Tim Walz Gave $2 Million to Islamic Group Raising Money for al Qaeda-Linked Charity

Tim Walz With islamic Group Fundraising for al Qaeda

Gabe Kaminsky at The Washington Examiner reported that presumptive Democratic VP candidate Gov. Tim Walz gave $2,000,000 to the Islamic Association of North America (IANA).

Well, IANA began fundraising for Rahma Worldwide after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.

Rahma Worldwide has links to al Qaeda:

The Islamic Association of North America, the recipient of the state grants from 2019 to 2024, is fundraising after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel last year for Rahma Worldwide, a Michigan-based charity that says it is shipping humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to flyers. In a since-deleted Facebook post in October 2023, Rahma Worldwide President Shadi Zaza revealed his charity was collaborating on an aid initiative with the Islamic Heritage Revival Society of Kuwait, a terrorist group sanctioned by the U.S. government for funding al Qaeda.

The Treasury Department sanctioned Rahma Worldwide in 2008 for raising money for al Qaeda.

In January, U.S. officials said Rahma Worldwide also fundraises for Hamas.

In 2016, The Office of Foreign Assets added the group to its Specially Designated Nationals.

More from the report:

Just last year, Rahma Worldwide organized an event with Mohamad Rateb al Nabulsi, a Syrian cleric who has appeared on al Aqsa TV, the official network of Hamas, to call for the killing of gay people, the New York Post reported. In October 2021, Rahma Worldwide shared a post on Facebook depicting Rahma Worldwide’s Shadi Zaza signing an agreement with officials at the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.In December of last year, Zaza and Abdulle were listed on a flyer together as speakers for a fundraiser benefiting Rahma Worldwide. And on Jan. 1 of this year, Abdulle posted a separate flyer on Facebook promoting a Gaza fundraising event in Minneapolis for Rahma Worldwide featuring Zaza as a speaker.

IANA was formed in 2001 as “a nationwide umbrella organization with over thirty-five centers and organizations.” It has 15 Islamic organizations under that umbrella in Minnesota.

Former Director Sheikh Hassan Dhooye knows Walz:

Meanwhile, the IANA’s former director, Sheikh Hassan Dhooye, congratulated Walz in an X post on Aug. 6 that included an image of him with Walz.Dhooye recently congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Hamas ally, for his reelection. In 2020, Dhooye was part of a delegation of Muslim leaders who met with Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, according to a press release.Dhooye, who also goes by the name Hassan Mohamed Jama, came into the spotlight in 2011 after CBC News reported that the Somali community believed he was connected to a terrorism financing and recruitment operation.

In 2017, Dhooye “appeared with then-congressman Walz and Zaman in Washington, D.C., according to a Facebook post.”

Dhooye is the former director, but still appears with the IANA:

In April, he attended a meeting with the IANA’s Abdulle and other Somali leaders, according to a Facebook post. Dhooye spoke at the IANA’s annual convention last September, footage shows.And last May, Dhooye offered a prayer on behalf of the IANA before Minnesota’s legislature, according to state records.

Tags: 2024 Presidential Election, Al Qaeda, Democrats, Hamas, Minnesota, Terrorism, Tim Walz

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