{"id":8225,"date":"2026-09-06T11:16:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8225"},"modified":"2026-09-06T11:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:16:44","slug":"ban-zohran-from-attending-new-yorks-9-11-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8225","title":{"rendered":"Ban Zohran from attending New York’s 9\/11 memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cGet off my island!\u201d and \u201cGet out of here!\u201d were among the milder jeers that assailed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when he attended a Staten Island NYPD gathering on Aug. 4. Hizzoner, who previously called the NYPD a \u201crogue agency\u201d that he wanted to \u201cdefund,\u201d smiled and waved but lasted less than a New York minute before he sheepishly fled the podium.<\/p>\n

Read more In wake of 9\/11 tragedy, Bobby Valentine forged indelible bond with a victim\u2019s family<\/a><\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s Staten Island disgrace could prove but a minor prelude to what awaits the democratic socialist mayor on September 11, when the city will mourn the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of that day\u2019s barbaric suicide attacks, in which 19 Islamist maniacs turned commercial flights into live bombs and killed themselves and 2,977 other people.<\/p>\n

Despite impassioned pleas for Mamdani to stay away from this year\u2019s official ceremonies, including from former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who was in office on 9\/11, the current mayor plans to show up anyway, telling a news conference that he \u201cwill proudly honor the families, the survivors, the first responders \u2026 by standing alongside them at this year\u2019s 9\/11 commemoration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not too many of those heroes seem to want to stand alongside Mamdani, however. More than 98,000 people \u2014 including many survivors and aggrieved family members \u2014 have signed a petition expressing \u201cconcern\u201d that the mayor\u2019s views and associations with terrorist sympathizers fail to show \u201crespect for the victims, recognition of the gravity of the attacks, and a clear rejection of the ideologies that contributed to such violence.\u201d Never mind that these are principles any respectful person, let alone the elected leader of our nation\u2019s largest city, would honor without question. According to media reports, some family members have said they will not attend the ceremony if Mamdani is present.<\/p>\n

The families have a point. It\u2019s bad enough that Mamdani has repeatedly refused to condemn the incendiary phrase \u201cglobalize the intifada.\u201d But his record on 9\/11 only gets more dismal. <\/p>\n

In October 2025, he stood with Brooklyn imam Siraj Wahhaj, whom the Justice Department named as an . He was never charged, but he served as a character witness for the convicted terrorist the Blind Sheikh. Wahhaj called him a \u201cstrong preacher of Islam.\u201d Mamdani called Wahhaj a \u201cpillar of the Bed-Stuy community.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mamdani blamed the US government for radicalizing Anwar al-Awlaki, an al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen in a strike ordered by Barack Obama, posting that FBI surveillance of al-Awlaki \u201ceventually led him to #alqaeda.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This year, Mamdani endorsed radical leftist congressional candidate Darializa Aria Chevalier, a fellow democratic socialist who organized with Columbia University\u2019s Students for Justice in Palestine. She stood in front of the entrance to Hamilton Hall when pro-Palestine protestors took over the admin building. And she once gloated about using an American flag as a napkin. <\/p>\n

Mamdani has also endorsed Aber Kawas, a democratic-socialist state senate candidate for Queens. Kawas called 9\/11 a manifestation of \u201ccapitalism and racism and White supremacy.\u201d She doesn\u2019t think radical Muslims owe an apology for 9\/11, but she does think Americans ought to issue an \u201capology or reparations for genocides and for slavery.\u201d <\/p>\n

Then there is Mamdani\u2019s relationship with the odious podcaster Hasan Piker, an admirer of Mao Zedong and the Soviet Union who said \u201cAmerica deserved 9\/11, dude.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The mayor\u2019s pick for city chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem, defended Ahmed al-Darbi, an al Qaeda operative who pleaded guilty for plotting to bomb an oil tanker. More recently, Kassem took on the case of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and spokesman for Columbia\u2019s protests. In making the appointment, Mamdani praised Kassem for his \u201cremarkable experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s own dad, longtime Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani, says suicide bombers should be considered \u201ca category of soldier rather than condemned and stigmatized\u201d as barbarians<\/p>\n

But now, as the solemn 9\/11 anniversary approaches, the real barbarism would be for Zohran Mamdani to showcase himself and his disgusting record on terrorism before the survivors and heroes of America\u2019s greatest tragedy. If he cannot find the wisdom to stay home or skip town, he should be banned from attending.<\/p>\n

Read more Hijacking history: Woke teachers offer twisted 9\/11 lessons focused on \u2018Islamophobia\u2019 \u2014 not 2,977 innocents killed<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul du Quenoy is president of the Palm Beach Freedom Institute.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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