College Republicans at San Diego State University (SDSU) are calling on the Muslim Student Association to condemn acts of radical Islamic terrorism.
“This statement is a formal request to the Muslim Student Association of San Diego State University, from the College Republicans at San Diego State University, to stick to their mission statement that reads: ‘The Muslim Student Association is an organization dedicated to creating a sense of community and an inclusive environment for ALL students on campus…’ Unfortunately, until radical Islamic terrorism is disavowed by the Muslim Student Organization at SDSU, we can not move forward in creating an inclusive environment for all students on campus,” the statement posted to Facebook yesterday reads in part.
The SDSU College Republicans are asking for the president of the SDSU Muslim Student Association and others on their Executive board to resign immediately if they do not “publicly condemn… acts of radical Islamic terrorism in Spain and those acts similar in nature.”
In the wake of the white supremacist terror attack in Charlottesville, liberals made a deafening call for conservatives to denounce the fringe alt-right. The SDSU College Republicans posted a statement which read we “denounce the ‘Unite the Right’ demonstrations… The hateful views of white supremacists do not represent Republicans or the Republican party as a whole.”
Now, as conservatives ask mainstream Muslims to denounce fringe, Islamic terror organizations, there seems to be a double standard; the request by the campus College Republicans has ruffled feathers in the American Muslim community.
One Facebook reply, posted by the Arab American Institute’s executive director Omar Baddar, says “It’s hard to tell whether you’re just trolling Muslim students because you think this type of bullying is fun & edgy, or whether you seriously believe your fellow Muslim students might be supporters of terrorism. The former possibility puts you beneath contempt, while the latter highlights how embarrassingly ignorant you are, so I’m not sure which you’d prefer.”
The College Republicans are not backing down, however.
“I just want to make it abundantly clear for all of the social justice warriors losing their minds over this, we’re not claiming they are terrorists. We are simply asking that they denounce the radicalism that is taking place throughout the world,” Brandon Jones, president of the SDSU College Republicans, told Red Alert Politics.
The SDSU Muslims Student Association has been involved in a whirlwind of controversy on campus. One of the most notable incidents was when they “trapped” the University president in a police cruiser for over two hours while chanting and praying because he upheld free speech rights of pro-Israeli students.
The SDSU Muslim Student Association did not return Red Alert Politics’ request for comment.
