""I am particularly concerned to see mosques used as political rallying platforms in the free and democratic United States,""
""By embracing Wahhaj, Zohran Mamdani is sidelining moderate Muslims and normalizing an extremist ideology that once inspired terror on American soil and still fuels radicalization within segments of the Muslim community today,""
""It sends the wrong message to moderate Muslims who are working hard to separate faith from extremism,""
""one of the nation's foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community for nearly half a century""
Zohran Mamdani posted a photo of a meeting with Imam Siraj Wahhaj and described him as a prominent community leader. Critics warned that embracing a controversial figure with past allegations could legitimize extremist ideology and deepen radicalization within segments of the Muslim community. Concerns included the sidelining of moderate Muslims and the use of mosques as political rallying platforms in the United States. Federal prosecutors once considered Wahhaj an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing after some masterminds attended his mosque, but he was never indicted for lack of evidence. Past statements attributed to Wahhaj included calls to infiltrate American democracy as a "weapon" for Islamic causes.
Read at New York Post
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