{"id":1441563,"date":"2022-04-16T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441563"},"modified":"2022-04-16T11:15:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T15:15:23","slug":"vulnerable-democrat-cindy-axne-campaigns-with-muslim-imam-previously-accused-of-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-democrat-cindy-axne-campaigns-with-muslim-imam-previously-accused-of-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulnerable Democrat Cindy Axne Campaigns with Muslim Imam Previously Accused of Sexual Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvulnerable-democrat-cindy-axne-campaigns-with-muslim-imam-previously-accused-of-sexual-abuse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Cindy-Axne-D-IA-Campaigns-with-Muslim-Iman_BMI-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Vulnerable Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) campaigned last weekend with a Muslim Imam previously\u00a0accused of sexual abuse for \u201ctouching\u201d an \u201c18-year-old woman\u2019s breasts and genitals while rubbing oil on her skin\u201d and the mother\u2019s breasts during what was believed to be a \u201critual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Axne, Iowa\u2019s\u00a0lone congressional Democrat, looking to make a positive impression on voters ahead of the upcoming election, donned a hijab and campaigned at an\u00a0Iowa Islamic Cente last Saturday, where\u00a0Nermin Spahic appears to be an Imam still after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/who13.com\/news\/sexual-abuse-des-moines-muslim-imam-charged\/\">accused<\/a> of\u00a0sexual abuse in 2013.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, the Des Moines Register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2014\/02\/15\/jurors-find-imam-not-guilty\/5505075\/\">stated<\/a> that \u201cSpahic was accused of touching the 18-year-old woman\u2019s breasts and genitals while rubbing oil on her skin as part of an Islamic ceremony designed to cast out evil spirits.\u201d\u00a0The Imam performed the \u201critual\u201d in the\u00a018-year-old\u2019s apartment she shared with her mother. He was arrested and charged with sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>During the week-long trial, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2014\/02\/15\/jurors-find-imam-not-guilty\/5505075\/\">revealed<\/a> that the\u00a0Imam had allegedly \u201cperformed the ritual while the 18-year-old woman, and then her mother, wore towels to cover their bodies.\u201d But, the\u00a0Assistant Polk County Attorney Steve Foritano, at the time, attempted to draw a contrast with what\u00a0Spahic by saying he used the\u00a0women\u2019s\u00a0ignorance of Islamic traditions to take\u00a0advantage of them since other\u00a0witnesses who went through the same ritual testified that they could leave their clothes on.<\/p>\n<p>For evidence, the assistant county attorney looked to use\u00a0text messages the 18-year-old sent right after the incident to corroborate the story.\u00a0\u201cIn a text message to a friend after Spahic performed the ritual, the woman said the imam had her lie naked and touched her genitals,\u201d\u00a0Foritano said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThose texts corroborate exactly what (the woman) told people,\u201d Foritano said. \u201cAs this is happening, she is telling her feelings and describing what the events are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After going through a trial, a jury found him \u201cnot guilty\u201d on\u00a0three counts \u2014\u00a0one count of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor, therapist, or clergy \u2014 despite text messages explaining what happened since there was no physical evidence, which was argued by\u00a0Spahic\u2019s attorney, Angela Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>Reports showed that Campbell argued there was no proof of \u201cphysical evidence\u201d that showed oil in the\u00a018-year-old\u2019s private parts, despite a video at the trial\u00a0showing the \u201cpolice chose not to take the 18-year-old woman to a hospital for an exam or test for the cumin oil used in the ritual on her body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite all of this, Axne\u00a0campaigned last weekend at the Islamic and Cultural Center Bosniak of Des Moines, where she took pictures with\u00a0Spahic:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100057827419617\/posts\/414987520438825\/\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100057827419617\/posts\/414987520438825\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>On Saturday, I visited the Islamic and Cultural Center Bosniak of Des Moines for an Iftar meal and to meet with members\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CindyAxneForCongress\">Cindy Axne<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100057827419617\/posts\/414987520438825\/\">Monday, April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>And, of course, Iowa\u2019s\u00a0lone congressional Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/13\/mock-christians-democrat-cindy-axne-dons-hijab-iowa-islamic-center\/\">campaign<\/a> event at the\u00a0Iowa Islamic Center, where she took pictures with\u00a0Spahic, came after she mocked\u00a0Christians during an out-of-state campaign event with a far-left \u201cactivist\u201d group.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last September, she was\u00a0caught on a recording during\u00a0an appearance with a <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/democracymarker?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">far-left<\/a>\u00a0activist group from New York,\u00a0Markers For Democracy. There she\u00a0discussed her\u00a0party\u2019s response to the coronavirus pandemic when she made vulgar\u00a0comments about her\u00a0constituents of the\u00a0Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo now all the schools are back wanting to put mask mandates in, and all of the anti-vaxxer crazies are out there with their \u2013 it\u2019s a hot mess,\u201d Axne said was caught saying. \u201cI\u2019ll be honest, Christian right, everything under the guise while they hold a cross for God or whatever. They use it like a weapon, and it\u2019s painful to watch because they\u2019ve weaponized religion, they\u2019ve weaponized politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Tucker Carlson blasts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCindyAxne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepCindyAxne<\/a> for her despicable comments about Christians. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BQVOGPrZ4o\">pic.twitter.com\/BQVOGPrZ4o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Berg (@MikeKBerg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeKBerg\/status\/1443374256088301573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Axne called her constituents of the\u00a0Christian faith \u201canti-vaxxer crazies,\u201d she forgot to mention that the Democrat politicians wanted to force restrictions on Americans, which \u201ctemporarily <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/06\/us\/christian-right-wing-politics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">closed<\/a> houses of worship,\u201d causing the polarization of attending church.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>@JacobMBliss<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vulnerable Rep. 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