Since the start of the war between the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hamas and Israel, tensions on college campuses have been high, especially where large numbers of students identify with Islamist causes. We might finally have a reason why, thanks to a new report from Sam Westrop at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
According to Westrop’s report, there are a number of Islamic student groups on college campuses across Texas that have openly shown support for Hamas and other Islamist terror organizations. Two groups in Dallas—the DFW Shias for Justice and the Ahlul-Bayt Student Association at the University of Texas at Dallas—even openly demonstrated in support of the Iranian regime itself on the Grassy Knoll after the U.S. began Operation Epic Fury in Iran.
Jeff Addicott with the Warrior Defense Project at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio says these subversive groups are using the same tactics that the designated foreign terrorist organization CAIR uses. “These people use our freedoms to shield themselves, to indoctrinate, and to recruit new foot soldiers for radical Islamic extremism,” he said.
Addicott also says colleges need to do more legwork when it comes to properly vetting their student organizations to ensure they are not designed to radicalize Texas students. “The problem is that many faculty members are infected with the virus of DEI and what I like to call ‘cultural correctness,’ and they’re simply not doing their job,” he warned.
That’s why Addicott thinks parents should also spend more time instilling values like patriotism into their children so that by the time they get to college, they are ready to face any radical Islamic or anti-American propaganda they might encounter.