An Omaha man running for city council is now airing controversial TV and radio ads. He claims local Muslims are connected to a terrorism group. WOWT 6 News sat down with the candidate and those he's trying to prevent from worshiping.

"Omaha are you listening? The mosque that is part of the Tri Faith Initiative has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood," Paul Anderson says in the political radio spot. He calls the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorism group and says there’s evidence they’re linked to Omaha mosques.

"I got this evidence from a very reliable source," he told our Don Granese.

"Do you have copies of the evidence?" asked the reporter.

"No, I didn't print it off."

"What is the evidence that you have?"

"I just googled it."

Anderson sources web sites and articles written by groups that call themselves “Watchmen”. They say they are inspiring the lost with the hope of Christ.

"I think it's a cheap jab to try and get votes," said Rana Jafar who is a board member at the Islamic Center of Omaha. "Any place that is dedicated to worship is called a Mosque," she explained.

The Islamic Center itself is both a community center and has a mosque for those who wish to worship.

Anderson says he wants to use the city's resources to stop the construction of a new mosque already being built on the Tri Faith Initiative campus in Omaha.

"There will be no mosque in Omaha," he told us.

"He doesn't know his city too well because there already are three Mosques," Jafar said of his claims.

Anderson says he borrows the phrase “Muslim Ban” from President Donald Trump but his ban isn't just about traveling. Anderson doesn't think Muslims should be allowed to worship in the United States.

“Assimilate. Become an American. I don't have a problem with immigration."

"They just have to be Christians?" asked Granese.

"Or no faith or Jewish," Anderson added.

Jafar has many questions for the man running for a local elected position. She hopes she may ask them in person if Anderson would like to visit their mosque. "Have you ever been to a Mosque and have you ever spoken to a Muslim? If you haven't I advise you to do that before you make any conclusion that anybody should not be allowed to worship."

In the District 1 race Anderson is looking to beat out eight year incumbent Pete Festersen and 19-year-old Grant Sturek who is a student at UNO.

Anderson tells us the fate of the April 4th election is now in God's hands.

If you'd like to learn more about the Muslim faith here in Omaha the Islamic Center hosts “Open Houses” on the 2nd Saturday of every month from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.