H/T: Reut Cohen

The photo below was featured on the cover of the July 1999 issue of UCLA's MSA Magazine al-Tahib. It comes to no surprise that along with radicals Malcom X and Ayatollah Khomeini, it feature's no other than the ominous Osama bin-Laden.

And no, Bin Laden's image on the cover isn't content neutral as Chancellor Drake likes to say. It represents the content of the lifestyle feature inside. Below is an excerpt from the text of the article illustrating admiration:

When we hear someone refer to the great Mujahid (someone who struggles in Allah's cause) Osama bin Laden as a "terrorist," we should defend our brother and refer to him as a freedom fighter, someone who has forsaken wealth and power to fight in Allah's cause and speak out against oppressors. We take these stances only to please Allah.

Now since this article was written in 1999, radical Islamists in the United States didn't have to carry Bin Laden's post 9/11 baggage as they do today. Hence, it is convenient for the more radical sister organization at UC Irvine not to invoke the the "great Mujahid"'s  name, all while  sharing fundamental attitudes with his counterparts: Death to America and death to Israel.

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