--- title: Daily Update - May 4, 2026 description: Daily Update - May 4, 2026Why Mohamed Abdou Must Be Kept Off CampusListenLike and Subscribe Summary Transcript About Reuel Sample Episode summary: Daily Update ... canonical_url: https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/daily-update-may-4-2026 language: en-GB date: 2026-05-04T14:46:11Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/daily-update-may-4-2026. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 2806 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/daily-update-may-4-2026. 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Then we look at the numbers that show just how many college students now sympathize with Hamas and what that says about the ideological capture of our universities. Finally, we talk plainly about what parents, taxpayers, and voters must do to protect the next generation from a higher‑ed system that too often treats terrorists as heroes and America as the enemy. **What you’ll learn / Key moments** 00:01 – Why I say “Don’t send your children to a university” and set the stage for this Daily Update. 00:09 – Who Mohamed Abdou is, his far‑left Islamist and anarchist background, and his time at Cornell and Columbia. 00:23 – Abdou’s October 11, 2023 post backing Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad after the Oct. 7 massacre—and Columbia’s decision to fire him. 01:03 – Why his praise for killing civilians, raping women, and beheading babies makes him unfit for civil society or any classroom, and why he should be barred from entering the U.S. 01:19 – How Virginia Tech hosted his “Death to the Akademy” event on campus and what that reveals about university leadership. 01:56 – The polling that shows about one in five college students sympathize with Hamas or see Oct. 7 as “resistance,” and what that means for America’s future. 02:13 – Why our universities have become epicenters of ideological rot and why sending your kids there is like sending a child to confront a tank with a pop gun. 02:48 – Closing thoughts and a warning about what happens if we don’t change course. **What You Can Do** If you’re a parent, grandparent, or taxpayer, you cannot sit this fight out. Start by taking a hard look at the universities you’re funding—through tuition, donations, or your tax dollars—and demand to know why extremists like Mohamed Abdou are given a platform while sane voices are sidelined. Support leaders, schools, and alternative programs that teach young Americans to love their country instead of cheering on terrorists, and be willing to say no when a college environment is clearly hostile to your values and your child’s soul. Share this Daily Update with friends, pastors, and local officials, and make sure your school boards, legislators, and members of Congress know you expect them to stand up to the radicalization happening on campus. ![Virginia Tech](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/daily_update/2026/may/may01/May42026-article.png) Yet another reason not to send your children to a university. This is the Wilmington Standard Daily Update for Monday April 4, 2026 Mohamed Abdou spent years as an obscure, far left radical professor promoting Islam, anarchism, and Palestinian liberation. He has held various posts in a collection of universities including Cornell and Columbia. He came to national attention by his support of Hamas by posting on social media on October 11, 2023 - just days after their cowardly attack on Israel: “I’m with Hamas & Hezbollah & Islamic Jihad.” On April 17, 2024 – 6 months later – Columbia University fired him stating that he “will never work at Columbia again.” Mr. Abdou is clearly troubled. His support of killing civilians, raping women, and beheading babies by Hamas and other terrorist Muslim groups disqualifies him from being part of any civil society – not to mention having anything to do with educating college kids. Since he is based in Canada and not a US Citizen, he should never be allowed to enter our country again. Yet he continues to find sympathetic ears at our nation’s universities. On May 1, Mr. Abdou gave a virtual speech at a gathering at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. While Virginia Tech maintains that this was not an official university event, the mere fact that it was held on campus, used campus equipment, and was geared toward VA Tech students is a problem. It means that campus officials either are not aware of the vile things that Mr. Abdou proclaims in his “Death to the Akademy \[sic\]” tour, or they really have no problem with the radicalization of the students in their care. Mr. Abdou – and others like him – are finding listening ears in the next generation. [National polls](https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/sympathy-for-hamas-israel-nearly-equal-among-college-students-survey-shows-palestine-gaza-middle-east-conflict-terrorist-terrorism-intelligent-university) suggest that while only a small fraction of American adults expresses sympathy for Hamas, roughly one in five college students says they do in fact sympathize with Hamas or see the Oct. 7 attack as justified ‘resistance’. Clearly, our children are being led down very dangerous and subversive paths that will eat at their souls and threaten to destroy our country from within. The epicenters of this rot are our universities – where [60% of staff and professors identify as liberal to far left](https://www.independent.org/tir/2022-23-winter/the-hyperpoliticization-of-higher-ed/) with only a small number identifying as conservative. Sending a young mind to these institutions is like sending a child to confront a tank with a popgun. It never works – and the tank just rolls on. For the Wilmington Standard, I’m Reuel Sample. Thanks for listening. . ![Reuel Sample](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/staff/reuelsample.png)Reuel Sample is the Editor-in-Chief of The Wilmington Standard. A graduate of Grove City College and Princeton Theological Seminary, he has served as both a Presbyterian Pastor and a Navy Chaplain. He is the product of a classical liberal arts education combined with real world experience in politics and business and conservative Christian worldview firmly rooted in the Reformed tradition. He is the host of several podcasts including the NHC GOP Podcast, the Pastor's Voice, and co-hosts the Nikki and Reuel Podcast Experience. An avid sailor, he has sailed around the world as a youth and to the Azores as a teen as well as extensive trips up and down the east coast of the United States. 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