Muslim Lawmakers Condemn Islamophobic Attacks on NYC Mayoral Candidate Mamdani
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Following the historic primary win of Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, Shaheen Mamdani, a group of U.S. lawmakers and civil rights organizations condemned a surge of Islamophobic and racist attacks targeting him, media outlets reported.<\/p>\n
In a joint statement, Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Andr\u00e9 Carson, and LaTisha Simmons denounced inflammatory remarks from some Republican officials and far-right figures, highlighting the persistence of prejudice in U.S. politics. Mamdani, 33, of Indian-Muslim heritage, defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the June 24 primary with 43.5% of first-choice votes.<\/p>\n
Critics linked him unfairly to the 9\/11 attacks, prompting warnings from civil rights groups about the dangers of such rhetoric. Mamdani will face Republican Curtis Sliwa in the general election on November 4. A victory would make him New York City\u2019s first Muslim mayor and the first of Indian descent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Muslim Lawmakers Condemn Islamophobic Attacks on NYC Mayoral Candidate Mamdani ………………. Following the historic primary win of Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, Shaheen Mamdani, a group of U.S. lawmakers and civil rights organizations condemned a surge of Islamophobic and racist attacks targeting him, media outlets reported. In a joint statement, Representatives Rashida Tlaib, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13014],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-muslim-news"],"yoast_head":"\n