Democratic Senate Hopeful Roy Cooper Hosted Imam Closely Tied to Hamas at Secret ‘Iftar Dinner’ at NC Governor’s Mansion: Muslim Soiree Kept Under Wraps for Weeks

Sebastian Ujică

Former North Carolina governor Roy Cooper quietly hosted a controversial imam with deep ties to Hamas at the North Carolina governor's mansion in 2018 for a dinner where the imam led a Muslim prayer, mingled with fellow Muslim leaders, and posed for pictures with Cooper and his wife. The imam’s presence at the secret soiree, reported here for the first time by the Washington Free Beacon , could be a complication for Cooper, a self-styled " moderate Democrat ," as he seeks to flip the Senate