The professor of St. Bonaventure removes posts celebrating the death of Sen. Graham
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Professor of St. Bonaventure University is facing backlash on social media after it appeared to celebrate the death of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on a social media post before deleting it less than 12 hours later, prompting renewed scrutiny of political speech on college campuses.
A social media account identified as Ibrahim Zabad, a political science professor at a private university in western New York, posted a message Saturday night celebrating Graham’s death, using somber language and ending with the words “Rest in Hell,” according to Campus Reform.
The next morning, at 5:09 a.m. according to Campus Reform, the same account had deleted the post and published an apology admitting that the message was inappropriate, disrespectful and insensitive.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS.C., died on Saturday at the age of 71. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A screenshot of Saturday X’s 11:56 pm post reads, “He was a staunch anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, anti-Islamic bloodline. He equated war with evil. He supported all the brutal wars Israel started against the Palestinians and the Lebanese and the Syrians and the Iranians and the Iraqis and the Yemenis.”
The article added, “He truly condoned Israel’s war of genocide and unashamedly supported the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in their homeland. He wholeheartedly and passionately supported the Greater Israel project and all the murder, expropriation, dispossession and barbarism that it entails.”
An account with Zabad’s name and photo, which no longer appears to be active, posted an apology that read in part, “I want to sincerely apologize for the post about the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham. My words were inappropriate and disrespectful and failed to show compassion in a time of loss and grief. I apologize for the post and the words I used.”
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The hosts of ABC’s “The View” discuss the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham on July 13, 2026. (ABC/TheView)
A spokesperson for the University of St. Bonaventure told Fox News Digital in a statement that “we are aware of Dr. Zabad’s post and subsequent apology. His post about Sen. Graham did not align well with our university’s mission and values and we will be speaking with him about the situation to ensure that Franciscan values are upheld and remain at St. Bonaventure.”
Graham, 71, died Saturday night. An autopsy conducted Sunday suggested that Graham died of aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The news came as a surprise to Washington, as Graham is one of the body’s most active members and was scheduled to appear on “Meet the Press” Sunday morning.
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A woman leaves flowers outside the office of Sen. The late US President Lindsey Graham at the Russell Senate Office Building on July 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
A statement from Graham’s office read, “The death certificate WILL BE PENDING until all toxicological and microscopic examinations are completed, and at that time the death certificate will be revised to indicate the cause of death and properly classify the manner of death.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Zabad and Graham’s office for comment.
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