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administration awarded $2 million to Muslim group fundraising for al Qaeda-linked charity
As he campaigned to be Minnesota’s next governor, Tim Walz called the pro-Hitler Muslim cleric a “master teacher” who offered Walz lessons over the time they “spent together,” according to footage at a 2018 event
As he campaigned to be Minnesota’s next governor, Tim Walz called the pro-Hitler Muslim cleric a “master teacher” who offered Walz lessons over the time they “spent together,” according to footage at a 2018 event
News of the footage came after a spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign said in an Aug 9 statement that Walz does not “have a personal relationship” with Asad Zaman of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota.<ref> [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3118707/walz-called-hitler-promoting-cleric-master-teacher/ Tim Walz called Hitler-promoting cleric a ‘master teacher’ at Islamic center event] ''Washington Examiner'' August 13, 2024. </ref>
News of the footage came after a spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign said in an Aug 9 statement that Walz does not “have a personal relationship” with Asad Zaman of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota.<ref> [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3118707/walz-called-hitler-promoting-cleric-master-teacher/ Tim Walz called Hitler-promoting cleric a ‘master teacher’ at Islamic center event] ''Washington Examiner'' August 13, 2024. </ref>
==$2 million to Muslim group fundraising for al Qaeda-linked charity==
Revealed: Walz administration awarded $2 million to Muslim group fundraising for [[al Qaeda]]-linked charity.
Islamic Association of North America
Rahma Worldwid is fundraising after Hamas’s [[Oct 7 War|Oct. 7]] attack on Israel last year for Rahma Worldwide, a Michigan-based charity - is collaborating on an aid initiative with the Islamic Heritage Revival Society of Kuwait, a terrorist group sanctioned by the U.S. government for funding al Qaeda.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3122450/walz-administration-awarded-2-million-muslim-group-fundraising-al-qaeda-linked/ Walz administration awarded $2 million to Muslim group fundraising for al Qaeda-linked charity] ''Washington Examiner'', August 16, 2024:
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EXCLUSIVE — Under Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the state of Minnesota awarded over $2 million to an Islamic group that fundraises for a charity linked to an al Qaeda affiliate, according to funding records reviewed by the Washington Examiner.
The Islamic Association of North America, the recipient of the state grants from 2019 to 2024, is fundraising after Hamas’s [[Oct 7 War|Oct. 7]] attack on Israel last year for Rahma Worldwide, a Michigan-based charity that says it is shipping humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to flyers. In a since-deleted Facebook post in October 2023, Rahma Worldwide President Shadi Zaza revealed his charity was collaborating on an aid initiative with the Islamic Heritage Revival Society of Kuwait, a terrorist group sanctioned by the U.S. government for funding al Qaeda.
News of the Walz administration’s grants to the IANA comes as the Democratic vice presidential candidate faces backlash after a series of Washington Examiner reports revealed his ties to Muslim cleric Asad Zaman. As Minnesota’s governor, Walz has repeatedly hosted Zaman, who shared a pro-Adolf Hitler movie on social media and defended the Oct. 7 attack. Moreover, according to unearthed footage, Walz referred to Zaman as a “master teacher” at a 2018 event held by the Zaman-led Muslim American Society of Minnesota, which partners with the IANA.
The presidential campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris has continued to claim Walz has no personal relationship with Zaman. Harris and Walz officials did not respond to requests for comment from the Washington Examiner on Thursday. “Embracing and funding an imam that sympathizes with neo-Nazis was apparently only the start,” said Sam Westrop, a terrorism analyst at the Middle East Forum think tank..</small></blockquote></ref>
==See also==
==See also==