As Zohran Mamdani took the oath as the New York City mayor on two Qurans, MAGA activists rejected the oath and condemned how NYC forgot 9/11. “Disgusting. We are an occupied country!” right-wing commentator Laura Loomer wrote while Steve Bannon accused the New York Times of ‘gushing’ about the move. The New York Times, in its report prior to the swearing-in, confirmed that Mamdani would be the first NYC mayor to use the Quran to take his oath, providing details about how the Mamdani team chose three Qurans for the event.Former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon said NYT was gushing over Mamdani and called the article ‘pukeworthy’.
Far-right Dutch leader Geet Wilders posted: “Invalid oath. No Quran. USA is not Islamic. Yet. Wake up America.””Zohran Mamdani just became the first NYC mayor in history to swear in on the Quran. New York forgot. Islam must be repelled, before it’s too late,” conservative commentator Eric Daugherty wrote. “New York City didn’t suddenly fall. It was surrendered – slowly, deliberately, and with Republican permission. The government refused to enforce the law, draw clear lines, or protect the Constitution when it still mattered,” Islam-critic and activist Amy Mek wrote. “New York City didn’t fall because of the Left alone. It fell because those who claimed to be the opposition refused to fight when it still mattered.””Every 9/11 victim is turning over in their grave right now seeing that Moslem piece of trash Zohran Mamdani swear in on the Quran,” political strategist Joey Mannarino wrote.
Three Qurans for Mamdani’s swearing-in event
Mamdani took the oath on two Qurans during the subway ceremony: his grandfather’s Quran and a pocket-sized version that dates back to the late 18th or early 19th century. The second one is part of the collection at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. That copy of the Quran symbolizes the diversity and reach of the city’s Muslims, said Hiba Abid, the library’s curator for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.“It’s a small Quran, but it brings together elements of faith and identity in New York City history,” Abid said.For the ceremony at City Hall, Mamdani will use both his grandfather’s and grandmother’s Qurans.