{"id":2503493,"date":"2025-10-27T15:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-the-real-victim-of-9-11-was-my-muslim-aunt\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:05:59","slug":"mamdani-the-real-victim-of-9-11-was-my-muslim-aunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-the-real-victim-of-9-11-was-my-muslim-aunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani: The Real Victim Of 9\/11 Was My Muslim Aunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdani-the-real-victim-of-9-11-was-my-muslim-aunt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2503493&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tells-kamala-harris-youre-not-going-anywhere-kid-lets-hope-hes-right\/\" title=\"Biden Tells Kamala Harris &#039;You&#039;re Not Going Anywhere, Kid&#039; - Let&#039;s Hope He&#039;s Right\">article discusses remarks made<\/a> by Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan-born socialist candidate for New York City mayor, regarding the September 11, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-calls-for-9-11-style-commission-into-jan-6-increased-security-at-capitol\/\" title=\"Biden White House Calls For ...-Style Commission Into Jan. 6, Increased Security At Capitol\">2001 terrorist attacks<\/a>. Mamdani suggested that the &#8220;real victim&#8221; of 9\/11 was his Muslim aunt, who stopped taking the subway afterward because she felt unsafe wearing a hijab.His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-legislators-vote-to-slash-budget-at-penn-after-university-fails-to-take-stance-against-anti-semitism\/\" title=\"Penn&#039;s budget slashed as legislators demand university&#039;s stance on anti-Semitism\">comments sparked controversy<\/a> as thay did not mention the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks. Critics pointed out Mamdani&#8217;s past associations with figures linked to extremist views and noted that he has previously portrayed himself as a victim of post-9\/11 discrimination. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-magazine-takes-chinese-cash-to-promote-controversial-drone-business\/\" title=\"Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business\">article highlights<\/a> the tension between Mamdani&#8217;s focus on perceived Muslim victimhood and the mainstream remembrance of 9\/11&#8217;s tragic human toll.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xx-KG16ZzBQ\">DRM News\/ Youtube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/27\/mamdani-the-real-victim-of-9-11-was-my-muslim-aunt\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Mamdani:%20The%20Real%20Victim%20Of%209\/11%20Was%20My%20Muslim%20Aunt&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/27\/mamdani-the-real-victim-of-9-11-was-my-muslim-aunt\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Mamdani:%20The%20Real%20Victim%20Of%209\/11%20Was%20My%20Muslim%20Aunt&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/27\/mamdani-the-real-victim-of-9-11-was-my-muslim-aunt\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/27\/mamdani-the-real-victim-of-9-11-was-my-muslim-aunt\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Mamdani:%20The%20Real%20Victim%20Of%209\/11%20Was%20My%20Muslim%20Aunt&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/27\/mamdani-the-real-victim-of-9-11-was-my-muslim-aunt\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Ugandan-born socialist candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested Friday that the real victim of the September 11, 2001 Islamic terrorist attacks was his Muslim aunt. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to voters <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/25\/us-news\/jd-vance-slams-mamdani-over-9-11-comment-about-his-auntie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outside<\/a> the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx, Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xx-KG16ZzBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> &ldquo;The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated as any other New Yorker, and yet for too long we have been told to ask for less than that and to be satisfied with whatever little we receive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1350701767\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to speak to the memory of my aunt &ndash;&rdquo; Mamdani began, before pausing dramatically as though overcome with emotion, &ldquo;&lsquo;&ndash; who stopped taking the subway after September 11 because she did not feel safe in her hijab.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Cue yet another pause in which Mamdani struggles to produce any tears. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>No mention, of course, of the 2,977 innocent victims who died horrific deaths after Muslim terrorists hijacked two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center because the <em>real<\/em> victim was Mamdani&rsquo;s aunt. Though perhaps that&rsquo;s not surprising given Mamdani was seen smiling <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/vance-cuomo-slam-mamdani-for-posing-with-imam-siraj-wahhaj-rising\/11187690\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in a photo<\/a> with Siraj Wahhaj, who was named as a potential co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing but was never indicted. Or that Mamdani has associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani-refuses-to-condemn-hasan-piker-over-america-deserved-9-11-comment-cowardly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hasan Piker<\/a>, who believes &ldquo;America deserved 9\/11.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But this isn&rsquo;t the first time Mamdani has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/old-clip-resurfaces-mamdani-takes-heat-claiming-muslim-victimhood-after-9-11\">tried to play<\/a> the victim.<\/p>\n<p>A resurfaced video of Mamdani running for state assembly in 2020 shows him claiming that after 9\/11 a teacher pulled him out of class to warn him he would likely face bullying. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In Uganda, I was Indian. In India, I was Muslim, and then, when we moved to New York, I was all of those things. New York still has something about it that lulls us all into believing that we too can become New Yorkers, no matter where you come from or who you are &hellip;&rdquo; Mamdani said. &ldquo;And yet there would be these multiple moments in my childhood where I was reminded that this promise came with exceptions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five years after one of the worst terrorist attacks in American history, in which the victims were burned alive, forced to jump to their death, or crushed, the likely <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >future mayor doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t mention the office workers, firefighters, and police officers. The new victims, we are told, are the Muslims who allegedly felt uncomfortable afterward.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. 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