Ten students who set out to prevent Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren from speaking to students at the University of California Irvine campus have rightly been convicted of a California misdemeanor and sentenced to probation and a fine.
John Hrabe | Posted 11.25.2011
Our natural reaction to contrasting views should always be to speak out ourselves, not shut our opponents up. Muslim students get the same First Amendment protections as Israeli ambassadors.
AP | By AMY TAXIN | Posted 11.23.2011
By AMY TAXIN, The Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A California jury found 10 Muslim students guilty Friday of disrupting the Israeli amb...
John L. Esposito | Posted 08.16.2011
There is a long tradition of nonviolent dissent on our campuses on controversial topics and speakers. Dissent and the expression of dissent are part of our American tradition and integral to academic freedom.
Jon Wiener | Posted 05.25.2011
The students face criminal conspiracy charges and six months in jail if convicted.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
IRVINE, Calif. — A Muslim student group has appealed its suspension by the University of California, Irvine over the disruption of the Israeli a...
AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — A University of California, Irvine, disciplinary committee ruled that a Muslim student group should be suspended for at least a ye...
Alan Dershowitz | Posted 11.30.2011