Lauren RabainoIslamo-Fascism Awareness Week was not only a controversial event on campus, it was also highlighted on “The O’Reilly Factor” last week.
Making an appearance on the show was architecture and pre-med senior Saleem Azad.
Azad was questioned by O’Reilly about the event at Cal Poly and other schools in the nation.
“It is an attack on Islam – it tells people that Muslims are out to get you,” Azad told the Mustang Daily.
“The worst part is that there are not any scholarly or academic-based ideas with these presentations.”
O’Reilly gave tough questions but Azad proved he was knowledgeable on the subject.
“I was a little scared and just had pulled an all-nighter,” Azad said.
Azad was called by Fox after they had found his name as a former president of the Muslim Student Association at Cal Poly.
After he received the call, he drove to a studio in Agoura Hills to be on the show.
“Bill O’Reilly asks great rhetorical questions but never has any facts,” Azad said.
Azad added that he wanted to go on the show to explain that Islam does not incite violence against Christians and Jews.
“I wanted people to know that Muslims are our friends and neighbors,” he said. “It’s not fair to judge a whole group of people.
“I feel like it’s my responsibility to talk about this for the future generations of Muslims.”