Muslim group claims CUNY brass pre-approved law school grad’s ‘hate’ speechBy Carl Campanile
June 7, 2023
The nation’s largest American-Muslim advocacy group ripped into CUNY’s leadership as “dishonest” and “cowardly” for calling a law school graduate’s incendiary commencement address “hate speech” — claiming it was cleared by the school’s administrators.
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) said the CUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez failed to defend the free speech rights of Palestinian activist Fatima Mousa Mohammed, and instead caved into pressure from Jewish activists and backers of Israel.
“CAIR-NY strongly condemns the City University of New York (CUNY) for joining dishonest, cowardly, and dangerous attacks on their own student leader, Fatima Mohammed, who has been relentlessly harassed by far-right media, Mayor Eric Adams, and multiple members of Congress and City Council. As an institution of higher education, CUNY has a responsibility to protect its students, even in the face of disagreement or discomfort, and its failure to do so is unacceptable,” CAIR-NY said in a statement.
“Fatima’s speech was submitted, examined, and pre-approved by CUNY in written form and a verbal recording. Furthermore, the speech was celebrated by the audience. CUNY student leaders, including the Jewish Law Students Association, have spoken up in her defense. Moreover, CUNY’s mischaracterization of Fatima’s speech as `hate speech’ is false and defamatory.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/06/07/cuny-grad-fatima-mousa-mohammeds-speech-was-pre-approved-cair/
