Article: 'Radical Islam' movie prompts discussion panel at U. Florida

Ileana Morales
University Wire
11-30-2007
(Independent Florida Alligator) (U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- University of Florida students and faculty gathered Thursday for a panel discussion about misconceptions of Islam in response to the controversial promotion of a movie about "Radical Islam."

The panel, sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Islam On Campus, addressed the controversy that arose when students hung posters advertising the movie, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West."

Posters promoting the movie, shown on campus Nov. 13, had the phrase "Radical Islam Wants You Dead!"

Matt Klein, a justice on the Student Government Supreme Court, sent out an ...

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