‘You don’t have to mourn war criminals. You don’t have to issue condolences to their families. You don’t have to launder their legacies,’ professor posted on Bluesky

A University of Chicago professor who made headlines recently for extreme anti-capitalism commentary, as well as for her aggressive involvement in an anti-ICE protest, weighed in on the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday with some less than sympathetic remarks.

Eman Abdelhadi, an assistant professor focused on religion, gender, identity, and demography, according to her faculty bio, wrote on her Bluesky account that the world is without justice when “one of these mass murderers dies without having faced any consequence for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground.”

“Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death,” the professor wrote.

Abdelhadi made headlines over the summer for comments she made during a panel discussion regarding “revolutionary accompaniment,” during which she described the University of Chicago as “evil,” a “colonial landlord,” and a “police force.”

Abdelhadi told The Maroon student newspaper that conservative media had “mischaracterized” her conference remarks, and “clarified” that she believes UChicago should “wield its influence more responsibly.”

Last month, Abdelhadi was arrested and charged with aggravated battery for her alleged interactions with a police officer during a protest near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois.

She is also a signatory to an open letter pledging “solidarity” with the “Palestinian resistance” that was written shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023 slaughter of over 1,000 Israelis by Hamas.

As for her remarks about Cheney, who died Monday, she wrote on Blue Sky he “was one of the architects of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, one of the faces of a deadly war that should never have been waged, that killed millions and destabilized the region. If there was justice in the world, he would have been tried at The Hague for war crimes.”

Abdelhadi added: “You don’t have to mourn war criminals. You don’t have to issue condolences to their families. You don’t have to launder their legacies. Save your grief for the innocents they killed, maimed or tortured without ever seeing justice served to their executioners.”

According to Fox News, which first reported on the scholar’s comments, “Since her arrest, University of Chicago officials have not returned multiple requests for comment regarding her employment status at the elite school. As of Tuesday, her faculty page is still live on the school’s website.”

The College Fix also reached out Tuesday to the University of Chicago regarding Abdelhadi and has yet to hear back.