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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has reported ties to a Muslim cleric who praised Adolf Hitler on-line and recommended the Islamic terrorist group Hamas for the assaults in opposition to harmless Israelis on Oct. 7.
In the previous couple of years, Imam Asad Zaman has used his Facebook web page to share official Hamas press releases, weblog posts from antisemitic websites and a 2015 hyperlink to a pro-Hitler movie, “The Greatest Story Never Told.” Released in 2013, the propaganda movie is antisemitic and in style amongst fringe teams, based on the Anti-Defamation League.
Walz’s administration has additionally donated over $100,000 to Zaman’s group, Muslim American Society of Minnesota, based on state information reviewed by the Washington Examiner. Federal prosecutors have described the Muslim American Society as “founded as the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in the U.S.,” based on courtroom information, the outlet first reported.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion in Detroit on Wednesday. Vice President Kamala Harris and her newly chosen operating mate are campaigning throughout the nation this week. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Designated a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates in 2014, the Muslim group confronted criticism in 2019 when a video emerged of kids at a Philadelphia chapter occasion calling for Jews to be killed.
In response to Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., condemning the Oct. 7 assault a day later, Zaman requested if she would “reaffirm the right of Palestinians to defend themselves.” Zaman’s Muslim group in an announcement on Oct. 7 declared it “reaffirms its unwavering support for the Palestinian people in their struggle against the Israeli occupation.”
In May 2023, Zaman attended a mosque safety assembly with Walz’s gubernatorial workplace.
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Social media posts reviewed by the Examiner additionally point out Zaman participated in a Ramadan occasion hosted by Walz in May 2019. A latest Washington Free Beacon report additionally reported Walz’s look at a 2019 occasion with an antisemitic scholar who helps terrorism in opposition to Israel.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz waited a number of days to name within the National Guard as riots destroyed Minneapolis in 2020. (Getty Images)
Zaman, initially from Bangladesh, expressed solidarity with Palestinians for the Hamas-initiated Oct. 7 terrorist assaults on Israelis. He additionally shared a Palestinian flag picture on Facebook in help of a put up criticizing the Biden-Harris administration for its stance on Israel.
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The imam reportedly participated in a May 2020 occasion with Walz to advocate for peaceable protests in the course of the Black Lives Matter riots in Minnesota following George Floyd’s dying. Previously, in April 2019, Zaman delivered an invocation at Walz’s state deal with and had referred to as for an finish to a authorities shutdown alongside Walz in January 2019, the Washington Examiner first reported.
The Harris-Walz marketing campaign didn’t reply to Fox News Digital’s request for remark by press deadline.
