""Allah is our goal. The Prophet is our leader. The Koran is our constitution. Jihad is our way.” Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid believes that Muslims were in America before Columbus and spread their religion to the Indians, and that a California earthquake was Allah’s warning to America. ... Imam Rashid endorsed Eric Adams in the mayoral election, although about half of the statement which he co-signed was dedicated to virulent attacks on Israel and the United States. And Mayor Adams has named Rashid to a role on his civic engagement transition committee. ..."