Zohran Mamdani’s Success Is Especially Meaningful for Muslim New Yorkers

The New York Times ^ | June 25, 2025 | Maya King

[MinorityRepublican]

Zohran Mamdani’s stunning performance in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday amounted to a watershed moment for Muslim New Yorkers, who could see one of their own lead City Hall for the first time should he succeed in the general election in November.

New York City is home to roughly one million Muslims; they made up 12 percent of the electorate in the 2021 mayoral election. Mr. Mamdani wove his faith into his campaign from its earliest days, hitting the trail while fasting for Ramadan and taking his message of affordability to mosques and Muslim community centers throughout the city.

His triumph over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who led in most polls throughout the race, was driven by the diverse coalition of voters he built that included young people, people of color, and first-time and infrequent voters. Muslim voters played a large role in growing that base.

[brownsfan]

“The new mayor will be relentlessly hostile to the business community and to wealthy New Yorkers. ...”

Many of those people support this guy. I think NY has collective insanity.

[JimRed]

Islam is not a religion.

Indeed. Islam is a socio-political system masquerading as a religion which demands that you be subjugated, enslaved or killed if you reject it.

Islamophobia

PHOBIA: Excessive, extreme, irrational, fear or panic reaction about a situation, living creature, place or object.

Simplified, an unreasonable or unwarranted fear. Since it is neither unwarranted nor unreasonable to fear a socio-political system masquerading as a religion which demands that you be subjugated, enslaved or killed if you reject it, Islamophobia does not exist.