For more on the ISGAP findings, see Fox News Digital’s coverage: Antisemitism watchdog issues scathing ‘alarm bell’ report on Mamdani as NYC election nears.
Controversial Associations and Political Firestorm
Mamdani sparked outrage last month after posting a photo with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, a Brooklyn cleric who served as a character witness for Omar Abdel-Rahman, the terrorist behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Wahhaj has been a longtime defender of convicted terrorists and raised funds for their legal defenses.
Videos from as recently as 2024 show Mamdani advocating to defund the police while aligning with Wahhaj and other radical figures. According to the report, Mamdani’s campaign also accepted a $100,000 donation from a CAIR-linked super PAC, despite the Council on American-Islamic Relations being named an unindicted co-conspirator in a terror-financing trial involving the Holy Land Foundation.
