UCI Muslim group to hold week of seminars on Israel

The Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine has announced the schedule for “Israel: Apartheid Resurrected,” a week of seminars dealing with Israel, its treatment of Palestine and the Zionist movement.

The seminar is scheduled to begin Monday at noon under the flagpoles by the administration building, with Imam Mohammad al-Asi, the leader of the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C., giving a speech titled “Why Palestine?” Al-Asi also plans to speak on Hamas, the controversial Palestinian political group, at 6 p.m. in the campus’ Crystal Cove Auditorium.

Last year, the Muslim Student Union drew complaints from a number of Jewish students for its weeklong event “Holocaust in the Holy Land.”

Muslim Student Union leaders did not respond to numerous requests for information about this month’s event.

— Michael Miller