The student removing flags from a 9/11 memorial at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
"A memorial which uses US flags is especially insidious, as it does not recognize those who have fallen, but uses a symbol that was on the shoulders of those who are responsible for the deaths of 900,000 people, and uses the innocent lives lost during 9/11 as a political prop upholding American hegemony. Muslims such as I have faced fear, harassment, and Islamophobia from those who unjustly use the victims of 9/11 as a political cudgel.
He added:"They died for no reason, suddenly and traumatically, and they should be grieved, not by political symbols, but by their names and faces. Flags and flowers adorn the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum during the ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, in New York, on September 11, 2021., the university did not clarify whether Alkilani would be face disciplinary action.
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