Zohran Mamdani campaign intern declared activism is ‘all jihad’ in latest sign of radicalism in his movement

NY Post ^ | 7/14/25 | Rikki Schlott

[Libloather]

A former Zohran Mamdani intern proudly declared activism is “all jihad” and encouraged protesters to get suspended or arrested in defiance of the West’s “settler colonialism.”

“The true believer knows that none of this is in vain, that this is all Jihad,” said Hadeeqa Malik in the recently resurfaced video, using the controversial Muslim term for holy war.

“So, the conversation of doxing, the conversation of getting arrested and suspended, I think it’s time for Muslims to start to say alright, alright so what?”

According to Malik’s LinkedIn, she served as a Communications, Outreach, Policy, and Constituent Services Intern at the State Assembly Office of Zohran Mamdani for the summer of 2024. A photo shows the pair smiling for a selfie.

Malik, who is a student at City College of New York (CCNY), made her statement on a CUNY4Palestine webinar entitled “Islamic Political Activism,” which she shared to her LinkedIn account ten months ago.

It’s frightening proof that a radical faction of pro-Palestine youth activists appear to be motivated less by humanitarian concern for civilians in Gaza than by extremist fervor.

In the video, Malik refers to “genocide and colonization and settler colonialism,” and calls out other Muslims who haven’t taken an activist stand.

“If you’re not seeing this as your issue to deal with, then something is wrong, there is an illness, there is a disease, something messing up the system inside that’s telling you this isn’t your business,” she said.

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Hindustani is a language family. It can be written two different ways. If it uses the Sanskrit alphabet it is called Hindi - the language of India. If it uses the Arabic script it is called Urdu - the language of Pakistan. It is one spoken language with two written formats.