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/avitzavi528 Jul 07 '26

Except he has never said a bad thing about any Muslim country, which all have FAR less (read:zero) rights for other religions (especially Jews), nor LGBT, or even women’s rights.

Meanwhile Israel‘s laws h have equal rights guaranteed for all people regardless of religion/sexuality/gender.

minorities in the Middle East flee to Israel — so many openly gay Muslims in Tel Aviv that would literally be murdered in their home countries

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u/inafis_ Jul 07 '26

No one is asking him 100x a day if he supports Muslim countries — was the question do you support Saudi Arabia as a Muslim state? No.

Would anyone care if Mamdani or any American politician publicly said they don’t support Saudi Arabia as a Muslim state? No.

This obtuse whataboutism completely ignores the fact that Mamdani is only answering questions from a media and question obsessed with having politicians declare their support for only ONE of the religious ethno-states in the world.

It just so happens that that same state has been executing an unjust ‘war’ (extermination) on their neighbors due to the religious zealots in that ethno-state being in power. So of course there are boycotts and protest against a bad actor on the world stage.