By newsfirstusa 
Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair used to be put underneath the microscope on Sunday as his second-quarter strike on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence knocked the participant out of the sport.
Lawrence used to be seeking to slide when Al-Shaair strike the Jaguars celebrity within the head and neck segment. The strike sparked a brawl and ended in the ejections of Al-Shaair and Jaguars cornerback Jarrian Jones. Al-Shaair used to be in the course of a brawl that happened next the play games.
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Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair reacts next being ejected towards the Jaguars at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, Dec. 1, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Pictures)
The Jaguars ruled Lawrence out for the extra of the sport as he used to be identified with a concussion.
The strike wasn’t the one factor Al-Shaair used to be criticized for.
The linebacker took phase within the NFL’s My Purpose My Cleats marketing campaign. Avid gamers who partake within the marketing campaign are allowed to select a reason that’s notable to them and constitute the group on their cleats. Al-Shaair selected the Palestine Youngsters’s Vacay Investmrent – as he did ultimate presen.
Al-Shaair had “Free” written on one aspect of his sneakers within the colours of the Palestinian flag. On one shoe, “Surely to Allah we belong and to him we will all return,” used to be written. At the aspect of his alternative shoe, it had the collection of Palestinians reportedly killed and wounded in its warfare with Israel.
“Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), founded in 1991 by concerned humanitarians in the USA, provides free medical care to thousands of injured and ill children yearly who lack local access to care within the local health care system,” the PCRF’s description mentioned on its site.
“Over the years, we’ve sent over 2,000 affected children abroad for free medical care, sent thousands of international doctors and nurses to provide tens of thousands of children free medical care in local hospitals, and provided tens of thousands of children humanitarian aid and support they otherwise would not get.”
A ton of scrutiny poured in on social media.
Al-Shaair mentioned his resolution to put on the cleats ultimate hour.
“I feel like it’s something that’s trying to be almost silenced,” he advised the Houston Chronicle. “On either side, people losing their life is not right. In no way, shape or form am I validating anything that happened, but to consistently say that because of [Oct. 7] innocent people [in Gaza] should now die, it’s crazy.
Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence leaves the field on a cart after getting injured on a late hit by Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Jacksonville. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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[Other people] try to make a disconnect and dehumanize people over there. And it’s like, they’re human beings. Being a Muslim, we see everybody the same; Black, White, Spanish, whatever you are; you can be orange, like, we’re all human beings.”
Al-Shaair may be part of the Athletes For Ceasefire group, in conjunction with a number of alternative athletes.
The crowd has referred to as on President Biden to name for “an immediate cease-fire” within the warfare in Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist assaults on Israel.
“We call on President Joe Biden to call for an immediate cease-fire. And to redirect those resources to address pressing domestic needs such as education, health care and helping the unhoused,” the crowd said on its site.
Avid gamers combat next Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair’s overdue strike on Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Jacksonville. (AP Photograph/John Raoux)
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“We are unable to turn a blind eye to the devastation being inflicted on civilians, especially children, in the Gaza Strip, through bombing campaigns funded in part by the U.S.”
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