Posted on 10/07/2015 2:28:01 PM PDT by markomalley
Students at the University of Missouri plan to hold an anti-ISIS rally tomorrow that will culminate with the burning of the ISIS flag in the center of campus.
The MU-Young Americans for Liberty announced the event recently to raise awareness of the atrocities committed by the radical Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and to honor the group’s numerous victims, according to the College Fix.
“ISIS has violated the liberties and freedoms of millions of people through genocide, deadly religious persecutions, modern-day enslavement, sexual violence, use of a chemical weapon, beheadings and mass executions,” MU-Young Americans for Liberty wrote in a statement.
The festivities will start tomorrow afternoon with “a moment of silence for the estimated 250,000 plus murdered by ISIS, followed by brief speeches and will conclude with the burning of the ISIS flag,” the statement read.
MU-Young Americans for Liberty president Ian Paris, 21, said campus officials approved an “open flame permit” as well as permission for the general rally and barbecue. And as the day draws closer, an increasing number of student groups – from religious to social justice to political associations – are joining the cause.
“There’s a coalition of students that are coming together,” Paris said. “I am hoping we use this to unify our voice and maintain our message. I want this event to open the dialogue … about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East rather than it just be a one-off thing.”
The rally is also designed to call on the U.S. government to end support to nations with ties to ISIS and to stress that students don’t “condone ongoing U.S. and allied military action against ISIS in Syria and Iraq,” according to the news site.
Paris said the MU-Young Americans for Liberty spoke with Muslim students on campus and invited them to take part in the anti-ISIS rally because students don’t believe the radical faction of Islam represents most Muslims.
“I consider it a very wholesome religion,” Paris said, according to The Washington Times. “It’s not mine in particular, but I am filled with regret and sadness when people around me associate Islam with ISIS. ISIS has perverted and distorted the true values of Islam, which I consider one of the greatest atrocities they have committed.”
Paris acknowledged that not everyone is on board with the flag burning idea, but pointed out that simply announcing the event is already creating conversations on campus.
“Some people have voiced concern that a flag burning protest won’t effect change, but you would be surprised how many students I have spoken with that have asked me questions like, ‘Who is ISIS? What do they do?’” Paris said. “So the first step to effecting change is initiating a dialogue. Only then can we take a positive step forward in stopping radical Islam in the Middle East.”
Paris shrugged off concerns about ISIS retaliating at the event – “If I succumb to the fear of ISIS objecting to my actions, I have succumbed to the terrorists” – and said the biggest challenge so far has been locating an ISIS flag to burn.
A local business the group asked to make one refused, and the MU-Young Americans for Liberty did not want to purchase an official flag out of fear the proceeds would help fund the terrorist organization.
So the group turned to MU’s art students, who will replicate the flag for the rally.
This should be interesting to see who it smokes out of hiding.
I hope there are plenty of freedom loving arms carriers there
But don't be surprised if Obama's gestapo shuts it down.
We are sooooooooo screwed.................
This Jayhawk is saying, “go Tigers”!
I would say it too, but not this week.
Good for them. Maybe it’s time to start burning some rainbow flags too.
But, it won't matter, since every member of Congress is bought and paid for anyway.
Man, THAT would bring glittered jackboots to your door in a heartbeat.
Paris should say he's a fag and sue them like a cake bakery.
I can say it safely since MU has bailed on our conference.
67 rounds in 14 seconds....Remember Kent State!!
Never gonna happen.
Obastard will send his Just-Us goon squads to lock down that protest tight.
I do wish it would happen. It’s always fun to watch liberal heads a’splodin’.
[sing song] Ooh, ooh. They’re gonna get in trou-ble.
There shouldn’t be any repercussions or mass homicides after this event especially since it’s being held in a (say it with me now) gun free zone. /s
“You would be surprised how many students I have spoken with that have asked me questions like, ‘Who is ISIS? What do they do?’” Paris said.
The key will be to protect the campus and students in the months to follow.
They are the uninformed , undereducated ObungleBots
and the potential DIm voter bloc !
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