Zohran Mamdani’s imam ally Siraj Wahhaj has history of vile anti-gay views: ‘Disease of this society’
By Alex Oliveira
Published Oct. 19, 2025, 4:45 p.m. ET
Zohran Mamdani smirks when asked about relationship with terror-linked Brooklyn Imam Siraj Wahhaj
Zohran Mamdani’s imam pal Siraj Wahhaj has a history of vile homophobic comments — and he’s only the latest person with similar beliefs the young mayoral candidate has been spending time with.
Wahhaj, a prominent 75-year-old Brooklyn imam, once called on followers to intimidate the LGBT community into becoming straight and joining Islam — and invoked violent rhetoric about murdering gay people while doing it.
“This is a disease of this society,” Wahhaj said in a sermon first revealed in 2017, advising followers to “defend against these homosexuals.”
Zohran Mamdani, Imam Siraj Wahhaj, and a third man standing in a room.
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Zohran Mamdani was photographed Friday with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, who has a history of virulent homophobia.
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“No matter how much the American government and the Canadian government legislated in their law that it is acceptable, it will never be acceptable by the Muslims,” said Wahhaj, who Mamdani visited in Brooklyn on Friday before posting a photo of the pair smiling together.
“And you know brothers and sisters, you know what the punishment is if a man is found with another man?” Wahhaj added. “The Prophet Mohammad said the one who does it and the one whom it is done to, kill them both.”
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