Amid Islamophobic attacks, Zohran Mamdani brings together Muslim residents in the Bronx
In the face of a new slate of Islamophobic attacks, Zohran Mamdani gave an address outside a mosque in the South Bronx Friday that proclaimed a dramatic shift in the way he approaches his mayoral campaign and his Muslim identity – one from “the shadows” to “the light.”
Embracing his religious identity, the Democratic nominee for mayor said that no longer will he tell “the first time voter in Parkchester that they too should remain in the shadows.”
Several who prayed with Mamdani after his speech told City & State that, like the “first time voter in Parkchester” Mamdani referenced in his speech, in just days they too will be voting for the first time themselves, casting their ballot for Mamdani in the general election.
“I'm making sure, I’m walking with anybody I know. I’ll let them know this is the right person,” said Ada Thiam, a Bronx resident who witnessed Mamdani lead a prayer following his speech. Thiam described how ahead of Election Day he is rallying his neighborhood and family to the polls, for the first time, to vote for Mamdani.
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