from Joachim Martillo
Much of the criticism that Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week speakers make about Islam also applies to Orthodox Judaism. Possibly Horowitz et al. are so ignorant of Judaism that they are unaware of the similarities of Islam and Orthodox Judaism, but it is more probable that the Islamophobes are just trying to recast Islamophobia according to the model of late 19th and early 20th century anti-Semitism and are focusing on critiques that worked against Judaism in the past.
Horowitz may not care about the effectiveness of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. He may be able to raise money simply on the basis of presence at American universities and the degree of controversy that he creates. If such is the case, attempts to suppress Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week may benefit Freedom Center fundraising. Instead of becoming defensive, American Muslims should go on the offensive and strengthen alliances with progressive and conservative non-Muslims, who are aghast at the damage that Zionists and extremist American Jews have managed to do to American society and to US foreign policy. [my emphasis] – Link
See Margaret Kimberley’s take on the whole affair.
