09/13/2021
Statement on The Accusations against Fadel Alkilani:
Pride Alliance stands against the harassment of WashU students. Currently we move against the harassment of one student in particular by conservative media and WashU itself. We hold that WashU should be doing more to protect the safety of its students instead of contributing to attacks from conservative media and doing nothing about death threats leveled at Alkilani. It is ignorant to assume or state that 9/11 is not already a politicized event. 9/11, while tragic, lead to increased islamophobia in the United States. Alkilani stated such and that his intent with removing the flags was to place them on Mudd Field with statistics explaining the cost of 9/11 in the past twenty years. No flags were defaced, destroyed, or thrown away.
Below is a link to a stud life article that has direct quotes from Alkilani on the event. We encourage you to read the article to get a full understanding of what events transpired.
https://www.studlife.com/news/2021/09/11/fadel-alkilani-september-11-washu-flags/
Regardless of events, we deplore the online harassment, death threats, and doxxing of this student. We also firmly hold that he should not face any disciplinary action greater than if he had erased chalk advertisements for SU elections. Pride Alliance Exec will continue to stay as up to date on what is happening with Alkilani as we can. We will keep Pride Alliance informed as new information comes to light and new events transpire.
The condemnation came as the president of the College Republicans called for Alkilani’s expulsion from the University or other punishment and as national conservative media outlets have picked up the story.
