Dems ELECT Al-Qaeda Terrorist – The Islamist Party Is Here

New Jersey Democrats just handed their congressional nomination to a man who once rode 13 hours in a van with the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing — and did it in a district where Todd Beamer, the man who said “Let’s roll” before rushing the cockpit on Flight 93, is buried.

Story Snapshot

Adam Hamawy won the New Jersey 12th District Democratic primary despite documented ties to Omar Abdel-Rahman, the convicted terrorist known as the “Blind Sheikh.”
Hamawy testified as a defense witness at Abdel-Rahman’s 1995 terrorism trial and admitted to volunteering in Bosnia with Benevolence International Foundation, later designated an Al-Qaeda front organization.
Hamawy was never charged with a crime, and his campaign describes his trial testimony as a “civic and legal duty.”
The district includes Cranbury, New Jersey, the hometown and burial place of Todd Beamer, the Flight 93 passenger whose final words became a national rallying cry after September 11, 2001.

Who Adam Hamawy Is and What He Actually Did

Hamawy is a physician who won the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. His name surfaced in connection with terrorism not through rumor, but through court records. He testified under oath at the 1995 federal trial of Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Egyptian cleric convicted of seditious conspiracy for plotting to blow up New York City landmarks. Hamawy was called as a defense witness and described traveling with Abdel-Rahman on a 13-hour van ride to Michigan for a religious conference. ^[2]

The Bosnia connection adds a second layer. In a 1996 interview recovered by Jewish Insider, Hamawy acknowledged that he volunteered in Bosnia during the summer of 1994 with Benevolence International Foundation. ^[1] The United States government later shuttered that organization as an Al-Qaeda financial front. Hamawy was not charged in connection with either the trial testimony or the Bosnia volunteer work, and his campaign frames both as unremarkable acts of a young Muslim-American man doing what he believed was right. ^[2]

The Geography Makes This Impossible to Ignore

Political opposition research lands differently depending on where it lands. This one landed in a district that includes Cranbury, New Jersey, where Todd Beamer grew up and is buried. Beamer was the passenger on United Flight 93 who organized fellow travelers to rush the cockpit on September 11, 2001, preventing the hijacked plane from reaching its intended target in Washington. His phrase “Let’s roll” became one of the most recognized expressions of American courage in the post-9/11 era. The district’s voters chose Hamawy knowing, or without knowing, that history lives there. ^[3]

The Defense That Does Not Fully Defend

Hamawy’s campaign argues that testifying in a criminal trial is a legal obligation and that volunteering abroad with a charity that was later designated a terror front does not prove he knew its true purpose. Both points are factually defensible. He was never charged. Courts do not punish witnesses for showing up. ^[2] But the standard for a congressional seat is not the same as the standard for a criminal conviction. Voters are entitled to weigh associations, context, and judgment — and the facts here are not in dispute. What is in dispute is what they mean.

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Adam Hamawy’s Sworn Testimony:

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Omar Abdel-Rahman was not a minor figure. He received a life sentence for his role in plotting mass murder on American soil. Benevolence International Foundation was not an obscure charity that accidentally brushed against extremism. ^[1] Hamawy’s proximity to both, even if legally innocent, reflects choices made as an adult. The argument that a 30-year-old association is irrelevant assumes voters should ignore character evidence that predates a campaign. That assumption deserves scrutiny, not deference. Democratic primary voters in New Jersey’s 12th District apparently decided the associations were not disqualifying. Whether general election voters in a district shaped by September 11 grief reach the same conclusion is a separate question entirely, and the answer will say something worth paying attention to.

What the National Left’s Endorsements Signal

Senators Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backed Hamawy before the primary. Their support signals that the progressive wing of the Democratic Party either did not consider the associations a serious problem or calculated that the political cost of withdrawing support outweighed the reputational risk of standing by him. ^[3] Neither explanation reflects well on the party’s post-October 7 effort to reassure Jewish voters and national security moderates that it takes terrorism seriously as a disqualifying standard rather than a political variable.