Hyderabad, Jan. 31 -- Harvard University students have filed a civil rights complaint against their university for failing to provide inadequate protection from the harassment they experienced following their support for Palestinians during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

The complaint was filed on Monday, January 29, by the Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA) with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

In a statement, MLFA said the complaint was filed on behalf of "more than a dozen students, demanding an immediate investigation into Harvard's failure to protect these students from harassment, intimidation, threats and more based solely on them being Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and supporters of Palestinian rig...