RALEIGH – Last week, the Washington Free Beacon revealed that as governor, Roy Cooper hosted a secret dinner in 2018 that included an Imam with close ties to Hamas. While Roy Cooper has claimed he is a “moderate” he has refused to condemn his party’s demonization of Israel and support of antisemitism. All while he has dined with Muslim leaders that have very close ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
“The 2018 gathering at the Executive Mansion in downtown Raleigh was held to mark iftar, the end of the Ramadan fast. At the time, Cooper’s team issued no press release about the dinner and published no guest list for the event, which the Free Beacon has learned was attended by more than 35 local Muslim leaders, including Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb, a prominent imam with close affiliations to several Hamas-aligned organizations.
AbuTaleb delivered a prayer at the dinner and was pictured standing directly behind Cooper in a group photo taken at the mansion that evening, according to pictures and a video obtained by the Free Beacon. At the time, AbuTaleb served as imam of the Islamic Association of Raleigh and led the organization as it cut checks to a subsidiary of a group with alleged connections to terrorist entities including Hamas. Today, AbuTaleb is a frequent speaker at events hosted by the Muslim American Society, which federal prosecutors say is an “overt arm” of the Hamas-aligned Muslim Brotherhood, and works at an Islamic think tank alongside another imam who encouraged students to “take out” a pro-Israel professor in 2024.”
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“Roy Cooper has routinely refused to condemn his party’s continued attacks on Israel and antisemitic messaging that continues to be promoted by the Democrat party. Now, we learn he has hosted a Hamas linked Imam at the Executive Mansion and other attendees that have promoted antisemitic tropes. Roy Cooper is a sheep in wolf’s clothing, while pretending to be a moderate he quietly supports the most radical positions of the Democrat party and will be nothing more than Chuck Schumer’s handpicked puppet in the Senate,” said Whatley Campaign Spokesman DJ Griffin.