The campus project was planned by conservative writer and activist David Horowitz as a response to attempts last year by officials at Pace University to prevent a Jewish student group from hosting a screening of “Obsession” on the university’s West-chester, N.Y., campus.
Mr. Horowitz, whose Terrorism Awareness Project is sponsoring tomorrow’s events, said the use of the term “Islamofascism” is part of the educational mission of the “teach-ins” planned around the film showings.
“The most important thing is to make people recognize who the enemy is. People cringe when we use the word ‘Islamofascism’ because they haven’t been prepared for it,” he said in a telephone interview, adding that there are real similarities between Islamic extremism and the fascism of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. “It’s not for nothing that the Iranian army goose-steps.”
“Obsession” won best feature-film honors at the 2005 Liberty Film Festival. It has been widely praised by conservatives and broadcast on the Fox News Channel.
The movie made headlines when members of the Pace chapter of Hillel, a collegiate Jewish organization, said they were “intimidated” by university administrators after a campus Muslim group complained of Hillel’s plan to show the documentary in November as part of Judaism Awareness Week.
Can’t wait for Christianofascism and Judeofascism (better known as Zionism) Awareness days. Come to think of it, how about Shintofascism and Hindufascism Awareness?
[Thanks, E.]
How coy of them to do it a day before Hitler’s b’day and not the day itself.
You dont need to wait much for christianofacism or judeofacism days, you have them daily in almost every arab country.
Why wait for Judeofascism Awareness Day when you already have Israeli Apartheid Week? You should know about it, Ursula posted enough about it on this blog. I’m sure its many international events were chock-full of people waaay more politically aware and enlightened than these buffoons with their Islamofascist Awareness dreck, right?
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Awwww, Dan is so oppressed.
I’m embarrassed that students at my school, Columbia University, participated in this event, but happy to report that at least it garnered very little attention and thus failed to really spread awareness of “Islamofascism.”