The Democratic Party has a problem with America and those who seek to undermine it from within its own ranks. It’s not just a matter of policy issues. Nothing makes that clearer than the case of Adam Hamawy. How it responds to Hamawy’s win in the congressional primary in New Jersey’s 12th district will indicate the direction of the party and whether it supports candidates who have openly worked for violent terrorists against the very democratic institutions that they seek to destroy.

Hamawy was born in Egypt and immigrated to the United States as a child. In the early 1990s, he became a member of the tight circle surrounding the "Blind Sheikh," Omar Abdel-Rahman. His social DNA is about one thing: violent jihad.

Hamawy became Abdel-Rahman’s interpreter, attending his extreme sermons inciting jihad against “disbelievers.” In February 1993, the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center killed six people, including a pregnant woman, and injured roughly 1,000 others. In June of that year, Abdel-Rahman was arrested. Between those dates, Hamawy maintained close contact with the sheikh, reportedly helping him formulate a denial of involvement in the attack.

At Abdel-Rahman’s 1995 trial, Hamawy testified as a defense witness in what is widely regarded as deliberate perjury. He claimed the sheikh had spoken at an “economic conference” in Detroit in 1991. In fact, the conference title was “The Best Way to Support Jihad.” Hamawy testified that Abdel-Rahman had not called for violence against the........

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