By Daniel Greenfield

When the Trump inauguration program was first leaked, it included a ‘benediction’ from Imam Husham Al-Husainy, a Dearborn Shiite Muslim cleric who had gotten in trouble before over his views on Hezbollah.

Freedom Center Investigates jumped into action compiling an extensive Twitter thread and other tweets that received around half a million views and was retweeted by, among others, Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

We turned up everything from videos in which Al-Husainy screamed at Sean Hannity and refused to answer if he supported Hezbollah after an appearance at the DNC, a rally in which he shouted about “agents of the Jews,” videos in which he appeared to curse Christians, faked hate crimes being used to push Sharia law, description of Iranian terror leader Soleimani as a martyr and a letter urging “our sons to get ready to carry out their duty in Holy Jihad and continue the path which our young valiant men in Hezbollah began in Southern Lebanon.”

Front Page Magazine also published an extensive article, ‘The Imam on Trump’s Inauguration Program’  digging into Al-Husainy’s past.

The information was shocking and it got quick results.

Along with Sam Westrop at the Middle East Forum, founded by Daniel Pipes, who also conducted an intrepid investigation, and whose work led to mainstream media coverage, word spread, and action was taken within the Trump camp.

The new program no longer featured Al-Husainy. He had disappeared.

This story shows the vital importance of investigative journalism. Freedom Center Investigates is not a partisan organization. We follow the truth where it leads. And we’ll continue exposing dark forces wherever they hide.