Mamdani now claims it wasn’t his ‘aunt’ who was victim of ‘Islamophobia’ after 9/11, it was his ‘father’s cousin’

Questions arose over the weekend as to which aunt this could be referring to. He only has one aunt, technically, his father's sister. That sister, Masuma Mamdani, both was not living in New York City at the time of the attacks of in the few years after, and is not pictured in professional photographs wearing a hijab.

On Monday, Mamdani was asked about the aunt, and in his reply, he indicated that the question was Islamophobic. Mamdani, who was born in Uganda but is of Indian descent, comes from a culture that refers to respected elders as "auntie" and "uncle" regardless of blood relation.

"So recently, in a recent address about Islamophobia, you referenced your aunt and the harassment she was facing post 9/11. Is that a blood relative?"

"Uh huh, yes," Mamdani replied. "I was speaking about my aunt, I was speaking about Zehra Fuhi, my father's cousin, who sadly passed away a few years ago. And for the takeaway about my more than 10-minute address about Islamophobia in this race and in this city, to be the question of my aunt, tells you everything about Andrew Cuomo and his inability to reckon with the crisis of his own making."

On Friday, he accused his political opponents Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa of being Islamophobic in their political attacks on him. In his speech, he said, "I want to use this moment to speak to the Muslims of New York City," Mamdani said. "I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after September 11 because she did not feel safe in her hijab."

JD Vance and others mocked him for essentially attempting to spin Muslims as the real victims of the extremist Islamist terror attack. He went on to talk about "violence against our mosques," but there haven't been any. Since 2021, there have been three graffiti instances on mosques.

About 9% of the city's population is Muslim. More Muslims keep moving to New York every year. New York has the largest Muslim population in the United States and more and more Muslim immigrants keep coming to the city from North Africa and the Middle East.