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By John Cook Sep 23, 2011 4:39 PM
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Muslim Students Convicted of Being Mean to Israeli Ambassador

Last year, when Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren announced his intention to speak at the University of California at Irvine, some members of the school's Muslim Students Union plotted to inform Oren of their feelings about some of Israel's policies. They used their voices to do so. This is illegal!

Today 10 members of the so-called "Irvine 11" (charges against one of the original eleven students were dropped) were convicted on misdemeanor charges of disrupting a meeting and conspiracy to disrupt a meeting in a Santa Ana, Calif., court. Here's what they did, which is a crime:

In February 2010, as Oren began to speak about the U.S.-Israeli relationship at a campus speech, the students rose one-by-one to object to Israel's occupation of the West Bank. One shouted, "Michael Oren, propagating murder is not an expression of free speech!" As the offender was removed from the audience, a designated compatriot shouted, "You, sir, are an accomplice to genocide!" And so on. According to an attorney for one of the students, the longest of the interruptions lasted roughly 8 seconds, and the total amount of time taken up by their outbursts—combined—was roughly one minute.

That's one minute too long when you're talking about Muslim students interrupting the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. to inform him that some people think his country's policies are unjust, which is illegal, so don't do it.

http://gawker.com/5843400/muslim-students-convicted-of-being-mean-to-israeli-ambassador

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This has got nothing to do with religion. They are being punished because of their "ipanle."

OP: GET A JOB!

mUST U comment?? if u need to know how NL works, u can c d GENERAL section instead of embarrassing yourself here.

I c it as more political is y i posted it here.

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Are they Nigerians?

Did this happen in Nigeria?

Is the Israeli Ambassador Nigerian?

Are the students politicians?

How is your thoughtless post relevant to Nigeria or Nigerians?

Or should we assume that this is another one of your many failed attempts at looking for a Muslim brother to marry?

Again, Adeola, GET A JOB!

am i surprised u came up with such a response NO! u can try harder!!!!!!!!

Why this of great concern to u amazes me. Mchew get a job