{"id":2573122,"date":"2026-02-24T16:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mamdani-was-filmed-praising-group-of-muslims-who-glorify-killing-christians-and-jews\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:31:38","slug":"watch-mamdani-was-filmed-praising-group-of-muslims-who-glorify-killing-christians-and-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mamdani-was-filmed-praising-group-of-muslims-who-glorify-killing-christians-and-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Mamdani Was Filmed Praising Group of Muslims Who Glorify Killing Christians and Jews"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fwatch-mamdani-was-filmed-praising-group-of-muslims-who-glorify-killing-christians-and-jews%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=2573122&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>A western Journal opinion piece centers on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his attendance at Friday prayers at the Al Khoei Islamic Center.It notes Mamdani, who has touted himself as the city\u2019s first Muslim mayor, praising a group of worshipers who prayed for \u201cthe killing of the infidels by your sword.\u201d The article highlights a translated portion of the imam\u2019s prayer that some readers interpret as seeking support from the Mahdi and the defeat of non-believers, arguing that the video appears edited and that the timing is unclear.It suggests that the episode forces a debate about religious freedom and how it should operate when prayers are tied to violence.<\/p>\n<p>The author contrasts Mamdani\u2019s Ramadan message about the \u201cwarmth of collectivism\u201d with the harsh,exclusionary tone of the prayer,contending that there is a tension between religious liberty and tolerating calls for violence against non-believers. It also notes other political actions by Mamdani, such as proposed property tax hikes and requiring two forms of ID for volunteer snow shovels, which have already drawn criticism. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >piece argues<\/a> that, unless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voting-company-smartmatic-sues-fox-news-others-for-allegedly-running-disinformation-campaign\/\" title=\"Voting Company Smartmatic Sues Fox News, Others For Allegedly Running \u2018Disinformation Campaign\u2019\">full context<\/a> is known, Mamdani owes an explanation for the incident and uses the episode to question the limits of religious freedom in a democratic society.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City has already exceeded one&rsquo;s worst expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Now, his behavior forces us to grapple with one of America&rsquo;s founding principles.<\/p>\n<p>In a clip posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, Mamdani praised a group of Muslim worshipers who then prayed for the &ldquo;killing of the infidels by your sword.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a privilege to be here with you once again,&rdquo; the mayor told the group in a clip posted to the social media platform X. Mamdani made those comments at the Al Khoei Islamic Center.<\/p>\n<p>After touting himself as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-gives-cities-more-power-to-ban-homeless-camps-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court gives cities more power to ban homeless camps - Washington Examiner\">city&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s first Muslim mayor, Mamdani then delivered a Ramadan-friendly plea for the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mamdanis-opening-salvo-mayor-slams-american-individualism-praises-collectivism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warmth of collectivism<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return; 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And to do so together,&rdquo; the mayor said of having joined the group for Friday prayer, &ldquo;it is a reminder that in this month of Ramadan, as we find moments of reflection, of recommitment, moments of community, that we always do so together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That nonsensical statement, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-time-conservatives-john-wayne-and-clint-eastwood-had-to-repel-a-liberal-indians-surprise-attack-in-the-middle-of-the-74-oscars\/\" title=\"That Time Conservatives John Wayne and Clint Eastwood Had to Repel a Liberal Indian&#039;s Surprise Attack in the Middle of the &#039;74 Oscars\">literally meant &#038;ldquo<\/a>;praying together reminds us to find moments of reflection, recommitment, and togetherness together,&rdquo; preceded a generally unobjectionable statement by Iman Dakmak-Rakka, who reminded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mamdanis-nyc-mayor-says-deaths-historic-blizzard-overdose-related-not-due-weather-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani<\/a> that &ldquo;you work not just for Muslims&rdquo; but for &ldquo;all of humanity and all of the residents of New York City.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then, however, came an imam-led prayer that, to put it mildly, assumed a less universalist tone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I ask Allah to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,&rdquo; a translated version of the prayer read, &ldquo;and to make me among those who await you (the Mahdi), follow you, and support you against your enemies, and among those who are martyred before you, among the ranks of your loyal ones.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/mahdi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahdi<\/a>&rdquo; refers to an Islamic messiah.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the video was clearly edited, indicating the passage of an unknown amount of time, in which case, when the prayer continued, we cannot know whether the worshipers directed their prayers toward the Mahdi or to another figure.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the prayer&rsquo;s words made it clear that worshipers sought the destruction of non-believers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Through your hands comes the relief for the believers,&rdquo; the imam said, &ldquo;and the killing of the infidels by your sword.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended Friday prayers at Al Khoei Islamic Center, associated with the Alavi Foundation, which the DOJ has cited as an Iranian front; the imam prayed for the Mahdi to strike down non-believers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmBFrtw7FM\">pic.twitter.com\/zmBFrtw7FM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osint613\/status\/2025862712836682023?\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unless the editing of the video removed important context, Mamdani has some explaining to do.<\/p>\n<p>The socialist mayor has already alienated the city&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-nycs-mamdani-seeking-first-property-tax-hike-decades-cover-budget-deficit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">property owners<\/a> with threats of a tax increase. And he has alienated people of good sense by requiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-voter-mamdani-pleads-citizens-show-2-forms-sign-emergency-snow-shoveling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two forms of ID<\/a> for volunteer emergency snow shovelers.<\/p>\n<p>But Mamdani&rsquo;s attendance at a prayer for the killing of infidels falls into a different category. Indeed, it forces us to wrestle with the very meaning of religious freedom.<\/p>\n<p>One may illustrate the problem through analogy.<\/p>\n<p>In 1860-61, eleven Southern state governments seceded from the United States. They did so, they claimed, in a manner consistent with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/public-school-slaps-not-endorse-stickers-us-constitution-declaration-independence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the risk of rehashing the Civil War, I must say that I always found that a strange argument. After all, how could the Constitution contain a mechanism for its own destruction?<\/p>\n<p>The same holds true in the case of religious freedom. Does that cherished and foundational principle compel us to accommodate worshipers who literally pray for our violent deaths?<\/p>\n<p>Nothing in law, logic, or morality forces us to answer that question in the affirmative.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In the clip, Mamdani says it\u2019s a privilege to be with them and later offers a Ramadan message about communal warmth and togetherness.<\/p>\n<p>The video also includes an imam-led prayer in which the supplicant asks Allah to bless Muhammad and to help followers of the Mahdi, with language that appears to call for striking down those who do not share the faith. The recording seems to have been edited, leaving unclear how much time passed, but the spoken portion clearly frames the destruction of non-believers as an objective.<\/p>\n<p>The article uses this to question the scope of religious freedom. It asks whether liberty of worship obligates society to tolerate prayers that explicitly seek the death of others. To illustrate the dilemma, the author draws a parallel with the Civil War-era argument that secession could be claimed as constitutional, suggesting that the Constitution cannot authorize its own destruction. In the same vein, the piece argues that religious liberty should not require accepting calls for violence against others.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the broader point about faith and freedom, the piece notes Mamdani\u2019s provocative political moves\u2014such as tax proposals affecting property owners and a restrictive requirement for volunteer snow shovelers\u2014but emphasizes that his attendance at a prayer invoking violence raises a fundamental question about the limits and meaning of religious liberty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5609,56552,74495,3699,58837],"class_list":["post-2573122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-allegations","tag-mamdani","tag-religious-extremism","tag-violence","tag-watch-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573122"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573125,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573122\/revisions\/2573125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}