Posted on 06/22/2026 3:57:38 AM PDT by DFG
The provost of Seattle University snatched a Palestinian flag from a graduating Muslim student just as she was about to unfold it at her commencement ceremony.
Shane Martin suddenly grabbed the tricolor from Sumeyya Osman at last month’s ceremony, video shared by CAIR Washington shows – and she later claimed he was being aggressive.
Martin grabbed the flag trying to hide it out of shot before the pair wrestled over it and posed for a picture.
Then the provost held onto the student’s arm as he ushered her off the stage.
Osman then brandished the flag as she made her way off the stage.
The student said she thought Martin was going to shake her hand before their interaction. Muslim women tend not to shake hands with men outside of their family as part of their religion, KUOW reported.
“I told him that I don’t shake hands, obviously because he’s a man and I’m a Muslim,” she said at a press conference held by CAIR Washington days later.
“But then he just proceeded to try and take the flag away from me aggressively.
“I was shaking a bit. “I asked the person next to me, ‘Do you think anything is going to happen to me? I’m afraid. What if the ceremony ends and they pull me to the side and something happens to me?’”
CAIR Washington – a non-profit that focuses on challenging Islamophobia – claimed the student was “physically accosted” by the provost.
“We demand accountability, no faculty should ever put their hands on a student. This behavior is unacceptable, Muslim students deserve safety to practice their religious and identity expressions,” the group said.
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“But then he just proceeded to try and take the flag away from me aggressively.”
“I was shaking a bit. “I asked the person next to me, ‘Do you think anything is going to happen to me? I’m afraid. What if the ceremony ends and they pull me to the side and something happens to me?’”
“CAIR Washington – a non-profit that focuses on challenging Islamophobia – claimed the student was “physically accosted” by the provost.”
We live in a world of pu__ies. It is always I felt afraid and was traumatized. He took your flag big whoop. Nobody gievs a crap about where you came from or yuour politics.
Good for him!
8th grade eh? March them into a truck as they leave stage and deport immediately to Mexico.
You mean “unindicted co-conspirator CAIR”?
That one?
CC
They can do a pretty good job of messing up her employment search by simply withholding her transcript. I’ve seen that done before.
CC
A psychology major. No surprise.
Preach it!
Good for the provost!
This actually surprises me coming from Seattle and a university.
Love that passage. She was so scared! Right. I note that the cuck Provost has backed way way down
I agree.
There is still a little of America left on our college “campi”.
CAIR is hamass.
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
islam is a war plan.
It’s private, kinda Catholic, and rarely but occasionally conservative.
Yes I'm an Islamophobic. I'm afraid Muslims will TERRORIZE AMERICANS!!
CAIR = COUNCIL OF ANTI AMERICAN ISLAMIC RETARDS
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