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Leading N.J. Dem congressional candidate Adam Hamawy volunteered with Al-Qaida-tied group in Bosnia
J.I. ^ | May 27, 2026

Posted on 05/28/2026 2:09:38 PM PDT by Milagros

Adam Hamawy’s past relationship with terrorist mastermind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman has loomed over his rapid rise in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).

Their relationship spanned a 1991 road trip the two took together to Detroit, Hamawy’s service as the sheikh’s translator for a press conference in which Abdel-Rahman denied any role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and Hamawy’s testimony on the sheikh’s behalf at his 1995 trial, where the Islamist leader was convicted of plotting to carry out a campaign of terrorist attacks in New York City.

But just one year before Hamawy took the witness stand to describe his travels with Abdel-Rahman, the now-Congressional candidate made a different journey with another party entangled in terrorist conspiracies: to Bosnia, with a group subsequently shut down for providing “logistical support” to Al-Qaida.

In a 1996 interview with the Newark Star-Ledger, according to a copy Jewish Insider recovered through an archive of print publications, Hamawy described volunteering in Bosnia during the summer of 1994 with a Chicago-based nonprofit called the “Benevolence International Foundation."


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Heck. Tomorrow he will be "interviewed" by America-last, Qatarlson "just asking questions" lowlife.
1 posted on 05/28/2026 2:09:38 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Milagros

Why is he not in prison?

There is no way this guy should be allowed in office.

We’re in a mirror universe or something.


2 posted on 05/28/2026 2:12:52 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Milagros

Miriam Adelson approves this message.


3 posted on 05/28/2026 2:13:02 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Beats me


4 posted on 05/28/2026 2:15:15 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: TheThirdRuffian

The fear of being chased down by Islam lobby CAIR and being called “islamophobe” on MS NNlow by (”palestinian”) Ayman Mohyeldin.


5 posted on 05/28/2026 2:17:27 PM PDT by Milagros
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A huge WTF moment!

These filthy stinking bastards are everywhere...

UK is gone...
Germany is gone...
France is gone...
Canada is almost gone...
Italy is starting to go...
The U.S. headed for the islamic abyss...

Time, for America, is on the side of the conquering islamists...

6 posted on 05/28/2026 2:21:19 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: Milagros

During the Balkans wars, a myth that we heard over and over again was that the Bosnians were secular and wanted nothing to do with Islamism and jihad. Yet jihadis from around the world flocked to their cause, not to mention the fact that Izetbegovich did much to Islamicize Bosnian society.


7 posted on 05/28/2026 2:22:58 PM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Milagros

I’m guessing he will still win because he is in a safe Dem district in NJ. In fact, a majority of his constituents probably hate American as much as he does.


8 posted on 05/28/2026 2:25:16 PM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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To: Milagros

The Party Of Hate, The Party Of Death, The Party Of Slavery.

Come one, come all!

Al-Queda? Come On Down!

German SS Tattoos?

Come On Down!

Despise Jews, Christians, Founding Fathers?

Come On Down!

Despise Private Property and the Second Ammendment?

Come On Down!


9 posted on 05/28/2026 2:30:45 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: mrmeyer

Why would she approve of an Islamist that doesn’t like Jews or Israel?


10 posted on 05/28/2026 2:43:28 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: Milagros

Dems are Ok with this and this is actually a career enhancer for him.


11 posted on 05/28/2026 2:48:21 PM PDT by Blue Highway ( )
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To: Milagros

This surprising to who? The entire left needs to be eradicated for the sake of humanity.


12 posted on 05/28/2026 3:05:15 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it! I want lower taxes.)
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To: rbg81

Yep. If it’s not him then it will be some Democrat who is equally reprehensible.

100% safe Rat district (and not even overly ghetto!).


13 posted on 05/28/2026 3:09:08 PM PDT by PermaRag (Facts, context, and more facts)
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To: Milagros

Perfect fit for the humas party ie dimocrats


14 posted on 05/28/2026 3:22:27 PM PDT by blitz128
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To: blitz128

Especially the TRASHIda and Omar department.


15 posted on 05/28/2026 3:25:26 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Indeed


16 posted on 05/28/2026 3:25:58 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Milagros; Navy Patriot

He sounds like an A-#1 Serb-hater!!


17 posted on 05/28/2026 4:20:26 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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CNEWS.CANOE.ca (AP): Chicago. “PROSECUTOR ALLEGES HEAD OF MUSLIM CHARITY TRIED TO GET URANIUM FOR AL QAIDA” (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: “Prosecutors say Mohamed Loay Bayazid was president of the suburban Chicago-based Benevolence International Foundation in 1994, about the same time he is accused of trying to get uranium for al-Qaida. They also said the UBS financial services company and computer giants Microsoft and Compaq donated thousands of dollars to the foundation through an employee gift-matching program.” ...

“The government had previously linked Bayazid to the charity, saying he had an Illinois driver’s licence listing Benevolence headquarters in Palos Hills as his home address.

In the new filing, prosecutors cited internal Benevolence documents that allegedly show Bayazid was the charity’s president. The document quoted minutes of a Benevolence meeting in 1994 stating that Bayazid ran the meeting.” ...

“Public filings with Illinois authorities don’t list Bayazid as a charity official.

Bayazid allegedly tried to obtain uranium for a nuclear weapon for bin Laden in 1993 or 1994 in Sudan, according to information that came out of a trial in New York City relating to the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in East Africa.

Bayazid, also known as Abu Rida al Suri, is a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Syria. His current whereabouts are unknown.”) (January 30, 2003)
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WarOnTerrorism/2003/01/30/18150-ap.html

GOOGLE Search Term: “Abu Rida al Suri”
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Abu+Rida+al+Suri%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&filter=0
7 posted on 1/31/2003, 3:35:09 AM by Cindy


18 posted on 05/28/2026 4:46:33 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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“During the Balkans wars, a myth that we heard over and over again was that the Bosnians were secular and wanted nothing to do with Islamism and jihad. Yet jihadis from around the world flocked to their cause, not to mention the fact that Izetbegovich did much to Islamicize Bosnian society.”

Yep, the same clowns who deny the OBVIOUS regarding Ukraine’s Nazi past, and present, also told us what you wrote - that the Bosnians were just a poor, peaceful, bunch that were attacked, without provocation, by the big, bad, Christians (Serbs).

Yet the HISTORY there is totally OPPOSITE.


19 posted on 05/28/2026 5:57:29 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: BobL
Muslims stir up trouble in various countries, and when the leaders of those countries get fed up and hit back, the Muslims cry "oppression" and "genocide".

We see this pattern with the Rohinga in Myanmar and the Huigurs in China today, and of course with Hamas in Gaza. The Pakistani-sponsored Muslims in Kashmir are trying to play the same game. Not long ago, Muslims were playing the same victim card after starting insurrections in Kosovo, Bosnia, Chechnya, etc, and no doubt the Muslims in southern Thailand will soon cry oppression and genocide when the Thai government gets sick of Islam-inspired violence.

Muslims consistently behave like the schoolyard bully who goes crying to teacher when one of his intended victims punches back even harder.

20 posted on 05/28/2026 7:31:47 PM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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