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Ammar Campa-Najjar is the “grandson of Mexican immigrants” and was a rising star in the Democrat party until he became a failed Congressional candidate, losing to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). He is now trying to revive his fortunes by running for mayor of Chula Vista, California. He has received the endorsement of the Chula Vista firefighters’ union. He is also a committed Leftist, as his capsule bio at Ballotpedia reveals, “Campa-Najjar worked on Barack Obama’s presidential re-election campaign as a deputy regional field director before joining the Obama administration in the Executive Office of the President.” There is, however, one other important aspect of Campa-Najjar’s record: it reveals yet again the Left’s uncritical and indiscriminate readiness to ally with the most unsavory Islamic groups.
Campa-Najjar himself is not a Muslim at all, but a Christian; however, besides having Mexican immigrant grandparents, he is also the grandson of a jihad terrorist, Muhammad Yousef al-Najjar. In October 2018, when Campa-Najjar was mounting his unsuccessful Congressional run, Joel Pollack reported in Breitbart that Campa-Najjar “deleted an Instagram post in which he referred to his grandfather, Palestinian terrorist Muhammad Yousef al-Najjar, as a ‘legend.’ Muhammad Yousef al-Najjar was ‘a senior member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September that murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics,’ according to the Times of Israel, and a deputy for Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat.”
The Breitbart report added, “Earlier this year, when Campa-Najjar’s roots were first reported, he condemned his grandfather’s actions and supported peace. But in a 2015 Instagram post praising his father, who is a former Palestinian Authority (PA) official and Palestinian ambassador, Campa-Najjar referred to his grandfather as a ‘legend.’ He offered no criticism or condemnation of his grandfather’s terrorist acts. Breitbart News reported the existence of that Instagram post on Monday, as well as another in which he noted that his family was close to Yasser Arafat’s.”
What’s more, Campa-Najjar “received a campaign donation from a Palestinian ambassador; and donated campaign funds to a radical group, CAIR, while taking donations from CAIR officials. Breitbart News reported earlier this week that Campa-Najjar’s campaign made a ‘civic donation’ of $650.00 to CAIR in 2017, and that he had received nearly $9,000 from CAIR officials. Breitbart News had reached out to Campa-Najjar’s campaign Tuesday to ask about his appearance on the ‘top ten’ list of political candidates who had received contributions from ‘Islamist’ sources, as compiled by the Middle East Forum’s ‘Islamist Money in Politics’ (IMIP) project.”
CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so-named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror.
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savvyone says
Not a Muslim? Lie where it serves you. Muslims living in Mexico are Muslims. I doubt he Najjar is a Christian.
gravenimage says
Jihad Watch is *not* lying. Campa-Najjar converted from Islam to Christianity while in high school. His mother is Catholic.
How committed he is to this is another question.
Infidel says
He not being muslim is like Barack Hussein O not being muslim. In other words, they are both non-muslim islamists
gravenimage says
Could be, certainly.
gravenimage says
A California Mayoral Candidate Shows Again the Democrats’ Readiness to Ally with Radical Groups
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Deeply disturbing that Ammar Campa-Najjar is lauding his Jihad terrorist grandfather ad allying with “Palestinian” Muslim groups.
Infidel says
It’s funny how a non-existent country – ‘Palestine’ – is the favorite country of the Left (remember in 2016 how pro Bernie candidates reacted when Wikileaks published the emails b/w Hillary Clinton and Jon Podesta and others? They flew Pali flags in their demonstrations). Overriding other countries that don’t exist either but have a lot more legitimacy – Tibet, Kurdistan, Srpska, Wales, et al Maybe Leftists should travel to these places and inspire them to be perpetual victims the way the Palis are: maybe that might win them more support
gravenimage says
All good points.
(By the way, Wales has been recognized as a separate country–just since 2011. I only mention this because my grandfather is Welsh.
Luckily, Wales is not going on some sort of rampage to destroy England.)
James Lincoln says
gravenimage,
The muslim population of Wales is much lower than, say, England.
Do you know the reason why?
gravenimage says
James, my guess is that this is because England is wealthier than is Wales, and more of a welfare state.
And going on Jihad in London or Manchester is more high-profile globally than doing the same in Cardiff or Swansea.
James Lincoln says
Thank you for your reply, gravenimage.
Sounds about right.
gravenimage says
Diolch, James. 🙂