Faisal Kutty
Role at the time: Lawyer, law professor, and commentator
Condemned
Responding to
Yousef's remarks and the audience applause constituted anti-Muslim hate and warranted an apology and repudiation from the summit and its sponsors.
"The applause is what should trouble us. Bigotry doesn't become acceptable because we like the target."
Why we used this label
The statement directly calls the incident bigotry and rejects selective acceptance based on the targeted group.