NJ Dems are poised to elect to Congress Adam Hamawy, a follower & friend of the radical Imam who helped inspired 9/11.
Hamawy's primary in solid blue NJ-12 is today.
In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed — and the instigator was Hamawy's Imam, the Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman.
The same Rahman whom Hamawy was close with at the in the years before — and after — the attack.
And the same Rahman whom Hamawy STILL defends because promoting Jihad against America was "not what he did every single day."
Hamawy not only testified on his friend's behalf in 1995, but also lied in a vain attempt to keep his Jihadist mentor out of prison.
At 17 minutes past Noon on February 26, 1993, a van bomb planted by followers of the Blind Sheikh exploded.
The blast ripped through the underground parking structure of the World Trade Center, leaving behind a 100-foot crater that was several stories deep.
The explosion was felt across Lower Manhattan.
Miraculously, only six died that day, but over 1,000 were injured, some of whom were maimed.
Visuals from that day show people covered in ash and soot, eerily similar to what happened eight years later.
It was the first attack that attempted to topple the Twin Towers, as the terrorists had planned for one tower to collapse and fall onto the other, like dominoes.
It is no coincidence that the Blind Sheikh had become close friends and ideological soulmates with Osama bin Laden in the 1980's.
Bin Laden ultimately followed the Blind Sheikh, who issued a fatwa for Jihad against America before the man behind 9/11 did.
And the operational mastermind of the 1993 WTC bombing was Ramzi Yousef — whose uncle, Khaled Shiekh Mohammed, was the mastermind of 9/11.
The original WTC terrorists were followers of the Blind Sheikh — just like Hamawy.
The original WTC bombers were radicalized in no small part because they watched speech after speech in which the Blind Sheikh called for Jihad against America and Israel — just like Hamawy did.
Hamawy admitted — only after being caught lying — that Jihad is "what [Rahman] always talked about."
Hamawy would know. He testified that he was a devotee of the Blind Sheikh: "I have seen him in, you know, speak at different mosques all over New Jersey. I have seen him in his home."
One such Jihad speech was in Detroit, and it was the one Hamawy lied about under oath.
To understand just how close the politician was to the Jihadist, consider that he packed into a van with the Blind Sheikh for the 13-hour drive to Detroit — and then Hamawy stayed in his hotel suite.
When asked under oath what the speech was about, Hamawy lied initially, claiming it was about "economics."
The real title of the Blind Sheikh's speech?
"The Best Way on Supporting Jihad."
Knowing all of this, Hamawy decided to HELP the Blind Sheikh by testifying — and lying — at the jihadist cleric's trial in 1995.
Hamawy tried to keep out of prison his Imam, who taught that "America is the enemy of Islam" — and "Muslims had to do jihad against the enemies of Islam."
This is what Hamawy admitted to under oath, but only after getting caught.
But Rahman promoting Jihad against the "enemies of Islam" didn't bother the Democrat who could soon represent New Jersey in Congress.
In April 1993 — one month after the WTC bombing — Hamawy reached out to the Blind Sheikh, saying "It is my spring break now. If you need anything, you can just give me a call."
To this day, Hamawy has NOT personally condemned Rahman, just "certain things" he had said.
Most importantly, Hamawy has NOT said that he's a changed man.
So who is Hamawy today if he won't flatly and unequivocally condemn his Jihadist mentor who ultimately helped inspire 9/11 and he won't say that he was wrong for embracing the Blind Sheikh?
Does he, too, believe that "America is the enemy of Islam," and that "Muslims have to do jihad against the enemies of Islam"?
We'll soon see if Democrats in NJ-12 are willing to take that risk.