California university cancels Muslim valedictorian’s speech, citing safety concerns

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.The valedictorian, biomedical engineering major Asna Tabassum, challenges the university's rationale, questioning 'whether USC's decision to revoke my invitation to speak is made solely on the basis of safety'

The valedictorian, biomedical engineering major Asna Tabassum, in her own statement challenged the university’s rationale, questioning “whether USC’s decision to revoke my invitation to speak is made solely on the basis of safety.” “The intensity of feelings, fueled by both social media and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, has grown to include many voices outside of USC and has escalated to the point of creating substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement,” he wrote.

USC, renowned for an intercollegiate athletic program whose football and other teams are known as the Trojans, did not respond to Reuters’ request for further comment.Tabassum said she also was told USC possessed the ability “to take appropriate safety measures for my valedictory speech” but opted not to because a tougher security posture was “not what the university wants to ‘present as an image.

Tabassum told an NBC News affiliate that she posted the link five years earlier and did not author the slideshow. Sonya Meyerson-Knox, spokesperson for the Jewish anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace, said the USC episode was part of a larger pattern on US college campuses of students being censured as anti-Jewish for criticizing Israel’s government or for expressing support for Palestinian rights.

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