University of Michigan Will Show American Sniper After Protests [View all]
The University of Michigan will go forward with plans to show the movie American Sniper at a school-sponsored event on Friday, reversing a previous decision to cancel the showing after Muslim students protested that the movie was offensive.
The decision to cancel the showing—which was part of a popular Friday night school-wide social event designed to provide students with alcohol-free activities—came on Tuesday after sophomore Lamees Mekkaoui started a petition against showing the film that received more than 200 signatures from students including many in the Muslim Student Association, according to the Michigan Daily.
“As a student who identifies as an Arab and Middle Eastern student, I feel that ‘American Sniper’ condones a lot of anti-Middle Eastern and North African propaganda,” Mekkaoui told the student newspaper.
full: http://time.com/3815308/american-sniper-chris-kyle-university-of-michigan/
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