Ojaala Ahmad

Overview

Ojaala Ahmad is a political candidate who has expressed support for Hamas terrorism and spread anti-Semitism as well as hatred of Israel. Ahmad also supported the pro-Hamas encampment at Columbia University (Columbia) in April 2024.
 
Ahmad's social media posts occurred during Israel’s war against Hamas, called “Swords of Iron.” Israel launched the war after a series of Hamas terror attacks and war crimes against Israeli civilians, including mass murder, torture, rape, beheadings and kidnappings, which were executed on October 7, 2023. The terror attacks left approximately 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded.

As of September 2024, Ahmad was listed as a candidate for election to the Anaheim City Council, in California, to represent District 1.

Also as of September 2024, Ahmad’s LinkedIn profile said she had been working as a writer, producer and host at The Hijabi American podcast, since December 2021.

Ahmad’s LinkedIn said she worked as a communications manager for the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) from June 2014 to February 2018.

Ahmad graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada) with a master’s degree in journalism specializing in media innovation in 2021.

Ahmad’s LinkedIn said she was located in Anaheim, California, United States.

Support for Hamas Terrorism

On November 7, 2023, Ahmad shared on Facebook a post that said: “IT ALL STARTED ON OCT. 7TH. *IN 1948.” The text is in white on a red background, and “Oct.7th” is crossed out with a black line, and written underneath in black is: “*IN 1948.”

The modern State of Israel was founded in 1948.

On Saturday, October 7, 2023, approximately 2,900 heavily armed Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s border with Gaza. They executed numerous war crimes on civilians, including mass murder, beheadings of children, rape of men and women, torture, kidnappings and mutilation. 

Anti-Semitism

On May 9, 2024, Ahmad posted on Facebook: “Gen0cide enabler zios frustrated at the resolute [sic] and patience of supporters of Gaza. FREE .”

The term "Zio" is a common derogatory reference to Zionists, as well as an often-used anti-Semitic slur among white supremacists.

On April 8, 2024, Ahmad shared on Facebook a post comparing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler.
 

On March 30, 2024, Ahmad shared on Facebook a post that said: “‘GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE’ [Jews] WOULDN’T KILL 32,000 PEOPLE IN SIX MONTHS. BUT TERRORISTS WOULD.”

On November 11, 2023, Ahmad shared on Facebook a post that read: “Whatever you are doing or not doing now, is exactly what you would have been doing during the Jewish Holocaust. #GazaHolocaust.”

Anti-Israel activists compare Israel to Nazi Germany to insinuate that the plight of Palestinians has eclipsed Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.

On October 28, 2023, Ahmad shared on Facebook a graphic that depicted an Israeli soldier with his foot on the back of a woman dressed in a burka lying on the floor,while he looked into a mirror and saw reflected back a Nazi soldier pointing his firearm at a concentration camp victim. The graphic was captioned: “The irony of becoming what you once hated…”

Hatred of Israel

On October 27, 2023, Ahmad shared on Facebook a graphic that depicted Netanyahu as a butcher covered in blood with a knife in hand, ready to cut the wire connecting an oxygen tank to a child with an oxygen mask lying in a hospital bed.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped hundreds and wounded thousands. War crimes included mass rape and torture. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.” For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.

On December 15, 2023, Ahmad posted on Facebook: “What Isr*el is doing to P@lestine for the last 75 years.” Ahmad’s comment was in response to a graphic that showed definitions of the words “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing.”

On March 25, 2024, Ahmad shared on Facebook a post that read: “GAZA: THIS IS NOT A WAR. THIS IS MASS SLAUGHTER / ETHNIC CLEANSING / G.E.N.O.C.I.D.E.”

On April 8, 2024, Ahmad shared on Facebook a post that read: “PALESTINE, SUDAN, HAITI, AND CONGO ARE ALL CONNECTED. THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IS COLONIALISM, LAND THEFT, RESOURCE PLUNDERING, AND IMPERIALIST GREED.”

Support for Columbia’s Anti-Israel Encampment

In April 2024, Ahmad shared on Facebook a post that said: “The courage and moral clarity of these students is inspiring. In this case the campus is a classroom, and the students are doing the teaching. #Columbia #Barnard.”

On April 17, 2024, Columbia students and anti-Israel activists set up what they called the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the university's main lawn. The encampment was the first of its kind and reportedly inspired a wave of as many as 140 protest encampments across North American campuses and over 20 globally.

Encampment participants protested Israel’s war against Hamas and demanded that the universities “divest from companies and institutions that profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupation…” At least 14 schools pledged to meet a number of the protester's demands. Some allowed police to dismantle the encampments, which led to mass arrests in a number of cases.

Social Media and Weblinks

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ojaala.ahmad

Facebook 2:https://www.facebook.com/thehijabiamerican

X:https://twitter.com/ojaalaa

X 2:https://twitter.com/hijabi_american

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thehijabiamerican/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ojaala-ahmad-m-a-25505a23

Personal Website:https://ojaala4anaheim.com/

Personal Website 2:https://thehijabiamerican.wordpress.com/

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@ojaalaahmad6134

Linktr.ee:https://linktr.ee/thehijabiamerican

Spotify:https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehijabiamerican