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FAITHFULLY MUSLIM, DEFIANTLY AMERICAN:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – IRVINE'S
MUSLIM STUDENT UNION AFTER THE IRVINE 11 CASE
by
Megan Sweas
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM)
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Megan Sweas
Object Description
| Title | Faithfully Muslim, defiantly American: University of California - Irvine's Muslim Student Union after the Irvine 11 case |
| Author | Sweas, Megan |
| Author email | sweas@usc.edu;msweas@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Specialized Journalism |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-07-25 |
| Date submitted | 2012-07-25 |
| Date approved | 2012-07-25 |
| Restricted until | 2012-07-25 |
| Date published | 2012-07-25 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Winston, Diane |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cooper, Marc Jackson, Sherman |
| Abstract | In early 2010, 11 Muslim college students were arrested for shouting down Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California – Irvine in protest of what they saw as Israel's unjust treatment of Palestinians. A year later, the students would be charged with plotting to and disrupting a meeting, and finally, in September 2011, a jury found 10 of the students guilty. ❧ The case gave rise to a national conversation about the freedom of speech for student activists in general and of Muslim students in particular. While critics of the Irvine 11, as the students became known, argued that they violated the First Amendment rights of Oren and his audience, supporters saw the case as a result of Islamophobia. The students were convicted for the protest because they were Muslims, many said. ❧ The UC-Irvine Muslim Student Union, which is under university probation until December 2012, has been under scrutiny due to the case, just as the entire Muslim American community has been since September 11. In the wake of the conviction, the MSU has embraced activism to define themselves as both Muslim and American. They defend their right to protest as American citizens and their political engagement is rooted in Islam's calls for justice. Their response represents one possible path for Muslim Americans striving for acceptance in American culture. |
| Keyword | Muslim; Muslim American; Islam; identity; politics; University of California; Irvine; Irvine 11; Israel; protest; student activism; Palestine; Syria; Shariah |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Sweas, Megan |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-SweasMegan-989.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | FAITHFULLY MUSLIM, DEFIANTLY AMERICAN: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – IRVINE'S MUSLIM STUDENT UNION AFTER THE IRVINE 11 CASE by Megan Sweas A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Megan Sweas |
