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June 15, 2010

UC Irvine Bans Muslim Student Union
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In news from California, officials at the University of California,
Irvine, have banned the Muslim Student Union for one year and placed the
organization on disciplinary probation for an additional year. In
February, members of the group disrupted a speech by Israeli ambassador
Michael Oren. Victor Sanchez, president of the University of California
Student Association, said he was outraged by the ban. Sanchez said,
"It’s almost impossible not to interpret this as a means of the
university to silence dissent."



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