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Luther King Day.
"I think it's ridiculous
that the university would
bring in someone like this
to celebrate Martin Luther
King's birthday," said stu-
dent Shannon Williamson,
taping up fliers. "(Mr.
Mohammad) is everything
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
was against."
Last week, Mr. Moody
defended the planning
committee's choice of
speakers. Mr. Mohammad
spoke at last year's MLK
Day celebration and his
address spurred no back-
lash, Mr. Moody said. The
vice provost contrasted
Mr. Mohammad's invita-
tion with that of former
Los Angeles Chief of Police
Darryl Gates, who spoke
at the university last
December.
"I don't think Mr.
Mohammad has ever been
responsible for people's
deaths," he said.
Walter Harrison, execu-
tive director of university
relations, said he doesn't
believe Mr. Mohammad
demonstrates Dr. King's
message, but believes that
first amendment rights
entitle Mr. Mohammad to
a forum.
"In every given year, we
have 1,000 speakers here
on 1,000 different sub-
jects," Dr. Harrison said.
"The university exists to
be a marketplace of ideas.
Bad ideas should sink of
their own weight."
Late last week, Hillel
sent press releases to local
media, denouncing Mr.
Mohammad. Islamic
Circle, another campus
organization, distributed
information that differen-
tiated the Islamic religion
from the Nation of Islam
organization.
According to another
Islamic Circle member,
Kamran Bajwa, represen-
tatives of the Nation of
Islam do not believe in the
"five fundamental pillars."
Mr. Bajwa listed the pil-
lars as "belief, prayer, fast-
ing, charity, and the pil-
grimage to Mecca."
"The views that he's
espousing from the Nation
of Islam are contrary to
the views of the 1 billion
Muslims worldwide," said
Muz Ahmed, a fourth-year
medical student and mem-
ber of Islamic Circle.
"I'm not even Jewish,"
said student Niels Rosen-
quist. "This shouldn't be
construed as a Jewish
thing. (Mr. Mohammad's)
speaking is very, very dis-
turbing."
According to Hillel's
press release, Mr. Moham-
mad denied that Mr.
Farrakhan ever called
Judaism a gutter religion,
but affirmed the descrip-
tion in a speech he deliv-
ered at Columbia Univer-
sity last year. The press
release also quoted Mr.
Mohammad as saying,
"Jew York Times, and
Columbia Jewniversity,
and Jew York City ...
"The blacks in the audi-
ence, we would love it —
Black York City. But you
(Jews in the audience) find
it offensive. I don't know
why. But that shows how
silly you are," reads the
transcript of Mr. Moham-
mad's speech.
Earl Henderson, a doc-
toral student in the politi-
White students
were poker-faced
throughout the
speech.
cal science department,
spoke in Mr. Mohammad's
stead. He criticized whites
in the audience for attend-
ing the event, not to learn,
but rather to ridicule Mr.
Mohammad and black cul-
ture.
"(Whites) seem to turn
out only when it's a ques-
tion of whom we should
and shouldn't listen to," he -
said.
But few people left the
packed auditorium when
they learned that Mr.
Mohammad would not be
there. Instead, hundreds of
students — blacks, whites,`—
Jews and gentiles —
turned quiet when Mr.
Henderson called for
blacks to define them-
selves within the context
of black culture.
"There are some good
white folks," he said.
"They're not the ones I call
crackers ..." But white
supremacists, said Mr.
Henderson, consistently
denigrate or ignore the -\
contributions blacks have
made to humanity.