Hawzah News Agency- Dawud Walid, CAIR-MI's executive director, stood in front of the university's green and yellow "W" with other group officials Monday and said the school is silencing the free speech rights of students.
"Students should be able to freely raise their voices without fear of administrative and even law enforcement measures taking place against them while they are attending a university that they pay tuition for and a place that's supposed to be a haven for liberal arts education'', Walid said.
As people, children in Gaza right now are facing starvation, Wayne State University is a school of higher education, we have a tradition in America in which political dissent is shown on university campuses and by student organizations.
Amy Doukoure, the organization's lead attorney, cited several incidents where students reported allegedly discriminatory practices from police and administration. She said those included dismantling a peaceful pro-Palestinian encampment that took place on campus, turning on sprinklers at Spirit Rock to "disrupt religious gatherings" and not allowing students to reenter campus events after stepping out to pray."
Over the last year, Mohammed Abuelenain, 21, said he has been noticing what he believes is an increase in Islamophobia from administration and campus police. He referenced officers allegedly surveying Muslim students at events as well as not allowing the students to use amplified sound at gatherings but allowing others to utilize speaker systems.
We've seen police officers stationed in the student center, outside of the student center where they're normally not stationed and it's very clear to see that it's only when we're organizing these events," said Abulenain, a senior and chair on the Muslim Coalition at WSU.
Source: The Detroit News
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