Fox News: Tim Walz has ties to Muslim cleric with antisemitic views, gave state funding to his group: report

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Tim Walz has ties to Muslim cleric with antisemitic views, gave state funding to his group: report

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is linked to Muslim cleric Asad Zaman, who praised Hitler and Hamas and has received over $100,000 in funding from Walz's administration.......                    ...                        ...Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has reported ties to a Muslim cleric who You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and commended the Islamic terrorist group Hamas for the attacks against innocent Israelis on Oct. 7. ......In the last few years, Imam Asad Zaman has used his Facebook page to share official Hamas press releases, blog posts from antisemitic sites and a 2015 link to a pro-Hitler film, "The Greatest Story Never Told." Released in 2013, the propaganda film is antisemitic and popular among fringe groups, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......Walz's administration has also donated over $100,000 to Zaman's group, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, according to state records 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.," according to court records, the outlet first reported. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Designated a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates in 2014, the Muslim group faced criticism in 2019 when a video emerged of children at a Philadelphia chapter event calling for Jews to be killed.......In reaction to Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., condemning You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login a day later, Zaman asked if she would "reaffirm the right of Palestinians to defend themselves." Zaman's Muslim group in a statement 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 security meeting with Walz's gubernatorial office. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Social media posts reviewed by the Examiner also indicate Zaman participated in a Ramadan event hosted by Walz in May 2019. A recent Washington Free Beacon report also reported Walz's appearance at a 2019 event with an antisemitic scholar who supports terrorism against Israel.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Zaman, originally from Bangladesh, expressed solidarity with Palestinians for the Hamas-initiated You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login He also shared a Palestinian flag image on Facebook in support of a post criticizing the Biden-Harris administration for its stance on Israel.......The imam reportedly participated in a May 2020 event with Walz to advocate for peaceful protests during the Black Lives Matter riots in Minnesota following George Floyd's death. Previously, in April 2019, Zaman delivered an invocation at Walz's state address and had called for an end to a government shutdown alongside Walz in January 2019, the Washington Examiner first reported.......The Harris-Walz campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment by press deadline....

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