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Temple's Muslim Students Association said that the "decision to allow Mr. Wilders to share his viewpoints is a danger not only for the public safety of Muslims and the honor of the core principles of Islam, but also for academic integrity and objectivity on campus."
NORTH PHILADELPHIA. Wilders plans to show his controversial 15-minute documentary, "Fitna," which he says shows Islam as a religion of violence.
Protests are expected outside Anderson Hall for the 7 p.m. address that will also include conservative commentator David Horowitz. Temple University security will be ramped up after student organizers say they received e-mailed threats.
Despite requests by the Muslim Student Association and university administrators to the student group that invited Wilders to cancel the event, one organizer said Wilders' appearance exemplifies "free speech."
"The biggest reason to have him is freedom of speech, the mission for our group is to welcome political views whether we agree or disagree," said Lisa Haggerty of student group TUPurchase. "We’re the the first school he asked to come to. It’s an honor for Temple."
The Muslim Student Association thinks his speech would be a "blemish."
"Temple should really rethink it’s policy," said the MSA's Wajeeha Choudhary. "From my knowledge of free speech law, hate speech isn’t included. If you’re demeaning or hurting someone, how can that be free speech?"
NORTH PHILADELPHIA. Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders might not even be considered the most controversial speaker at tonight's event, considering he will be preceded by staunch conservative David Horowitz.
Horowitz, who heads the California-based Freedom Center, is a leading proponent of "Islamofascism" — the belief that Islam controls free speech along with other human rights — and organized Wilders' visit to Temple with a new student group called TUPurchase.
"If you insult Islam in Europe you are threatened with prosecutions. If you insult Islam in Pakistan, you face death," Horowitz said in an interview with Metro yesterday afternoon after arriving in Philadelphia. "And in America, they will shut down your speech. That’s what we’re fighting." metro/bxm
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