PULSE POINTS
WHAT HAPPENED: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, liked Instagram posts celebrating Hamas’ October 7 attack on civilians and supporting Palestinian jihad.
WHO WAS INVOLVED: Zohran Mamdani, Rama Duwaji, and left-wing groups like The Slow Factory and People’s Forum.
KEY QUOTE: “Mayor Mamdani has been clear and consistent: Hamas is a terrorist organization, October 7 was a horrific war crime, and he has condemned that violence unequivocally.” – Mamdani’s spokesman.
IMPACT: Duwaji’s social media activity sparked controversy and scrutiny of Mamdani’s political stances.
IN FULL
Rama Duwaji, the wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, recently faced backlash for liking Instagram posts that celebrated the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. These posts included images from the assault and messages supporting Palestinian jihad.
The posts, shared by groups like The Slow Factory and People’s Forum, featured slogans such as “resisting apartheid since 1948.” Another image showed a bulldozer breaching the barrier between Gaza and Israel.
Duwaji also liked posts promoting protests against Israel’s military actions in Gaza. One such post called for support of Palestinian resistance, stating, “FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!”
In response to the controversy, Mamdani described his wife as a private person uninvolved in his political career. He emphasized his responsibility to address questions about his own political views.
Despite the scrutiny, Mamdani has consistently condemned Hamas, labeling the October 7th attack as a “horrific war crime” and reaffirming his stance against the violence.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is a follower of the Twelver sect of Shia Islam. This sect counts Iran’s now-deceased Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, and the country’s surviving ayatollahs as spiritual leaders, owed religious taxes like khums and zakat by ordinary Twelvers.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Florida International University, has noted: “The Mamdani family… is part of the Twelver community… whose Twelfth Imam is believed to be hidden from the world and only emerges in times of crisis. Twelvers believe he will help usher in an age of peace during end times.”
Though this Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is said to have disappeared into hiding in 874 AD, the Ayatollahs of Iran have taken up the mantle of leadership for the Twelver community.
Robert Spencer, head of the JihadWatch group, has described the sect as the official religion of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mamdani has described the strikes against Iran as “a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression.”
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