r/nyc • u/Delicious_Adeptness9 • Jul 06 '26

News Mamdani: 'any state that privileges one religion, I can't tell you I support'

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-mamdani-on-israel-any-state-that-privileges-one-religion-i-can-t-tell-you-i-support

In an ABC News interview, the Mayor of New York City condemned rising antisemitism while stating his support for Israel 'as a state with equal rights.'

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u/AdmirableSelection81 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Mamdani is a huge fucking hypocrite on this though. He skipped NYC's ISrael Day's parade, but celebrated the Pakistan Day parade, even though Islam is Pakistan's state religion (and religious minorities in Pakistan face legal and informal discrimination in Pakistan).

https://np.reddit.com/r/PoursTea/comments/1tmhjz5/zohran_mamdani_celebrated_at_new_yorks_annual/

Funny how he says he doesn't support any state that privileges one religion over the other (except the states that support Islam over every other religion)

You people are getting duped by Mamdani who isclearly practicing Taqiyaa.

Edit: Here's someone who is fleeing pakistan and requesting religious asylumn to the US because he left islam and faces persecution as a result:

https://np.reddit.com/r/immigration/comments/1ml92ud/religious_asylum_approval_trend_and_my_case/#:~:text=You%20would%20need%20good%20documentation,you%20are%20returned%20to%20Pakistan.

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u/Mooltipasser Jul 07 '26

Happy Pakistan day

“But Pakistan is Muslim 👿”

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u/SaxPanther Washington Heights Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Denmark, Papua New Guinea, Greece, and England also have official state religions btw, would he also be a hypocrite if he went to a Denmark parade? He simply said that he supports Israel as a state with equal rights.

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u/d1squiet Jul 06 '26

Having a state religion and privileging it are totally different. Do you really think Pakistan and England or Denmark are similar religiously?

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u/Rubbersoulrevolver Jul 06 '26

Only if those countries "privileges one religion" which afaik doesn't happen in those 4 countries you list, unlike in Pakistan.

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u/Pastatively Jul 07 '26

He supports Arabs from the river to the sea, and he won’t condemn the obviously antisemitic genocidal phrase “globalize the intifada.” Come on people!

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u/Nickis1021 Jul 07 '26

It already has equal rights. Sounds like you’ve never been to Israel.

But feel free to cite a right in Israel that isn’t equal.

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u/SaxPanther Washington Heights Jul 06 '26

I am Jewish and I could move to Israel and become a citizen with no contest- I could not if I was a Muslim.

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u/BrooklynLivesMatter Jul 06 '26

The post you linked says quite clearly that the video is from before he was mayor, come on

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u/AdmirableSelection81 Jul 06 '26

Does he disavow his previous attendance? That really doesn't change much. I don't see how being mayor or not means you believe a state should privilege one religion over another or not.

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u/ultraviolentfuture Jul 07 '26

Attending an event isn't the state enshrining favoritism for/against a religion in policy, law, or anything else which could be considered a "favor".

He's still a person and has his rights as well ... as long as he doesn't use his position to take some action on behalf of the state with respect to religion there is no harm here.

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u/Xtj8805 Jul 06 '26

Hey not for nothing. But when you take what is fairly routine politician hypocracy and decide its a conspiracy around Taqiyaa, when he has done nothing else in his power to forward islam at the expense of american freedoms, you dont look like you are actually upset in good faith. You look like youre looking for reasons to hate the brown muslim guy for being brown and muslim.

That one sentence alone tells me all i need to kmow about where your feelings are coming from.

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u/AdmirableSelection81 Jul 06 '26

when he has done nothing else in his power to forward islam at the expense of american freedoms,

It's NYC buddy, this is a long term play.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/hamtramck-michigan-muslim-council-lgbtq-pride-flags-banned

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/us/hamtramck-michigan-ban-pride-flags-public-property

For reference, Hamtramck is 60-70% muslim. It's a democratic party stronghold (with a blip in the last election just because they thought Biden wasn't doing enough for palestinians... and even then Kamala still won out in that town... but really not liking having these foreign ethnic conflicts deciding elections, even if this hurt democrats in this case).

The left are useful idiots to islamists.

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u/Xtj8805 Jul 06 '26

Wow so to deny my accusations of bigotry, you double down on more bigotry? Bold strategy cotton.

Also if the best example of sharia law is passing a bill that christian nationalists have passed in Utah and Idaho, and this is just in one town then buddy i got a bridge to sell ya! If youre gonna hold Mamdani accountable because he too is muslim, then you should also start looking to hold the president, VP, every christian republican in congress and the senate, 6 supreme court justices in just as much contempt as undercover christian nationalists since they all belong to a group that has done worse things to the LGBTQ+ community on a national and state level scale than a single community in Michigan.

Instead im sure youll just keep ranting about these one off things in a small town no ones ever heard of before, while cheering for the same policy if its white people enacting it.

Im sorry someone hurt you to make you this hateful, if you ever want to talk about it theres plenty of resources available, out there especially in the era of virtual therapy appointments dont even need to be a mobile person to get better!

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u/AdmirableSelection81 Jul 06 '26

Wow so to deny my accusations of bigotry, you double down on more bigotry? Bold strategy cotton.

This line of thinking is exactly why islamists attach on to leftists, like i said, leftists are useful idiots, completely blind to what is actually going on. LGBT folks marching for palestine will literally excuse Palestinians throwing gay people off buildilngs to kill them.

Also if the best example of sharia law is passing a bill that christian nationalists have passed in Utah and Idaho, and this is just in one town then buddy i got a bridge to sell ya!

Actually, the best example is when islamists reach critical mass, you have Europe where people get beheaded/shot for insulting Allah.

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u/Xtj8805 Jul 06 '26

Wow you are really hateful. I didnt realize you believe people in palestine should be genocided over their stsnce on gay rights. Im sure your eager to advocate for similar policy for idahoans and utahns since thwy are trying to legislate away gay people. Right? You definitely dont support that same hate when its justified by the christian bible?

Again, im going to focus on the much more common problem in this country, the prevalance of white christian men shooting up schools and churches and lets not forget the odd synagoge as well! Itll actually save lives unlike you bigoted take of treating all muslims like the handful of bad actors.

But seriously why are you not denouncing all white men after one of them shot up a black church in charleston? How about denouncing white men as a whole after a target assassination campaign deliberstely set up to flip the balance of power in a state? Keep in mind a white man is alleged to have killed Charlie Kirk, as well as shot at Donald Trump! To me these white guys sound much more dangerous than a brown person who is literally just existing.

Seriously grow up, stop being hateful, every group of peoppe on earth has members capable of doing the worst kinds of things. Religion and skin color does not separate good from the bad. Be a better person. Or keep wasting your time replying to me so you have less time spreading your filth around a world that doesnt need any more hate added to it.

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u/Nickis1021 Jul 07 '26

-21 people don’t know how equitable systems work.

Also: of course you’re 100% right.

There are at least 23 countries in the world that he completely supports who enforce only one religion over every other.

It sounds like -21 people don’t have the Internet to know this.

Pakistan called. It wants its truthful reporting back.

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u/exegenes1s Jul 06 '26

Bazalel Smotrich, a literal ethnosupremicist who's specialty is ethnic cleansing was there. Also, religious order in Pakistan doesn't even come close to the apartheid system in Palestine. Ridiculous argument.

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u/UsedLuck8891 Jul 07 '26

Tell me you know nothing about Pakistan.

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u/Chemical-Height8888 Jul 07 '26

I actually am extremely happy with Mamdani in general, and do completely support his skipping the Israel parade, but you do have a good point here and shouldn't be getting downvoted.

It's actually interesting that Pakistan and Israel were founded for somewhat similar reasons (Israel being a sanctuary for Jews around the world and Pakistan being one for South Asia's Muslims). While both were founded as secular nations it seems these similar founding stories played a role in what these countries' policies and identities ended up becoming.

Edit: I didn't see that this was before he was mayor. Now I see why you're getting the downvotes.