Pakistan, June 8 -- In post-Oct 7 America, Muslim students continue to learn a harsh lesson wherein their speech is often heard through suspicion before it is heard on its own terms. For months, protests swept across major college campuses in the US as tens of thousands of students called for an end to the Israel-Gaza war, with some even turning violent.

Today, the same disturbing reality sits at the centre of a federal lawsuit filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations against one of America's largest public school systems. The suit alleges that four Muslim students were unlawfully disciplined over a viral Muslim Student Association skit while similar conduct by other student groups did not invite comparable punishment.

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