Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine (MSJP) found themselves targeted by a fabricated social media post claiming they celebrated a New Year's Eve attack. The incident, fueled by the College Republicans and amplified by local groups, led to accusations of racism and Islamophobia against MSJP. Despite the university's investigation finding no evidence of MSJP's involvement, MSJP members argue that the university's response failed to adequately address the harm caused by the false accusations and the wider hostile campus climate.
Mizzou students perform dabkeh at a speakers circle at the University of Missouri, Columbia, during a week-long event that established a Liberated Zone on campus from May 6-12, 2024.University of Missouri’s Students for Justice in Palestine .a fabricated image, purported to be from MSJP, in a social media post online.
Mizzou students and community members commemorate a year-long commitment to weekly protests at their speakers circle at the University of Missouri, Columbia, on October 12, 2024., “I was as cooperative as possible to show my sincerity. I’m ready to move forward.” Shomroni and Atallah said they’re left to consider the degree to which the university is complicit in “turning them into a collection of controversies” and diminishing their budding reputations and future life prospects. In their view, Mizzou’s response in the comment threads helped the posts gain traction, giving credence to the outrageous claims in the fabricated post.
“We’re very careful with the information we share online.” Both Shomroni and Atallah remain galled that a fellow student organization would so casually label them as terrorists without regard for their safety., dismissed at first glance the likelihood of the YikYak meme being created by anyone proximate to Palestinians, Arabs or Muslims. Whoever posted it was ignorant of community linguistic norms, with expressions such as “an Islamic male” or “the Islamic community” being giveaways.
“The parallel here is if the university is clearly showing they have a total disregard for Muslim, Palestinian, Arab, Palestine supporters that are students, then it probably makes sense that those who are considering any sort of aggression towards these individuals, could assume their actions would be taken lightly based on how the administration has been responding,” Hilal toldMizzou was on break until January 20.
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