CSUSB Palm Desert cancels anti-Islam class after strong complaints

(KMIR) A class taught at California State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert campus is receiving tough criticism and being called anti-Islamic.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations in Los Angeles is now asking for an explanation and an apology. NBC [Palm] Springs spoke to CAIR-LA and the university to see what will be done moving forward.

“The history of Islam, from Mohammed to Isis. Imagine starting a class that says the history of Christianity from Jesus to the KKK,” exclaimed Hussam Ayloush, executive director of CAIR-LA.

A PowerPoint slide during class claimed Arabs are not moral people, calling them liars and cheaters. A student then reached out to a civil rights and advocacy group on American-Islamic relations.

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