Malik Ali at UC Davis

Both independent bloggers and the mainstream Jewish community have documented efforts by anti-israel forces to create "linkage" between very dissimilar incidents. Earlier attempts by fringe groups to show a relationship between local oppression of people of color and Israel's ongoing conflict with Gaza dipped frighteningly in the realm of fantasy, and served as a general incitement to hate and anti-Semitism .


Photo from San Francisco ANSWER rally, taken by our friend Zombie

The goal of these events was ostensibly to create alliances, to combat "oppression", but in reality they served to dehumanize not only the Jewish state, but the Jewish community as well. The attempt to link the death of Oscar Grant to the ongoing conflict in Gaza continued on Feb. 22, with a presentation at University of California at Davis, by Malik Ali, an Oakland Iman considered fringe, even in the Islamic community. The talk was promoted with the theme "Politics of Ghettoization", stating "Oscar Grant and the Gaza Seige, two incidents of oppression that coincided in the summer of 2009...East Oakland and the West Bank, two areas with economic segregation formatted along ethnic lines". Malik Ali runs a mosque in Oakland associated with the anti-Semitic Sabiqun movement, which seeks to establish Islamic rule in the U.S. In previous speeches he has praised Hamas and Hezbollah as part of the "Islamic Revival" which will bring "the death of Zionism" and the collapse of the "American empire".

Malik Ali at UC Davis

Malik Ali had a surprise when he showed up at Davis. The local Jewish community had mobilized, and 35 members showed up to protest his Jew-hatred. He ended up delivered a different talk that had been promoted. But during the question and answer period, his true nature was revealed again, by his glowing endorsement of Iran's Ahmadinejad.




Malik's primary goal is the overthrow of the American government and its replacement with an Islamic world order. The question remains- why are our public institutions hosting him?

The Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine: Facing the Music

According to the Jewish Federation of Orange County, The University of California at Irvine (UC Irvine) has suspended the Muslim Student Union (MSU) for one year and placed it on disciplinary probation for an additional year. The MSU is also required to collectively complete 50 hours of community service. As a result, it will not be allowed to conduct organized campus events until at least the fall of 2011.

According to a UCI campus document, suspension means that the recognition of the MSU organization has been revoked. No current executive officer listed on the Dean of Students registration application form will be allowed to act as an “authorized signer” for any other student organization at UC Irvine during the suspension. The effective dates pertaining to the suspension are from September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011.

This action is the direct result of a campaign of hate,incitement and intimidation organized by the MSA against Zionists and Jewish students on campus. According to Roz Rothstein of Stand with Us:

The Muslim Student Union (MSU) and Muslim Student Association (MSA), allied with extremist groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), focus single-mindedly on one goal: demonizing Israel. This is not your normal student activism. MSU and MSA members are obsessively driven by their mission. They are determined, methodical, focused, well-funded and strictly organized. The leaders are usually devout and infuse religious and moral justifications into the movement, making hatred of Israel akin to a religious as well as social justice cause.
The MSU, MSA and SJP groups don’t just plan actions for their own schools. SJP and the 600 MSU/MSA chapters across North America use the Internet to coordinate their anti-Israel strategies and to share their best practices. They exchange anti-Israel propaganda. They share fliers, props and slogans. They analyze what was effective and refine their tactics and execution for the upcoming year.

On February 8, 2010, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren visited the Orange County, California campus to give a talk to UCI students and community members. During the 90-minute event, Oren was repeatedly interrupted by members of the Muslim Student Union, 11 of whom were arrested. One of those arrested was the president of the MSU at UCI. The investigation of this incident revealed the Muslim Student Union’s organized plot to prevent Oren from delivering his presentation.

The MSU brought fringe speakers to the campus, including Malik Ali,a radical Islamic preacher whose primary goal is the overthrow of the American government and its replacement with an Islamic dictatorship. He declared during a campus speech just steps from the UC Irvine administration building, “Ya’ll (Jews) are the new Nazi’s.” Ali also confirmed his public support for terrorist organizations Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.

The disciplinary action taken involving 11 students arrested was not disclosed because of laws meant to protect their privacy

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