10/17/2023
(WASHINGTON, DC â 10/16/2023) The National Association of Muslim Lawyers today encouraged American law firms, law schools and legal organizations that have commented on, or plan to comment on, the ongoing crisis in Palestine and Israel to issue balanced statements that recognize the ongoing and longstanding suffering of the Palestinian people.
NAML also called on both employers and schools to protect the free speech rights of employees and students who have been targeted for advocating for Palestinian human rights.
In the week since Israeli military and settler attacks on Palestinians and Al-Aqsa Masjid, Hamas attacks on Israelis and others in southern Israel, and the Israeli governmentâs ongoing bombing attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, NAML has heard numerous concerns from both lawyers and law students about bigoted and biased behavior they have witnessed or experienced directed at Muslims and Palestinians.
NAML is working with other Muslim and legal organizations to address these ongoing concerns. NAML also today extended its condolences to the family of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian Muslim who was stabbed to death in a hate crime motivated by anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian animus in Chicago.
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The National Association of Muslim Lawyers today encouraged American law firms, law schools and legal organizations that have commented on, or plan to comment on, the ongoing crisis in Palestine and Israel to issue balanced statements that recognize the ongoing and longstanding suffering of the Pale