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Clerics & Preachers

Pro-Mamdani PAC took donation from Islamist cleric who vouched for terror plot mastermind

July 10, 2025 Hudson Crozier  

(Daily Caller) A super PAC supporting Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for New York City mayor accepted $1,000 from a Muslim cleric linked to the architects of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and other terrorist plots. Imam Siraj Wahhaj donated to the super […]

Government & Politics

CAIR quietly puts $100K behind Zohran Mamdani’s bid for NYC mayor Revelation comes as Mamdani faces scrutiny for defending the phrase 'Globalize the Intifada'

June 18, 2025 Chuck Ross  

(Free Beacon) The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the anti-Israel group whose leader said he was “happy” about Oct. 7, is quietly funding socialist Zohran Mamdani’s bid for New York City mayor. The Unity & Justice Fund, which CAIR formed last year to […]

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Muslim candidates surge in local elections in US

October 18, 2024 Masood Farivar  

(VOA) As the United States prepares for a presidential election next month, the idyllic New York suburb of Teaneck, New Jersey, is gearing up for elections that reflect a broader trend in U.S. politics. Two Muslim women are running for local office […]

Clerics & Preachers

California has appointed its first ever Muslim chaplain to the state legislature

December 14, 2020 Alaa Elassar  

(CNN) A Muslim man has made history after becoming the first Muslim chaplain appointed to the California legislature. Imam Mohammad Yasir Khan was appointed by Anthony Rendon, speaker of the California State Assembly, on December 7 as the assembly chaplain for the […]

Legal

Case closed for Hamid Hayat: Feds won’t seek new trial in overturned California terror case

February 14, 2020 Sam Stanton  

(Sacramento Bee) Six months after a federal judge vacated the 2006 terrorism conviction against Hamid Hayat, prosecutors said Friday they will not pursue another trial against the former Lodi cherry picker. “Due to the passage of time, the government now moves this […]

Legal

Hamid Hayat’s attorneys ask judge to release Lodi terror suspect after conviction tossed

August 2, 2019 Sam Stanton  

(Sacramento Bee) Four days after a federal judge vacated the conviction and sentence of Lodi terror suspect Hamid Hayat, his attorneys filed a motion Friday seeking Hayat’s immediate release from an Arizona prison and asking that he be allowed to return home. […]

Legal

Judge overturns 2006 terror conviction of California man

July 30, 2019 Don Thompson  

(AP) A federal judge on Tuesday overturned the 2006 conviction of a California man accused of plotting an attack in the United States after attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. Federal prosecutors were reviewing the decision and did not immediately say […]

Government & Politics

Exec director of CAIR delivers daily prayer in California Senate Senate Republicans were not informed about Elkarra’s invitation

May 28, 2019 Katy Grimes  

(California Globe) Every session in the California State Senate opens with a prayer by the Senate chaplain, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Tuesday, May 28, instead of Sister Michelle Gorman offering the daily prayer, the prayer was given by Basim Elkarra, […]

Legal

US judge recommends overturning California terror conviction

January 11, 2019 Don Thompson  

(AP) A federal magistrate on Friday recommended overturning the controversial 2006 conviction of a California man accused of attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan and plotting an attack in the United States. Hamid Hayat, now 36, who was then a young […]

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