Mamdani’s God Squad: The clerics, activists and political operatives who have his back
Imams and community leaders turn grievance into political and PR strategy
By Asra Q. Nomani Fox News
Published November 1, 2025 2:17pm EDT
When New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani stepped to the microphone outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx last week near Yankee Stadium, his voice broke as he spoke about "the memory of my aunt who stopped taking the subway after Sept. 11 because she did not feel safe."
Behind him, a Yemeni-American educator in sunglasses named Debbie Almontaser nodded.
Almost two decades ago, in 2007, she was forced to resign as principal of a city school after defending a T-shirt with the slogan "Intifada NYC."
City officials viewed it as a call to violence. She said it was benign. Her case became a rallying cry for Muslim American activists who cast her as a victim of "Islamophobia."
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