Judge to hold hearing Monday on University of Maryland’s cancellation of Oct. 7 vigil

A University of Maryland student organization’s request to proceed with a vigil on Oct. 7 — marking lives lost in Gaza in the conflict with Israel — will be heard by a federal judge during a hearing on Monday.

The lawsuit alleges the student group’s First Amendment rights were violated after it was no longer allowed to hold an “interfaith vigil” Oct. 7, a year after an attack by the terrorist organization Hamas on Israel sparked the war in Gaza.

In its Sept. 17 lawsuit , the University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine said the vigil’s purpose was “to mourn lives lost in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.”…

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