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Why Zohran Mamdani Isn’t Shy About Faith
The New York Times ^ | Nov. 2, 2025 | Lauren Jackson

Posted on 11/02/2025 7:45:15 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

I didn’t know Zohran Mamdani was a Muslim when he first blazed onto my algorithms — and into national headlines. When I watched his victory speech after this summer’s New York mayoral primary, though, my first thought was, “He is familiar with faith.”

I’ve developed a sixth sense for spotting religious fluency in secular spaces, and Mamdani had it. He was deft at deploying the language of belief, clearly comfortable with the soaring cadence of a sermon. “Every new voter registered, that is faith renewed,” he said that night, repeating “faith renewed” in a refrain.

Mamdani has spoken about his Muslim identity throughout the campaign. But it has become a central focus of the race recently as he has faced escalating Islamophobic attacks from both Republicans and Democrats, and intense criticism from pro-Israel Jews for his anti-Zionism.

Mamdani said that his main electoral rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has run a campaign of “naked bigotry and racism” and has amplified the attacks on his religious identity. Cuomo has denied the allegations. “There is no Islamophobia from me or my campaign,” he said at a news conference in Brooklyn.

The race is a vivid illustration of the Democratic Party’s fraught relationship with faith. While many Republican politicians regularly invoke God on the stump and link policy positions to biblical texts, most Democratic candidates have for decades been less forthright in talking about religion. Many have also struggled to appeal directly to people of faith. Some analysts see this as one reason that some working-class, religious voters have defected from the party.

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TOPICS: US: New York
KEYWORDS: mamdani

1 posted on 11/02/2025 7:45:15 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Lauren Jackson’s attempt at fellatio here


2 posted on 11/02/2025 7:48:27 AM PST by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: al baby

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4 posted on 11/02/2025 7:51:14 AM PST by al baby (I miss that ol windbag )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Imamdani’s “faith” is jihadism / intifadism. Globalizing the caliphate. And he and his ilk use the Left as useful idiots to that end.


5 posted on 11/02/2025 7:59:59 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: MinorityRepublican

The people of NYC are stupid, so the commie has no worries. Just smile and promise free stuff.


6 posted on 11/02/2025 8:08:12 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Don’t think so. The left is OK with this. The reasoning of all the disparate groups is:
destroy the US
gain power
murder all who are not in YOUR group.

All totalitarian regimes go this route.


8 posted on 11/02/2025 8:12:08 AM PST by bobbo666
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To: MinorityRepublican

Shy? Why should he be shy? He’s very clever. World-wide he has billions of allies. The Big Apple has fallen from the tree of liberty.


9 posted on 11/02/2025 8:26:24 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

She spelled cult wrong.


10 posted on 11/02/2025 8:39:52 AM PST by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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Faith?

Islam is a war plan


11 posted on 11/02/2025 10:49:12 AM PST by Gene Eric
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