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LOS ANGELES — Following the publicized decision to cancel a commencement speech by a Muslim valedictorian, the University of Southern California said Friday it will have no outside speakers or honorees at the main stage commencement event. “Given the highly publicized circumstances surrounding our main-stage commencement program, university leadership has decided it is best to release our outside speakers and honorees from attending this year’s ceremony,” USC said in a statement.
” It calls for “one palestinian state,” which it says “would mean palestinian liberation, and the complete abolishment of the state of israel.” Tabassum has she said added the link on her social media account five years ago and was not the author, according to NBC Los Angeles. The Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations was among those that condemned USC's decision to cancel her speech.
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