At Princeton U., Islam antagonist "unduly silenced"

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Yesterday's scheduled speech by controversial author and human rights activist Nonie Darwish at Princeton University was canceled after the student groups sponsoring the event withdrew their support.

Darwish, founder of Arabs for Israel and Former Muslims United, has written critically of radical Islam, and many opponents argue her views extend to the religion overall. Her speeches have been met with protests on several other college campuses.

On Tuesday, Tigers For Israel and the American Whig-Cliosophic Society withdrew their sponsorship.

"She's not anti-Islam. She makes very clear the distinction between radical Islam as an institution and the religion of Islam," said sophomore Rafael Grinberg, co-vice president of TFI. He opposed the decision and attempted to bring Darwish to campus after the groups withdrew, though her speech was canceled.

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