Faith leaders urge UCSD to bar Islamophobic speakers from campus [Video]

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A coalition of faith leaders gathered at UC San Diego on Friday to call on the university’s administration to do better to address Islamophobia on campus after a student organization hosted a controversial speaker known for anti-Muslim rhetoric.

Mosab Hassan Yousef, a former Palestinian militant and Israeli intelligence undercover agent who is the son of a Hamas founder, was brought to the campus on Tuesday by Tritons for Israel during their annual week-long event, “Peace in Israel Week.”

Yousef is known for his fiery and provocative social media presence, where he rails against Islam, the Muslim community and pro-Palestinian supporters with often derogatory remarks.

The collective of faith leaders, which included Islamic, Christian and Jewish clergy, described his presence on campus as an exemplar of a larger rise in Islamophobia spurred by the Israel-Hamas war that has made Muslim UCSD students …