Former Columbia professor tells NYU students to learn from Hamas at off-campus event

Former Columbia professor tells NYU students to learn from Hamas at off-campus event

A group called Shut it Down NYU hosted an off-campus event near New York University on Tuesday that featured a lecture by Mohamed Abdou, a former Columbia University professor at the Middle East Studies Institute. During his two-hour-long lecture, Abdou told students they had much to learn from Hamas and other armed groups, including lessons from the planning of the Oct. 7 attacks and even martyrdom. Abdou, whose employment at Columbia drew crit…