On July 14th and 21st, Imam Ammar Shahin from the Islamic Center of Davis gave anti-Semitic sermons praying for the annihilation of the Jews. The anti-Semitic rhetoric began on the 14th, talking about the events that occurred at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and how the “wicked Jews” are prohibiting prayer at the Mosque....
Anti-Semitism: Social Justice’s Blind Spot
At 3:45 a.m. on the morning of Jan. 22, a heinous, racially-charged vandalism was committed against the Islamic Center of Davis, with bacon laid across the door handles. Several days later, tires of vehicles were slashed outside the center. The Davis community banded together to show its solidarity with the center,...
BDS at UC Davis
On Thursday, April 25, 2013, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission (ECAC) presented a co-authored proposal that attempted to persuade UC Davis student government to adopt a resolution to recommend that the university divest from Israel. The bill suggested that UC Davis divest...