(Ottawa Citizen-Canada) Robert Sibley - Carleton University's student council on Thursday rejected a campus fringe group's demand that the university divest its faculty pension plan of companies that do business with Israel. According to witnesses, about 80 to 100 members of a radical group waiting outside began yelling and banging on the walls at those inside when they learned of the decision. "My personal safety was threatened repeatedly," said student councilor Hashem Hamdy. "Those opposing the motion were subject to intimidation, physical confrontation, and homophobic slurs inside and outside the council chamber. They don't seem to recognize that in a democracy, you don't have a license to riot just because someone opposes what you say."
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