Southern Cal Deletes Muslim Scripture From Web Site Following Complaint
Southern Cal Deletes Muslim Scripture From Web Site Following Complaint
The University of Southern California has removed a portion of Islamic scripture from the Web site of a Muslim-student group on its campus, The Daily Trojan reported today.
The deleted material came from the hadiths, collections of words and reports of deeds of the Prophet Muhammad not included in the Koran. The university’s provost ordered the removal of the passages after a rabbi in a Jewish human-rights group told a Southern Cal trustee that the Islamic scripture advocated violence against Jews.
David Horowitz, the conservative activist, has been campaigning against Muslim-student associations, which he sees as tied to radical Islamist thought. He told the newspaper that this was his first concrete victory. —Beckie Supiano