Citing safety concerns, USC canceled the speech of its valedictorian for the ... of Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism,” in a statement. CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush called USC’s ...

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The University of Southern California (USC) says its valedictorian won’t deliver a speech due to “substantial” security risks after she had links to pro-Palestinian sites on her social media.

Valedictorian ... to a pro-Palestinian website. She describes herself as a first-generation South Asian-American Muslim. USC stressed in its decision to call off Ms Tabassum’s speech: “To ...

The march was the latest protest of the university’s decision to cancel the May 10 speech. The valedictorian ... No pro-Israel demonstrators were seen near Thursday’s march. The tensions between ...

Chu just days after making the controversial choice to disallow the student valedictorian ... s decision was met with praise from pro-Israel organisations but condemnation from free speech groups ...