{"id":2607543,"date":"2026-05-27T17:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revealed-democratic-congressional-candidate-reportedly-worked-for-al-qaida-linked-group\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T17:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:49:58","slug":"revealed-democratic-congressional-candidate-reportedly-worked-for-al-qaida-linked-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revealed-democratic-congressional-candidate-reportedly-worked-for-al-qaida-linked-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Democratic Congressional Candidate Reportedly Worked for Al-Qaida-Linked Group"},"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\">18<\/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%2Frevealed-democratic-congressional-candidate-reportedly-worked-for-al-qaida-linked-group%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=2607543&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>The passage reports allegations about new jersey Democratic congressional candidate Adam Hamawy\u2019s past work with a Bosnia humanitarian organization later linked by U.S. adn UN authorities to Al-Qaida financing. It claims Hamawy participated in delivering aid in the early 1990s and that, years later, investigations found evidence of communications and financial activity connecting the Benevolence international Foundation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-fbi-agent-drops-bomb-in-jan-6-film-fbi-execs-get-paid-to-arrest-terrorists-they-set-up\/\" title=\"Former FBI Agent Reveals Shocking Details in Jan 6 Documentary - FBI Leaders Paid to Arrest Setup &#039;Terrorists\">terrorist plans<\/a>. The article also says Hamawy previously worked as a translator for,and testified in the defense of,<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\">convicted<\/a> terrorist \u201cBlind Sheik\u201d Omar Abdel-Rahman,and notes that he has received endorsements from prominent Democratic figures. Hamawy responds to criticism by saying attacks on him are driven by bigotry, arguing that his Muslim identity leads opponents to focus on his past. The remaining content is largely unrelated webpage code for ads and a \u201cread more\u201d button.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Democratic House candidate Adam Hamawy worked for an Al-Qaida-linked nonprofit in the 1990s before international investigations led to its closing, Jewish Insider reported.<\/p>\n<p>Hamawy said in a 1996 interview that he had passed out humanitarian supplies around Bosnia two years earlier for the Benevolence International Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2026\/05\/adam-hamawy-benevolence-international-foundation-bosnia-al-qaida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the outlet reported<\/a>, citing the archived story from the Newark Star-Ledger.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/po3632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. government<\/a> and United Nations later identified the Illinois-based foundation as a clandestine funding source for Al-Qaida and 9\/11 architect Osama bin Laden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worked in Sarajevo for 10 days and then the rest in Zenica, a large regional center in central Bosnia,\u201d Hamawy, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/new-jersey-playbook\/2026\/05\/05\/the-history-of-hamawy-and-the-blind-sheikh-00906080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">born in Egypt<\/a>, told the paper at the time. \u201cWe went out to hospitals around the area and in the mountains to check what supplies they needed and we tried to deliver them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamawy\u2019s campaign did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment. He has received endorsements from high-profile Democrats such as Muslim and Somali-born Minnesota <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidernj.com\/press-release\/rep-ilhan-omar-endorses-hamawy-for-nj-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Ilhan Omar<\/a>, Vermont <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/congress\/in-packed-nj-12-race-bernie-sanders-will-support-adam-hamawy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a>, and New York <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/congress\/aoc-endorses-hamawy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim candidate previously came under fire for his past association with convicted terrorist mastermind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, for whom he worked as a translator and testified in his defense in his 1996 federal trial in New York, Jewish Insider and the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/some-things-are-just-not-forgivable-hamawy-is-denounced-by-1993-world-trade-center-bombing-survivors-who-are-appalled-a-friend-of-the-blind-sheikh-may-soon-be-in-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a> reported. Abdel-Rahman, nicknamed \u201cthe Blind Sheik,\u201d and co-defendants were convicted of roles in the deadly 1993 World Trade Center bombing and other terrorist plots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did speak about violent things that I think most people disagree with and most people condemn, including myself,\u201d Hamawy told The Philadelphia Inquirer about the Blind Sheik. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t the only thing he spoke about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamawy\u2019s past ties to extremists run deeper than previously acknowledged, Jewish Insider\u2019s report found. A 2002 federal investigation of BIF found extensive communications between the foundation and Al-Qaida, financial transactions and records describing a plan to \u201cestablish a base for operations in Europe against al Qaeda\u2019s true enemy, the United States,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gov.uscourts.ilnd_.117522.78.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">court<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gov.uscourts.ilnd_.117522.1.1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">records<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gov.uscourts.ilnd_.116333.1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat dismissed his critics as bigoted in May 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidernj.com\/dr-hamawy-as-a-muslim-theyre-always-going-to-find-something-to-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comments to InsiderNJ<\/a>, touting his past work as a <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/fr\/nj-12s-newest-entrant-the-surgeon-who-saved-sen-tammy-duckworths-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doctor for the U.S.<\/a> in the Iraq War and a responder on 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a Muslim, they\u2019re always going to find something to attack,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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