New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is facing scrutiny online after hosting a Ramadan iftar at City Hall. Critics worry this event is a sign of a shift in American culture.
A video of the gathering quickly went viral after it was shared by a purported attendee, who tagged City Hall in the post and called the event an iftar, the evening meal during Ramadan when Muslims break their fast. The video shows Muslim attendees performing prayers, chanting “Allahu Akbar,” and sharing a meal while seated on prayer rugs beneath the U.S. and city flags.
‘Genuinely speechless. Stun locked. We’ve come a long way from 9/11.’
The timing intensified the criticism. Just last weekend, 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi allegedly attempted to detonate explosives as part of a suspected ISIS-inspired terrorist attack outside the mayor’s residence.
Jeremy Carl, a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of the interior, said of the Mamdani iftar video, “The Great Replacement is happening in front of your eyes.”
Author and news commentator Oli London posted, “New York has fallen.”
Political commentator Jason Jones added, “I can’t believe this is happening in the same city as 9/11. They didn’t even have to fire a single shot.”
The citizen-journalism account Autism Capital posted: “Genuinely speechless. Stun locked. We’ve come a long way from 9/11.”
Mamdani, the city’s first Muslim mayor, has not publicly responded to the criticism. Mamdani’s office did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
A CNN news anchor issued an on-air correction after she incorrectly stated that the alleged ISIS-inspired attack outside of New York City’s Gracie Mansion over the weekend targeted Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).
“Two Republicans say Muslims don’t belong here after an attempted terror attack against New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and the House speaker, Mike Johnson, says nothing, really, to condemn those comments,” Phillip stated on Tuesday.
'I incorrectly said that the bombs that were thrown by ISIS-inspired suspects in New York over the weekend were directed at Mayor Mamdani.'
Phillip was referring to the attack allegedly carried out by Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, who were accused of igniting homemade explosive devices. One of those devices was allegedly thrown at a group of demonstrators protesting Islamic takeover of the city, and the other device was allegedly dropped near police officers. Both devices failed to detonate, and no injuries were reported.
Phillip released a correction in a post on X the following day, writing, “The bombs thrown in New York City over the weekend by ISIS inspired attackers was thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protestors and not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani. That wording was inaccurate and I didn’t catch it ahead of time. I apologize for the error.”
A community note was tacked onto Phillip’s post, reading, “The use of the word ‘specifically’ implies Mamdami [sic] may have been a target when this is factually incorrect based on every report and testimony from the two terrorists themselves. Bombs were thrown at protestors and police in order to injure/murder as many civilians as possible.”
RELATED: ISIS-inspired? Here's what we know about the weekend NYC terror attack suspects.
Phillip was also apparently forced to issue an on-air correction for her “mistake” later that day.
“I incorrectly said that the bombs that were thrown by ISIS-inspired suspects in New York over the weekend were directed at Mayor Mamdani. They were not,” Phillip told CNN viewers.
Phillip took “full responsibility” for failing to catch the error.
RELATED: Leaked intel warns of Iran’s potential revenge plot to unleash terror on US soil: Report
CNN was also criticized this week for publishing a post that appeared to romanticize the terrorist bombing attempt.
“Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New York City Saturday morning for what could’ve been a normal day enjoying the city during abnormally warm weather,” the now-deleted post read. “But in less than an hour, their lives would drastically change as the pair would be arrested for throwing homemade bombs during an anti-Muslim protest outside of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home.”
CNN retracted the post, releasing a statement claiming that it “failed to reflect the gravity of the incident.”
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
'The American people are tired of a government that treats their citizenship as cheap, their laws as optional and their generosity as an invitation to be exploited.'
Just look at our terrible track record.
If we continue to prioritize a project of culturally incompatible 'diversity' over a robust form of Americanism, we will continue to see foreign conflicts play out on our streets.
thefederalist.com
www.theblaze.com
www.theblaze.com
www.theblaze.com
www.theblaze.com
www.theblaze.com
No More Muslim Immigration — or More Dead in New York, Texas & Michigan | 3/16/26