Nova Southeastern has invited a controversial and undoubtedly extremely interesting speaker for its commencement–Salman Rushdie. Some Muslim students object to the choice, apparently because of his “blasphemous” writings. More or less par for the course. But here’s the kicker:
Besides concerns based on Rushdie’s writing, students also expressed worries over safety. “Who is to say there is not someone willing to try and kill him while inflicting harm to [sic] everyone else at the ceremony?” said NSU student Randy Rodriguez-Torres in an editorial published in this week’s Nova student newspaper.
Rushdie’s lived with a fatwa on his head for almost twenty years. Do you think Nova students might be willing to spend two hours in the same auditorium with him? (Hat tip: LGF)