Salman Rushdie pulls out as Cali college commencement speaker over protest threats
www.independent.co.uk
Celebrated British-Indian author Salman Rushdie will no longer deliver the commencement address at Claremont McKenna College.

Celebrated British-Indian author Salman Rushdie will no longer deliver the commencement address at Claremont McKenna College.

  • Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 days ago

    The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations also called on the college to address students’ concerns, noting in a statement that the author “previously made troubling statements about Muslims and Palestine.”

    Troubling statements here?