{"id":2232372,"date":"2024-04-29T05:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-president-shafik-said-this-anti-semitic-prof-was-grading-papers-before-his-exit-from-columbia-hes-been-a-constant-presence-in-the-encampment-ever-since\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T05:39:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:39:55","slug":"columbia-president-shafik-said-this-anti-semitic-prof-was-grading-papers-before-his-exit-from-columbia-hes-been-a-constant-presence-in-the-encampment-ever-since","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-president-shafik-said-this-anti-semitic-prof-was-grading-papers-before-his-exit-from-columbia-hes-been-a-constant-presence-in-the-encampment-ever-since\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia President Reveals Anti-Semitic Prof&#8217;s Continued Presence in Encampment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-president-shafik-said-this-anti-semitic-prof-was-grading-papers-before-his-exit-from-columbia-hes-been-a-constant-presence-in-the-encampment-ever-since%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Columbia University President\u200b Shafik confirmed \u2063the termination of\u2062 an anti-Semitic professor, Mohamed Abdou,\u200b who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-spirits\/\" title=\"Ghostly presence in educational institutions\">grading papers<\/a> \u200cbefore being let\u200b go and is \u200dno <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-teacher-warns-crt-absolutely-everywhere-in-schools-soon-we-wont-recognize-our-country\/\" title=\"Whistleblower Teacher Warns: CRT \u2018Absolutely Everywhere\u2019 in Schools, Soon \u2018We Won\u2019t Recognize Our Country\u2019\">longer teaching<\/a> at Columbia. Abdou, known as a\u2062 &#8220;Muslim anarchist,&#8221; has\u200c been actively \u2063involved in a student protest camp at the university, despite Shafik&#8217;s statements. Abdou&#8217;s controversial background and actions have raised questions and sparked debates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Nearly two weeks ago, Columbia University president Minouche Shafik assured members of Congress that an anti-Semitic professor had been terminated. That professor, Mohamed Abdou, was &#8220;grading his students&#8217; papers&#8221; before the end of the semester and would &#8220;never teach at Columbia again,&#8221; Shafik said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Instead, Abdou\u2014a self-described &#8220;Muslim anarchist&#8221; who teaches a class on &#8220;Decolonial-Queerness &#038; Abolition&#8221;\u2014has been a regular presence in the unsanctioned &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent encampment that has plagued Columbia since student protesters constructed it on the day of Shafik&#8217;s testimony. The <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon <\/span><\/i><span>has spotted him daily\u2014talking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tufts-student-government-attacks-jewish-member-for-defending-israel\/\" title=\"Tufts Student Government Attacks Jewish Member for Defending Israel\">student leaders<\/a>, lounging in the sun, and participating in demonstrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saw Mohamed Abdou talking outside Columbia\u2019s encampment (who you can see in the background to the left) so I decided to take a video of him.<\/p>\n<p>I was then approached by a camper and told to stop filming for the sake of safety and privacy.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FreeBeacon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TUPrbcgLAP\">pic.twitter.com\/TUPrbcgLAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1783264172785983872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Columbia Professor Mohamed Abdou watching the protest from inside the gates <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HrrYeQ09yM\">pic.twitter.com\/HrrYeQ09yM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1783641091180269851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s another Abdou sighting from within the encampment on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V1x8JjpiWX\">pic.twitter.com\/V1x8JjpiWX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1784622183077007418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Abdou&#8217;s status as an encampment regular reflects the protest&#8217;s radical nature. Before joining Columbia&#8217;s faculty, Abdou <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/he-endorsed-hamas-hezbollah-and-palestinian-islamic-jihad-then-he-landed-a-professorship-at-columbia-university\/\"><span>said he was<\/span><\/a><span>  &#8220;with Hamas&#8221; and &#8220;the resistance&#8221; during a January interview with <\/span><i><span>Revolutionary Left Radio<\/span><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It also calls into question another aspect of Shafik&#8217;s testimony. Facing questions from members of the House Education Committee on Abdou&#8217;s pro-Hamas rhetoric, Shafik suggested the professor already had one foot out the door at Columbia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He will never work at Columbia again,&#8221; Shafik <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/31Eu-xEZKzQ?si=8pumXlhpPmJuxIFj&#038;t=5064\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. &#8220;He has been terminated, and not just terminated, but his files will show that he will never work at Columbia again.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He is grading his students&#8217; papers and will never teach at Columbia again, and that will be on his permanent record.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the <\/span><i><span>Free Beacon <\/span><\/i><span>has not spotted Abdou grading papers in the encampment, he has served as a sort of faculty adviser for the unsanctioned protesters who have occupied Columbia&#8217;s West Lawn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The role is a familiar one for Abdou. In February, roughly one month after he joined the Ivy League university, Abdou <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/he-endorsed-hamas-hezbollah-and-palestinian-islamic-jihad-then-he-landed-a-professorship-at-columbia-university\/\"><span>organized a protest<\/span><\/a><span>  in which Columbia students interrupted a panel featuring Hillary Clinton, with one demonstrator calling the former secretary of state a &#8220;war criminal&#8221; who &#8220;will burn.&#8221; On their way out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/acting-deputy-secy-comments-on-response-to-breach-on-capitol-building\/\" title=\"Acting deputy secy. comments on response to breach on Capitol building\">protesters broke<\/a> into chants of &#8220;Free, free Palestine.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Really proud of these students &#038; deeply honoured to have been a part of organising this,&#8221; Abdou wrote in a now<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gina-carano-dropped-by-talent-agency-after-star-axed-from-disney-show-over-social-media-post\/\" title=\"Gina Carano Dropped By Talent Agency After Star Axed From Disney Show Over Social Media Post\">-deleted social media post<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In other posts, Abdou has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/minuetinGmajor\/status\/1783833887665541353\"><span>shared<\/span><\/a><span>  pictures from the encampment and frequently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/minuetinGmajor\/status\/1783492941568205082\"><span>expressed<\/span><\/a><span>  his support for the &#8220;courageous students putting everything on the line &#038; fighting for a just cause.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In recent days, meanwhile, Abdou has refuted Shafik&#8217;s testimony regarding his termination, saying the president &#8220;lied on several counts.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I am not terminated,&#8221; he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nZpG2Phr0DY&#038;t=3506s\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span>  the <em>Electronic Intifada Podcast<\/em> on April 24. &#8220;My contract is coming to an end.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Neither Columbia University nor Abdou responded to requests for comment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Abdou came under fire after the <\/span><i><span>Free Beacon<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/he-endorsed-hamas-hezbollah-and-palestinian-islamic-jihad-then-he-landed-a-professorship-at-columbia-university\/\"><span>unearthed<\/span><\/a><span>  his pro-Hamas rhetoric in a Feb. 27 report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Four days after Hamas&#8217;s Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, Abdou in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MuhammadAbdou2020\/posts\/pfbid02gwmN5NYuzPu4HP1dQXB4bReesFYryD9u6P7yHBHRq8WSAANCfjQbKCouWW7kgJGgl\"><span>Facebook post <\/span><\/a><span>said he was &#8220;with the muqawamah (the resistance) be it Hamas and Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.&#8221; He also lamented &#8220;false reports accusing Arabs and Muslims of decapitating the heads of children and being rapists.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During his Jan. 5 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P0Q5NrpFiNI&#038;t=6454s\"><span>interview<\/span><\/a>  with <i><span>Revolutionary Left Radio, <\/span><\/i><span>meanwhile, he declared his support for Hamas and &#8220;the resistance.&#8221; The terror group\u2019s &#8220;dedicated few,&#8221; he said, worked in &#8220;stealth mode&#8221; on Oct. 7 to defeat a &#8220;larger enemy&#8221; in Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The warriors, the resistance fighters that were in Hamas, numbered less than 1,500 and look how they flipped the table\u2014not only on an entire settler colonial state with no definable borders, but rather on the whole world,&#8221; he said during <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fWAQZzVPT2A&#038;t=5317s\"><span>another interview<\/span><\/a><span>  on &#8220;Islam and Anarchism&#8221; he gave in November. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;You don&#8217;t need mass movements to change the world. You need a dedicated thousand, 1,500, a few thousand, that really are organized and know what it is that they&#8217;re doing, what they&#8217;re fighting for.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Abdou <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J9-emuwWeP8&#038;t=5967s\"><span>repeated<\/span><\/a><span>  his praise for Hamas during a December &#8220;round table conversation&#8221; titled &#8220;Palestine 1492: Settler-Colonialism, Solidarity, &#038; Resistance.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Look what 1,500 warriors were able to do, to whatever extent that we agree or disagree or partially accept, or whatever, Hamas or not,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But ultimately, I support the resistance.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shortly thereafter, on Jan. 16, Columbia&#8217;s Middle East Institute extended a &#8220;warm welcome&#8221; to Abdou, the Ivy League school\u2019s latest visiting professor in Modern Arab Studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Abdou is not the only anti-Semitic Columbia professor to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbias-joseph-massad-calls-bs-on-university-president-minouche-shafiks-testimony\/\"><span>accuse<\/span><\/a><span>  Shafik of lying in her congressional testimony to Congress. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shafik at one point said Joseph Massad\u2014a Jordanian professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History\u2014was under investigation and &#8220;spoken to&#8221; over an Oct. 8 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/just-another-battle-or-palestinian-war-liberation\/38661\"><span>op-ed<\/span><\/a><span>  that lauded Hamas&#8217;s attack as &#8220;incredible&#8221; and &#8220;awesome.&#8221; Shafik also suggested Massad was removed from his role as chair of the Columbia Arts and Sciences Academic Review Committee and pledged to pull him from the position if he was not already.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hours later, Massad <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbias-joseph-massad-calls-bs-on-university-president-minouche-shafiks-testimony\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  he was not under investigation and remained chair of the committee, which conducts reviews of the school\u2019s departments and guides &#8220;administrative decisions.&#8221; He also said Columbia administrators did speak to him about his op-ed\u2014but that they offered him support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;President Shafik misconstrued what happened,&#8221; he told the <\/span><i><span>Electronic Intifada<\/span><\/i><span>.<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I remain the chair of the Academic Review Committee, a one-year position, for the next few weeks, which is the normal end of my chairmanship. Indeed, I just had a meeting with the committee staff yesterday [16 April] and informed them that I will miss the next and final meeting on 8 May, due to my travel schedule.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;No one has contacted me at all from the university with regards to my current chairmanship. I will also remain a member of the Academic Review Committee next year, which is a three-year appointment.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia University president Minouche Shafik recently confirmed the dismissal of anti-Semitic professor Mohamed Abdou. Abdou was reportedly grading papers before his termination and won&#8217;t return to teach at Columbia. 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