{"id":18829,"date":"2025-10-20T22:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=18829"},"modified":"2025-10-20T22:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:24:59","slug":"shock-photo-of-nyc-mayoral-candidate-mamdani-surfaces-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=18829","title":{"rendered":"Shock Photo Of NYC Mayoral Candidate Mamdani Surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Left-leaning socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani appeared this week with Brooklyn imam Siraj Wahhaj, a gay-hating Islamic figure who was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and has previously been linked to extremist rhetoric, including calls for \u201cjihad\u201d in the United States.<\/p>\n

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Mamdani, who is considered a leading Democratic contender in the race, was photographed smiling and standing beside Wahhaj at the imam\u2019s Bedford-Stuyvesant mosque. The image was posted to Mamdani\u2019s X account a day after the first mayoral debate.<\/p>\n

Also appearing in the photo was Councilman Yusef Salaam (D-Manhattan), a member of the exonerated \u201cCentral Park Five,\u201d who was elected to the City Council in November 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday at Masjid At-Taqwa, I had the pleasure of meeting with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, one of the nation\u2019s foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community for nearly half a century. I was also joined by CM @dr_yusefsalaam of Harlem. A beautiful Jummah,\u201d he wrote of the weekly prayer.<\/p>\n

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Wahhaj, 75, who leads the Muslim Alliance in North America, was identified by federal prosecutors as an \u201cunindicted co-conspirator\u201d in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six people. He has publicly defended those convicted in the attack, at one point referring to the FBI and CIA as the \u201creal terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n

The imam has denied any involvement in terrorism and has maintained that he does not support violence.<\/p>\n

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