Tim Walz repeatedly hosted Muslim cleric who celebrated Oct. 7 and shared pro-Hitler website link
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, on at least five occasions as governor of Minnesota, hosted a Muslim cleric who celebrated Hamas ‘s Oct. 7 attack last year on Israel and promoted a film popular among Neo-Nazis that glorifies Adolf Hitler, the Washington Examiner found.
The imam, Asad Zaman of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, joined other Muslim leaders in May 2023 for a meeting about mosque security with Walz’s gubernatorial office in Minnesota. Zaman also spoke at a May 2020 event to call for peaceful protests with the governor during the riots in Minnesota sparked after George Floyd’s death. In April 2019, the cleric delivered an invocation before Walz’s state address — just months after Zaman called for an end to a government shutdown at a press conference with Walz in January 2019.
Zaman, moreover, attended a May 2019 event that Walz hosted for Ramadan, social media posts show.
Walz’s ties to Zaman could serve as problematic baggage for the Minnesota governor as he campaigns with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. News of the ties also comes after a Washington Free Beacon report this week found Walz spoke at a 2019 event with an antisemitic scholar who has defended terrorism against Israel.
Zaman, who is from Bangladesh, said on Oct. 7 of last year that he “stands in solidarity with Palestinians against Israeli attacks.” That day, which saw 1,200 Israelis murdered by Hamas terrorists, he also shared an image of a Palestinian flag on Facebook in response to a post by Yusuf Abdi Abdulle, director of the Islamic Association of North America, declaring that “Palestine has the right to defend itself.” The Biden-Harris administration, Abdulle wrote in the post, was “on the wrong side of history” in “supporting the extremist Zionist regime and its illegal settlements.”
Zaman, meanwhile, has used his Facebook page over the years to share official Hamas press releases, blog posts on antisemitic websites slamming Jews, and, in one 2015 instance, a link to a piece on a website for a pro-Hitler film called The Greatest Story Never Told . The propaganda movie was released in 2013 and is a favorite among antisemites and QAnon conspiracy influencers, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
“Imam Zaman has a troubling history of playing into classic anti-Jewish themes and justifying violence against Israel,” an Anti-Defamation League spokesperson told the Washington Examiner .
“He also has justified violence against Israel, including from terror groups,” the ADL spokesperson said. “Given his hurtful remarks post-Oct. 7, and absent any recognition of the pain he has caused the Jewish community, we urge all public officials and leaders to avoid meeting with him in the future. Those who have met with Imam Zaman should clarify that they don’t agree with his toxic views about Jews and the Jewish state.”
On Oct. 8 of last year, in response to Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) condemning the Oct. 7 attack, Zaman asked the congresswoman if she would be willing to “reaffirm the right of Palestinians to defend themselves.” The Muslim American Society of Minnesota said in a statement on Oct. 7 that it “reaffirms its unwavering support for the Palestinian people in their struggle against the Israeli occupation.”
In recent years, Zaman has also appeared to equate Hamas committing terrorism to Israel defending itself. State records reviewed by the Washington Examiner show Walz’s administration has awarded over $100,000 in funding to MAS Minnesota.
“If Palestinians are punished for electing Hamas, why is Israel not punished for electing this genocidal maniac as its leader?” Zaman said in May 2021. He was replying to former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who stated, “I’ve killed lots of Arabs in my life — and there’s no problem with that,” in the context of catching terrorists.
Upon Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chairman Ken Martin posting on social media last year that he was “beyond heartbroken” to learn Israelis he knew were “brutally killed or kidnapped” on Oct. 7, Zaman replied that Martin’s group “cannot be joined at the hip to apartheid Israel and still hope to court the Muslim vote.”
To Sam Westrop, a terrorism researcher and analyst at the Middle East Forum think tank, Walz’s ties to Zaman shows anti-Israel extremists may be given a platform in a potential Harris-Walz administration. Harris leads former President Donald Trump by 0.5%, according to a RealClearPolitics polling average.
“It is astounding that with all the available public reporting and information about the iniquities of Imam Asad Zaman and MAS Minnesota that Gov. Walz has repeatedly given public platforms and taxpayer money to this extremist,” Westrop told the Washington Examiner . “Across the country, Islamists hungry for government support will surely welcome Walz as vice president.”
The Muslim American Society was once described by federal prosecutors as being “founded as the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States,” court records show. The MAS, which the United Arab Emirates designated as a terrorist group in 2014, came under fire in 2019 after a video surfaced online of children at an event held by its Philadelphia chapter calling for the murder of Jews.
“We will chop off their heads, and we will liberate the sorrowful and exalted Al-Aqsa Mosque,” two young girls said at the event, according to the Times of Israel .
Walz’s office and Minnesota’s Muslim American Society did not reply to requests for comment.
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This is going to be tough for those left-wingers who are outraged whenever some Christian minister Trump took a picture with once says something dumb. That becomes an excuse to paint all Christians and Trump supporters as believing the same thing.
I'm sure their outrage at Walz, given the Walz repeatedly hosted this Hitler loving, terrorism apologist and his administration gives him money will be enormous.
Though it does point to a reason why Walz was the candidate of choice for the squad and the progressive base of the party doesn't it?
what's the name of that mainstream religion that supported the nazis and their muslim allies, said nothing during the holocaust, and was the main conduit for the escape of nazis to south america?
WHat does that have to do with the seed? Can't defend Walz so attempted deflection is the strategy?
... oh, the irony...
Ah, accusing someone else with what you are attempting to do. More lame strategy.
Be interesting to see what happens to the DNC convention in a few days. Will Chicago powers that be tolerate any type of riot?
Planned protests at DNC have some on edge (chicagotribune.com)
I doubt it. Making the Democratic party look good trumps all other priorities.
Killer expose. Shocking. This will destroy Walz and the Ds.
Amazing that some try so hard to discredit a decent, grounded, patriotic man while defending a traitor and scoundrel.
Lol. These stories get run every time someone Trump has a tangential association says something stupid.
Crazy how the response from our Harris cheerleaders differs when it Walz associating himself with a guy who shares Hitler propaganda. .
You do not see me doing that so your rebuttal is groundless.
Correct. I've never seen you respond similarly when it's a Republican being attacked in the exact same way.
You are unaware that I was supporting Haley in the GOP primary and was fully planning on voting for her in the general (at the time)?
You did not see me respond similarly when MAGA-absorbed individuals attacked Liz Cheney, and those who dared testify against Trump?
One thing is true in your implication. I have not and will not defend Trump.
To my knowledge, not only have you never defended a D (much less support and plan to vote for one) but you consistently are on the attack against anything that even smells D.
And I would have voted for Joe Manchin had he followed through with running. Not sure where that gets anybody.
ne thing is true in your implication. I have not and will not defend Trump.
But that's not the issue. These stories have been run against every Republican on this site since Romney. And then they turn into vehicles to claim all Republicans support whoever showed up in a picture with the Republican. Hell, most times the only connection is the "extremist" likes some Republican on twitter or some other tenuous relationship . You never attack those posts. But when its Walz, suddenly they are out of line.
Also notice not one of the people who use these type stories to attack Republicans care when a Democrat continuously hosts a Hitler loving terrorist supporter.
ot only have you never defended a D (much less support and plan to vote for one) but you consistently are on the attack against anything that even smells D.
I'd have voted for Manchin, or even Sinema if they were the Dem nominee. Maybe there are other moderates out there. But refusing to control the border, opposing voter security and threatening to pack the Supreme Court or otherwise destroy it's independence and similar hair brained demagogic schemes are absolute non-starters for me. Those are assaults on our republic itself.
Bidens proposals for the Supreme Court did not include "packing it".
The "border" is a long time issue that cannot be solved by a wall or more law enforcement at the border. It has to be addressed through legislation , which both parties have subverted at various times over the years.
Voter security is not really an issue. All states , as far as I know, require some form of identification that shows the person is a registered voter. The signature method is entirely sufficient when applied properly. Mail in votes are signature matched. The claim that our elections are insecure , and thus somehow miraculously favoring only one of the two parties is groundless. Trump claimed in 2016, general and primaries, that he was being cheated. He claimed it in 2020 , 4 or 5 months before the election. (How does that work?) He even claimed that an Emmy award for the Apprentice was stolen from him by a "rigged" vote. The sick pattern is there for anyone with eyes to see.
A number of Democrats do. Biden's proposal is almost as bad. It's obviously designed to let Democrats replace the three longest serving justices with partisan democrats. Justices would be as bad as Congressmen, serving their time and then getting a big payout from special interests when they leave.
ong time issue that cannot be solved by a wall or more law enforcement at the border.
It absolutely can be solved by more security.
It has to be addressed through legislation
Yes, ideally. But the last President and his border czar literally invited illegal aliens in and spent the last four years doing everything possible to remove all protections at the border, including tearing up politics that were in place. And Harris has now selected a VP who wants to help illegals breach the border.
That giant swish you hear is all of the false grace punches by the MAGA at Walz failing to land. A swing. A miss. A swing. A miss...
You thinking I give a rats ass about what you have to say. Move along.
MAGA's problem is voters are not buying all the lies MAGAs tell!
Can you update your meme program or at least try to make them on topic? Spamming every seed with the same tired meme is just sad.
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They are throwing all the mud they can at the wall in the hope something sticks. So far they are about 0 for 5.
Exactly, this is just pathetic. It shows the blind partisanship that I oft speak. They defend their traitorous, scoundrel nominee while trying to expand chickenshit into a scandal.
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“…this is just pathetic.”
It is an example of not listening in the childish effort of hearing what one wants to hear.
And then to verbalize that desire in somehow justifying the obvious lack of character and the existential threat it poses only confirms their own lack of empathy, understanding and character.
This entire episode of dysfunction needs to stop, lest we forget our birthright and self destruct.
Weren't they all "Smoking Gun" or "We got him now" articles?
Exactly! Weird, isn't it?
I think 'pathetic' is more accurate.
Weirdly Pathetic!
Was Trump convicted of 34 felony fraud charges, or not?
Did Biden whoop Trump in the 2020 election? We got him!
And, "We're Not Going Back"...
I dont have the slightest qualm about seeding a lot of articles about Trump. He is the worst presidential major party candidate in American history.
The constant attempts from the right to portray him as just another politician who fibs are bizarre and extremely dishonest. Hence we can describe MAGA itself as as big of or bigger problem for our people than Trump himself.
I see that yet again, you don't have anything of meaning to add.
Actually he hasn't. Under NY law, the conviction is nonexistent until the sentence has been read.
Get that strawman!
Trump is a strawman now? LOL.
Well, Okay Then...
Now we know why he was picked over Shapiro, he locks down both the HAMAs and white supremist wings of the party.
MAGA sure are mad Harris did not pick Shapiro or Buttigieg? Why?
Why don't you ask one? The question is Why didn't Kamala pick them, does she hate gays and Jewish people?
I asked you! Why are you mad Harris did not pick Josh or Pete?
No, she couldn't take the chance on either of them. They are both waaaay smarter than she is and she WON'T be upstaged LOL
Any single celled organism can upstage her.
No you didn't ask me, you specifically said MAGA, not me. so your post is a lie, unless you are calling me a MAGA which is used as an insult by you. so your comment should be ticketed, were you calling me MAGA JB?
Then, why are you mad Harris didn't pick Shapiro or Buttigieg?
Also, why do you think MAGA is an insult? Is MAGA a slur now?
Are you trying to say you do not use it as an insult or slur?
In my opinion republican became a slur same as MAGA in 2016!
It started with newt and the alleged compassionate conservatives and devolved into teabagging into maga
That is the best you can do.
Besting you is enough...
When do you hope to do that?
I'm glad that you found something to live for.
It is when you use it obviously, and i'm not mad at all, just curious why she picked Walz over the other 2, until the reason became obvious, She was locking down the HAMAS, Klan side with Walz.
Wow, let me get this straight, you right this,
And 1 post later you wrote this,
Like i said, you use MAGA as a slur by your own admission so every time you write it you should get a ticket.
Keep trying. You may one day do it.
Come on, we know how tickets work, it’s the difference between trolling and taunting with a Capital letters vs lower case.
I see a META ticket and stern warning in our near future.
“Come on, we know how tickets work,”
We sure as fuck do.