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Posted on 06/25/2025 9:07:04 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Could you explain the origins of the title, Good Muslim, Bad Muslim? Is it not the case that the US - or the West generally - should be supporting moderate, secular forces within the Muslim world to counteract extremist, fundamentalist currents?
MAMDANI: Even when Bush speaks of "good" Muslims and "bad" Muslims, what he means by "good" Muslims is really pro-American Muslims and by "bad" Muslims he means anti-American Muslims. Once you recognize that, then it is no longer puzzling why good Muslims are becoming bad Muslims at such a rapid rate. You can actually begin to think through that development. If, however, you think of "good" and "bad" Muslims in cultural terms, it is mind-boggling that in one week, you can have a whole crop of "bad" Muslims - cultural changes do not usually happen with such rapidity! But if you have the aerial bombing of Falluja and the targeting of civilian populations accused of hosting "bad" Muslims, then you harvest an entire yield of bad Muslims at the end of the day, and the whole phenomenon becomes slightly less puzzling.
This is connected to my claim that political identities are not reducible to cultural identities. Political Islam, especially radical political Islam, and even more so, the terrorist wing in radical political Islam, did not emerge from conservative, religious currents, but on the contrary, from a secular intelligentsia. In other words, its preoccupation is this-worldly, it is about power in this world. To take only the most obvious example: I am not aware of anyone who thinks of bin Laden as a theologian; he is a political strategist and is conceived of in precisely such terms. Of course, part of his strategy is employing a particular language through which he addresses specific audiences.
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Smells like the deep state hologram Obama, all over again.
Muslims play the “ good cop, bad cop” routine to perfection in their quest to kill the infidels worldwide.
I can’t wait for this guy to become mayor! And yes, I believe New Yorkers are stupid enough to vote him in come November. This will bring schadenfreude up to a whole new level.
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
NO KIDDING!! ANd this one comes with a FAMILY!
Here comes VENEZUELA!!
So “end times”.
What’s happening in NYC is a lot more nationally (globally) relevant and concerning than people realize.
The Muslim mayor (to be?) of NYC father__
I actually skimmed and read some of this, his windy interview from 2004. He talks the usually lefty professor, post modernist trash. He is skillful at this. Of course he brings up Western colonialism.
But he never brings up Muslim imperialism and colonialism. It is blocked out by this Muslim, so he is either a liar of a psycho. Probably both.
Pictures of mom and dad needed, please. Mother is Mira Nair.
Not sure if anything of his online will be removed, but there is plenty of more recent material to dig through as well. But yeah very anti-colonial, revisionist, woke, the whole thing..
Zohran is much more openly Left than Obama ever was... :(
ANY opposition to the ultimate conquest of islam over the West and everyone else is evil, and just creates more jihadis.
Got it.
> I can’t wait for this guy to become mayor! <
Much will depend on who follows Trump. If it’s another MAGA Republican, too bad for NYC.
But if it’s another crazy Democrat, it’s federal bailout time.
You know, for the sake of the children. 💰💰💰
3rd option, he's some kind of MI6, CIA, deep-state agent
What NGOs is he connected to? How did the family end-up in the USA? Why Columbia of all schools?
I don't have clear answers, but after watching DC / deep-state politics over the last 20 years, I've stopped believing in coincidences.
Zohran with his photogenic wife, Rama Duwaji
Thanks. I was told Post Offices no longer have mug shots and the FBI says people can look online themselves. We want interested citizens to recognize them as they move around in public. May want an autograph.
“ very anti-colonial”
Obviously, he has no idea that the USA is not a colonial power. We were a colony.
Convert to islam or you can’t work in NYC ?
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