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Modern School: Grand Jury Repression of Muslim Students in California

Modern School: Grand Jury Repression of Muslim Students in California

Grand Jury Repression of Muslim Students in California


Speak No Evil Again Israel, Or Else (Image by S)
The Orange County (California) district attorney’s office has convened a grand jury that will consider filing conspiracy charges against the Irvine 11, a group of Muslim students who disrupted a 2010 speech by the Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren. The students shouted over the Ambassador as he tried to deliver a speech on U.S.-Israeli security. They were disruptive enough to force Oren to take a 20-minute break. They were later arrested.

There is speculation that