Desmond Tutu Banned from Minnesota University

4th October 2007 with 3 Comments

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was barred from speaking at the University of St Thomas in Minnesota because of statements regarded as anti-Semitic. The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been an open critic of Israeli human rights practices.
St. Thomas administrators—concerned that Tutu’s appearance might offend local Jews—told organizers that a visit from the archbishop was out of [...]

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