9:25 p.m. Question from student, who quotes Horowitz and quotes Koran, calls Horowitz "Sheikh Horowitz."

Horowitz: "I don't think that the Koran is a fascist document. . . . We are being attacked by a radical religious movement. . . . Why aren't you upset about this massive national campaign?"

Protesters unfurl orange banner, disruption, shouting, are ejected by security.

Horowitz about protester: "You have to admire his discipline. To sit through this whole evening ... and wait until the end."

In closing remark, mentions that YAF is forced to pay for security after threats from left-wing groups.

Speech over.

9:21 p.m. A female student who is an official of Muslim Student Association says she is not oppressed.

Horowitz: "You live in a secular, Democratic society . . . women have more freedom in America than in any other country."

Horowitz talks about female genital mutilation. Singles out Iran and the Afghan Taliban.

Horowitz asks student to denounce Hamas. She refuses.

9:18 p.m. Question from Muslim student about the meaning of the word "jihadist," says she uses "jihad" in terms of personal spiritual struggle. Horowitz points out that bin Laden and other terrorist leaders use "jihad" to mean violent holy war.

9:15 p.m. Question from conservative student: "What are you doing to work with Islamic organizations?"

Horowitz says he's working with Nonie Darwish's Arabs for Israel.

9:13 p.m. The solution to the problem in the Middle East is first of all, stop coddling terrorists and Nazis." Criticizes Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for giving money to PLA and Fatah.

"You have to show people that their leaders are leading them to destruction."

9:11 p.m. Talks about suicide bombers. "In my mind, there's no difference between Hamas and Fatah, except that Fatah is corrupt. . . . .Filthy, disgusting ethnic hatred."

Discusses Nonie Darwish, who spoke at Berkeley on Monday, and her book, "Now They Call Me Infidel."

9:07 p.m. Question about Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Horowitz discusses history of the region, rise of PLO and Arafat. "The question of the Palestine as a state didn't even arise until 1964."

Talks about Clinton's efforts at achieving Mideast peace, and jokes: "You know, the only thing I like about Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize is that it must eat Clinton up."

9:03 p.m. Horowitz concludes speech, thanking audience for being polite. Applause. Q&A to follow.

9:01 p.m. "Democrats . . . betrayed their own country and the troops in the field to get elected. . . .

"The most disgraceful thing done by a political party in this country. . . .

"Why are the Democrats not listening to Cindy Sheehan these days? Because if we leave Iraq, there will be a bloodbath."

"I was in the anti-war movement. That's one of the reasons I'm not a leftist today." Horowitz talks about the communist-inflicted bloodbath in Vietnam after U.S. withdrawal. "That's what happens when the U.S. turns its back on its allies."

8:55 p.m. Horowitz says that, reluctantly, he's going to talk about the Iraq war "and what the Democrats have done to this country."

"Every Democrat had the same intelligence the president had. . . . Saddam Hussein invaded two countries, poison gassed the Kurds, murdered the Shia. . . . You can't reason with him. . . .

"The Bush administration said, we're going to call him to account. . . . Bush went to the UN and got a Security Resolution, unanimously. . . . "

8:50 p.m. Horowitz: "I'm Jewish, I'm not personally big on biblical claims. . . . But the West Bank is the traditional homeland of the Jews -- Samaria and Judea."

About Hezbollah: There were two democracies in the Middle East, one a Christian democracy, Lebanon -- they destroyed it. . . . You cannot make peace with people who want to kill you. You first have to make them understand that they cannot do it."

8:48 p.m. On the Israel-Palestinian conflict: "It's not about land. . . . It was not controlled by Arabs. It was controlled by the Ottoman Turks -- who are Muslims, but who are not Arabs."

He goes into a history of the division of the Middle East after World War I, the history of Jewish refugees in the region, etc.

8:41 p.m. "It's very difficult, under this hail of hate that is directed at me. . . . You can't begin to discuss things rationally when people are firing at you. . . .

"I'm not a violent person. I was not a rock-thrower during the '60s. . . . If I were a raving, American-hating traitor, I could come to this campus without any protection. (APPLAUSE) If I were Cindy Sheehan or Michael Moore."

8:35 p.m. Horowitz: Ahmadinejad, "the little Persian Hitler," was a student leading protests during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, shouting "Death to the Great Satan." . . .

8:31 p.m. "Genocidal Jew hatred . . . is, unfortunately, now endemic in the Middle East. . . .

"Hezbollah is a Nazi party. Hamas is a Nazi party. . . . They're Jew-hating totalitarians -- they're Nazis."

8:29 p.m. "It's perfectly possible to have an Islamic society with a secular state. . . . .

"Osama bin Laden and Zawahiri .... want an Islamic empire. . . . .

"There is a denial in this country of what we're up against. . . .

"It's not an accident that the Iranian National Guard goosesteps. It's an homage to the Nazis."

8:22 p.m. Horowitz: "I guess you can learn about the oppression of women in the faculty lounge," but not about abuse of women under radical Islamic regimes.

8:19 p.m. Horowitz says CAIR, which has "led the hate campaign" against IFAW, was founded by the Muslim Brotherhood, "a terrorist organization."

8:18 p.m. "The president of the United States is intimidated from using the term 'Islamo-fascism,' because it's supposed to be prejudiced."

8:15 p.m. Horowitz cites the example of Duke University as a "lynch mob mentality" on American campuses today.

"The whole university was prepared to lynch three white kids. . . . That is the reality in this country. . . .

"If those 7 students are not expelled from this university, or suspended . . . you will know that there is a lynch-mob mentality on this campus."

8:10 p.m. Horowitz calls hoax posters "a vicious racist attack." Compares to noose incident at Columbia University.

The purpose of the hoax was "to put a target on our back."

8:08 p.m. GW YAF president Sergio Gor introduction:
"Our name, along with the university's name, has made headlines, but not in a way we would have liked."

Calls on university to expel seven who admit posting hoax posters Oct. 8. "Please welcome David Horowitz." Audience applauds.

The speech begins early ...

8:05 p.m. Now hooked up live, beside the stage at Jack Morton Auditorium at George Washington University's Marvin Center, where a full house of students await the start of David Horowitz's lecture.

GW YAF treasurer Matt Sauvage makes an announcement: "No disruptions of any kind will be tolerated during the event." He asks the audience to remain seated during the performance. Anyone leaving during the event will not be re-admitted.

UPDATE 7:40 p.m.: As students -- many in the traditional Muslim kaffiyeh -- fill the auditorium in the Jack Marvin center, so far, all is calm. (Whether that's a testament to civic-minded GWU students or the rain remains to be seen.) Horowitz will soon arrive from dinner at the Magic Gourd (review), where he dined with YAF. Should any shenanigans erupt, like last night's debacle, a couple of security guards are on hand to police the scene, with Incorrect U's camera crew ready to capture it.

In just a few hours, we'll be live-blogging David Horowitz's George Washington University appearance (that is, if it's not shut down, as it was at Emory, described by the incendiary conservative activist here) as the culminating event for Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week (IFAW), hosted by Young America's Foundation (YAF). Check back here at Fishwrap at 8:30 p.m. ET.

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Warm up with some quick hits around the 'sphere about IFAW:

Jeff Goldstein: Outraged by the ... uh, outrageous outrage.
Solomonia: Daniel Pipes at Tufts (with lots of photos).
GW Hatchet: Horowitz is ready.
GW Hatchet: YAF is ready.
Gateway Pundit: Fox News on the Emory IFAW debacle
Emory Wheel: Blaming those "outside groups."
Emory Wheel: Horowitz Q&A.
Real Clear Politics: A Canadian looks at IFAW.
Ann Coulter at USC: "I don't want to try to understand." Video:

-- Robert Stacy McCain, assistant national editor, The Washington Times