As we’ve noted many times before (lgf: search), the California city of Irvine seems to be a locus of radical Islam, often centered around the activities of the Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine. Here’s a piece at Inside Higher Ed looking at the situation, revealing that the administration at UC Irvine is as afraid of radical Islam as Borders Books and most US newspapers are: Middle East Wars on U.S. Campuses.

The Muslim Student Union has a full slate of activities planned for this week on the theme of “Holocaust in the Holy Land.” Among today’s events are a rally around the idea of “Hamas: The People’s Choice.” And if you missed the point of the week’s theme of equating Israel to Nazi Germany, there is a lecture/rally on Thursday called “Israel: the Fourth Reich.”

Not surprisingly, many Jewish students at Irvine are angry. They are not calling for events to be banned, but have asked Irvine’s leaders to condemn the language being used as offensive and as a way to hurt Jewish students, not to engage in debate about Israel’s policies. Irvine officials are refusing to do so — saying that they can’t get into picking which campus events to disagree with or pick sides between the vocal critics and supporters of Israel on the campus.

Minor quibble: it’s not only Jewish students at UC Irvine who are angry about this vile hate speech getting a free pass at American colleges.

Here’s the poster for this MSU event: MSU Hate Week at UCI.