Muslim nonprofit fundraiser that raked in $265K from taxpayers features trinkets promoting Hamas, other terror groups

"A Muslim nonprofit that's raked in over $260,000 in taxpayer dough and has ties to Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted a pop-up fundraiser featuring a twisted array of trinkets promoting Hamas and other US-designated terror groups. During the Muslim American Society's Jan. 18 support-Sudan event at its Brooklyn youth center, vendors peddled key chains, stickers, pins and other tchotchkes in support of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine."

"Other items at the event, called Thrift4Sudan, featured reverential images of late terrorist leaders Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah and Yahya Sinwar of Hamas, and a masked figure resembling the late Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida. Other merchandise sported terror-group logos or directly called for the destruction of Israel, with slogans like "Let's go bomb Tel Aviv" and "Death to the IDF," The Times of Israel reported."

"The DC-based Muslim American Society's New York chapter reported $982,123 in net assets for 2024, according to its latest available tax filings Since fiscal year 2023, the City Council has awarded $265,000 in "discretionary funds" to the nonprofit's New York chapter - mostly through its Brooklyn and Staten island operation - for boosting youth programs, "victim services" and other community initiatives, a Post review of city records found."

During a Jan. 18 Thrift4Sudan event at the Muslim American Society's Brooklyn youth center, vendors sold key chains, stickers, pins and other items supporting Hamas, Hezbollah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Merchandise included reverential images of Hassan Nasrallah, Yahya Sinwar and a masked figure resembling Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida, and items bearing terror-group logos and slogans such as "Let's go bomb Tel Aviv" and "Death to the IDF." A video briefly posted on Instagram by Palestinian Assembly for Liberation PAL-Awda showed the event. The DC-based Muslim American Society's New York chapter reported $982,123 in net assets for 2024. Since fiscal year 2023, the City Council awarded $265,000 in discretionary funds to the chapter, with $150,000 approved via Adrienne Adams and $80,000 via Justin Brannan.

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