Politician Calls Us ‘Anti-Islam’ for Exposing His Terror Ties
Congressional candidate accuses Freedom Center of “guilt-by-association attacks on Muslim and Arab candidates.”
May 14, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield 4 Comments
On April 20th, I emailed the campaign of ‘Adam’ Hisham Hamawy, an Egyptian Muslim plastic surgeon running for Congress in New Jersey, asking him three questions about his ties to Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the ‘Blind Sheikh’ whose followers had bombed the World Trade Center and plotted to blow up the Statue of Liberty and other landmarks in the ‘Monuments plot’.
What was your relationship with Sheikh Rahman? How long had you known him before the ride?
How did you come to be asked to testify at the trial?
Do you still stand by your testimony?
Hamawy never got back to me. Four days later, Freedom Center Investigates ran the story exposing the congressional candidate’s relationship with an Islamic terrorist leader, his closeness to a man whom an FBI informant noted had paranoid security, and the politician’s testimony on the terrorist leader’s behalf at one of New York City’s biggest terror trials.
The story has since gone viral, appearing across social media, and was picked up by FOX News, the Free Beacon, Politico and local media in New Jersey. Rather than answer questions, Hamawy and his campaign have blamed ‘Islamophobia’ and accused us of being ‘anti-Islam’.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/politician-calls-us-anti-islam-for-exposing-his-terror-ties/
