An Islamic studies scholar told students to “be a threat” and praised the assassination of two “Zionists” during an online event Wednesday hosted by a student group at Union Theological Seminary, according to video clips of the talk. Professor Muhammad Abdou spoke at the event “Death to the Akademy: How to be a thorn in their throat amidst snakes in the grass” co-hosted by the seminary chapter of Students for a Liberated Palestine and the group Queer Muslims of New York City, the Washington Free Beacon reports. Abdou taught at Columbia University until recently when the institution banned him for...