A “professional” protester yelled at a Ohio university that the Koran is evil and ripped out some pages. A crowd assaulted him. Whether it was a “vile and disgusting” action or “freedom of speech, or both, an anti-Islamist activist got his point across through social media that has posted a video of his ripping pages out of the “evil” Koran.
The man, identified as John Williams, showed up on Ohio’s Wright State University and ranted against the Islamic holy book while surrounded by a crowd that included Muslims who did not take kindly to the sermon.
When Williams started ripping out pages from the book, he was assaulted, and police intervened to protect him.
Wright State Police Chief David Finnie said:
Our role here was simple. First of all, we support people expressing their First Amendment rights. There’s no better place than an academic setting.
University President David Hopkins expressed his own personal opinions of Williams’ performance:
An individual not associated with our university ventured onto our campus and expressed himself in ways that many found disrespectful to various groups because of their religion, sexual orientation, gender, or status as a victim of sexual assault. His actions, in my opinion, were vile and disgusting.
We all understand that public universities are places where a free exchange of ideas promotes the intellectual development of students and informs civic activity and policy beyond campus.
Williams said he is a member of “Quad Gods,” a group that criss-crosses the United States with religious protests.
He told the crowd, “God is love.”