University of Florida: Reaffirmation of Right to Show Documentary

Case Materials

"Victory for Free Speech at the University of Florida," FIRE Press Release, December 10, 2007: Student groups at the University of Florida will be allowed to promote the controversial film “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” following a controversy with the school’s administration. FIRE intervened after a university official emailed the student body demanding an apology from the student groups sponsoring the film. The university subsequently reaffirmed its commitment to free expression and assured both FIRE and its student body that students can promote and view the film.
"University of Florida Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin Response to FIRE, December 10, 2007," December 10, 2007
"FIRE's letter to University of Florida Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin, November 29, 2007," November 29, 2007

"The strange case of ‘Obsession’ at the University of Florida," Luke Sheahan, Family Security Matters, January 28, 2008
"McCollum blasts UF over free speech," Jack Stripling, The Gainesville Sun, December 12, 2007
"Coming attractions," Special Report with Brit Hume, December 12, 2007