeli. 19:41  |  Andreas 27/10/07
  55.   WHY is a Jew explaining the Moslems? Can´t the Moslems do it ? 19:42  |  Alicia 27/10/07
  56.   to Musilmah No.28 20:13  |  abraibraok 27/10/07
  57.   Yonatan 20:25  |  American 27/10/07
  58.   Kobi - True 20:28  |  American 27/10/07
  59.   #27 Marlene, I recommend everybody to read you post! 20:50  |  Roxana from IRAN 27/10/07
  60.   Persecution of PA supporters 20:55  |  David Finch 27/10/07
  61.   Sheik Salah Shihadeh 20:58  |  David Finch 27/10/07
  62.   Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week 20:58  |  MIKE 27/10/07
  63.   DUMMIES 21:08  |  JOJO 27/10/07
  64.   Who is "associating Islam with barbarism and violence"? 21:54  |  Briton 27/10/07
  65.   The Branding of Brandon Mayfield (2nd Try) 21:54  |  Mark of Lewiston 27/10/07
  66.   Haaretz censorship 22:17  |  David Finch 27/10/07
  67.   Judeo-Fascists and Islamo-fascists 22:19  |  dan 27/10/07
  68.   moderate Jews 22:28  |  judah 27/10/07
  69.   Prominent Jewish "Blacklister" 23:04  |  longwalksinparis 27/10/07
  70.   POP READ NEWSPAPERS 23:09  |  TOBIA 27/10/07
  71.   #44 - we did read the books - one`s called `The Ethnic Cleansing. 23:16  |  Don Camillo 27/10/07
  72.   Dan # 55 23:28  |  JJ 27/10/07
  73.   David Israel why should I envy ? 23:56  |  mehmet 27/10/07
  74.   David Israel why should I envy ? 23:56  |  mehmet 27/10/07
  75.   David Israel why should I envy ? 23:56  |  mehmet 27/10/07
  76.   #49 David Finch 00:23  |  Jo Jo 28/10/07
  77.   Those who support Palestinians and NeoPalestinians 00:27  |  stork 28/10/07
  78.   Mehmet 04:13  |  David Israel 28/10/07
  79.   The first victims of islamo-fascism 02:25  |  Philippe 29/10/07
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