{"id":2352106,"date":"2024-10-08T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-refunds-check-from-hitler-promoting-imam\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T12:42:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:42:56","slug":"harris-refunds-check-from-hitler-promoting-imam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-refunds-check-from-hitler-promoting-imam\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris refunds check from Hitler-promoting imam"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fharris-refunds-check-from-hitler-promoting-imam%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=2352106&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--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris\u2062 has \u2062returned a\u200b $500 campaign donation from\u2063 Imam Asad Zaman, a Muslim \u200bcleric\u2064 known for sharing antisemitic \u200bcontent on social media. This move follows criticism of Zaman&#8217;s associations and the content he has disseminated, including a pro-Hitler film link\u2064 and support for Hamas. Zaman&#8217;s donation came to light \u200dafter a review of Federal \u200cElection Commission records, \u2063prompting Harris&#8217;s campaign to\u200b refund the amount. The decision has been framed as part of \u2062an effort to distance Harris from Zaman, particularly after her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a> Tim Walz was previously linked to him as a supporter. Republican groups have condemned\u200c the acceptance of such donations, highlighting concerns about\u200d antisemitism within the Democratic Party. Harris&#8217;s actions suggest a response to mounting scrutiny \u2062as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-ask-him-even-trump-doesnt-know-if-desantis-is-running-in-24\/\" title=\"\u2018I Don\u2019t Ask Him\u2019: Even Trump Doesn\u2019t Know If DeSantis Is Running In \u201924\">2024 presidential election approaches<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kamala Harris returns donation from Muslim cleric who shared antisemitic content<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1729148\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> has refunded a campaign donation she received from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3114957\/tim-walz-repeatedly-hosted-muslim-cleric-oct-7-pro-hitler-website-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Muslim cleric<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3118707\/walz-called-hitler-promoting-cleric-master-teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shared antisemitic content<\/a> on social media, a Harris campaign official told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> Democratic presidential nominee, returned a $500 <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202409209683952162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>check<\/a> that was directed to her campaign in August from imam Asad Zaman of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, the campaign official said. Zaman, as the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3114957\/tim-walz-repeatedly-hosted-muslim-cleric-oct-7-pro-hitler-website-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>, was dubbed a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3118707\/walz-called-hitler-promoting-cleric-master-teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>master teacher<\/a>&rdquo; in 2018 by Harris&rsquo;s running mate, Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tim Walz\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN), who often hosted Zaman for events as the governor of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They should have never accepted a single cent from a Hitler-promoting cleric like Asad Zaman,&rdquo; said Sam Markstein, a spokesman for the Republican Jewish Coalition. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a shame that people like Asad Zaman feel that they have a home in today&rsquo;s Democratic Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zaman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3114957\/tim-walz-repeatedly-hosted-muslim-cleric-oct-7-pro-hitler-website-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>came under fire<\/a> from the Anti-Defamation League and the Republican Jewish Coalition over his history of sharing antisemitic content on social media, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> press release and a link in 2015 to a website for a pro-Hitler film called&nbsp;<em>The Greatest Story Never Told<\/em>.&nbsp;The imam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/muslim-cleric-who-praised-adolf-hitler-hamas-spoke-harris-running-mate-tim-walzs-2019-inauguration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>spoke<\/a> at Walz&rsquo;s 2019 inauguration, among other events.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> learned that Harris returned the Zaman donation after locating it on the Federal Election Commission&rsquo;s website and reaching out to the Harris campaign for comment. A Harris campaign official replied that the committee had now decided to refund the money.<\/p>\n<p>Zaman did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. It was Zaman&rsquo;s first contribution to a federal political campaign committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?contributor_name=asad%20zaman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>since<\/a> 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-outraise-democrats-across-the-board-in-january\/\" title=\"Republicans Outraise Democrats Across the Board in January\">financial disclosures show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"KnGoSUDRxbE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Tim Walz called Hitler-promoting cleric a &lsquo;master teacher&rsquo; at Islamic center event\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KnGoSUDRxbE?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s decision to refund Zaman&rsquo;s donation appears to be the second example of her campaign attempting to distance itself from the imam. In August, the Harris campaign insisted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/13\/politics\/asad-zaman-tim-walz-hamas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> to CNN that Walz and Zaman do &ldquo;not have a personal relationship,&rdquo; adding, &ldquo;Governor Walz strongly condemns Hamas terrorism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3123661\/trump-blasts-tim-walz-ties-muslim-cleric-who-shared-pro-hitler-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>criticized Walz in August<\/a> over his ties to Zaman, saying in a speech in New Jersey to Jewish community leaders that Walz &ldquo;knew him for a long time.&rdquo; On Oct. 7, 2023, the day Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, Zaman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3114957\/tim-walz-repeatedly-hosted-muslim-cleric-oct-7-pro-hitler-website-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> he &ldquo;stands in solidarity with Palestinians against Israeli attacks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That day last year, Zaman also shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> by Yusuf Abdi Abdulle, the director of the Islamic Association of North America, declaring that &ldquo;Palestine has the right to defend itself.&rdquo; Abdulle insisted in the post that the Biden-Harris administration was &ldquo;on the wrong side of history&rdquo; in &ldquo;supporting the extremist Zionist regime and its illegal settlements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Imam Zaman has a troubling history of playing into classic anti-Jewish themes and justifying violence against Israel,&rdquo; a spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation League previously said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He also has justified violence against Israel, including from terror groups,&rdquo; the ADL spokesperson said. &ldquo;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&rsquo;t agree with his toxic views about Jews and the Jewish state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3179106\/watch-live-harris-marks-first-anniversary-oct-7-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>delivered remarks Monday<\/a> and planted a memorial tree on the grounds of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s residence in honor of the victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1729148\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1729148\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris refunds donation from cleric sharing antisemitism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2352107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-white-men.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5335,4021,10256],"class_list":["post-2352106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-check","tag-harris","tag-refunds"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-white-men.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}