A prayer room used by Muslim students at New York University was vandalized, with graffiti and urine-soaked Islamic prayer mats discovered in the Bobst Library. The defacement included crude images and references to Alpha Epsilon Pi, a suspended Jewish fraternity associated with hazing. NYU officials reported the incident to the police and vowed a thorough investigation, asserting that those responsible would face the harshest disciplinary actions. Both the university and Alpha Epsilon Pi condemned the act, underscoring its severe contradiction to community principles.
This desecration of a religious space is vile, reprehensible and utterly unacceptable. It contravenes every principle of our community, and we condemn it.
The university said it had reported the vandalism to the police and would conduct its own investigation to find and punish the vandals.
Jonathan Pierce, a spokesman for Alpha Epsilon Pi's national organization, said it strongly condemns the vandalism and would fully cooperate with the administration's investigation.
An image of male genitalia was drawn onto the wall of the room, along with the letters AEPI, the nickname of Alpha Epsilon Pi, a nationwide Jewish fraternity.
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