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Zohran Mamdani TEARS UP Recalling his Muslim Aunt’s Fear of Wearing a Hijab After 9/11
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3:04Now PlayingLefty mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani — who gleefully posed for a photo just with an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing — was in tears a week after The Post reported the outrage, as he recalled his frightened Muslim aunt in the days after 9/11 and pledged not to hide his own faith should he win City Hall.
The Democratic socialist, who has in the past refused to condemn the antisemitic phrase "globalize the intifada" which is seen as a call for violence against Jews, accused ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his other opponents Friday of stoking Islamophobia in a bid to bring down his campaign.
“I want to speak to the memory of my aunt," Mamdani told the crowd in front of the Islamic Cultural Center of The Bronx, pausing to choke back tears, "who stopped taking the subway after Sept.11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab."
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