USC announced on Friday it would be canceling outside speakers during this year's commencement ceremony, just days after barring its valedictorian from speaking due to anti-Israel social media posts.
The University of Southern California announced Friday it would be scrapping all outside speakers during this year's commencement ceremony, just days after the university canceled its Muslim student's valedictorian speech following a series of social media posts she made about Israel.
told The Los Angeles Times that they had received threats via letters, phone calls, and emails. Tabassum appeared on CNN after her speech was canceled, saying she was not sorry not sorry about promoting 'unequivocal and unconditional right to life for all people, including Palestinians,' which she claimed was the point of her anti-Israel social media posts that resulted in the school canceling her speech.
It’s unfortunate that, you know, human rights is controversial,' Tabassum said. She also claimed that her teachers and peers at the university were the ones that helped to shape her views. In response, antisemitism watchdog group 'StopAntisemitism' accused USC of making the valedictorian out to be the victim, telling Fox News Digital, 'What’s turned into denying the Jewish right to self-determination has now been masked by false calls of Islamophobia.
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