House Republicans grill Columbia president over employment of prof who called Oct 7 Hamas attack ‘awesome’

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House Republicans grilled Columbia University president Nemat Shafik on consequences for certain professors over antisemitic remarks they have made.

House Republicans on Wednesday grilled Columbia University President Dr. Nemat 'Minouche' Shafik regarding the employment of a professor who celebrated the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks as 'awesome.' During the House Education and the Workforce’s hearing to discuss antisemitism on Columbia’s campus, Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich.

Stefanik also pressed Shafik on another professor, Dr. Mohamed Abdou, a visiting professor in Modern Arab Studies. According to the congresswoman, Abdou was hired after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel, and on Oct. 11, posted 'Yes, I'm with Hamas and Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.' Stefanik said the professor also 'decried false reports accusing Arabs and Muslims of decapitating the head, decapitating the heads of children and being rapists.

 

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