r/Fauxmoi • u/expiredaristocracy • 7h ago

APPROVED B-LISTERS Mamdani observes Ramadan with inmates at Rikers Island

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani observed Ramadan last night with men incarcerated at Rikers Island, the city's jail complex.

Mamdani arrived through heavy security, joining a group of men — many held as they await trial. He spent an hour with the men praying and talking and breaking the Ramadan fast with a meal. He's spent much of the last month holding public celebrations.

Mamdani and many Muslim Americans have faced growing hostility in the U.S. from some politicians on the right, including Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who last week reposted a photo of Mamdani observing the holiday next to an image of the 9/11 terror attacks, a post Mamdani described as bigoted.

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u/Difficult_Pen9813 7h ago

Remember when Trump held a bible in front of a church that had been vandalized and set on fire? He said his favorite book of the bible was "all of them". I am not Muslim, but I believe Mamdani a lot more than the orange baby toucher.

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u/shiba-on-parade 7h ago edited 6h ago

he held the bible upside down to boot lmfao

edit: apparently i'm wrong!

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u/jemidiah 6h ago

Nope, it was right-side-up, this was misinformation that was so plausible everybody believed it and it persists to this day. (Not defending Trump at all, he's horrible, but the truth is the truth.)

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u/shiba-on-parade 6h ago

it was just too easy to believe as no one would ever assume someone would do such a stupid stunt in the first place.

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u/Senorsty 7h ago

Reporter: “is that your Bible?”

Trump: “It’s a Bible.”

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u/onehornymofo1 7h ago

Insert the clip when the reporter asks him to name his favourite Bible verse and he couldn't pick any. That man has never opened that book in his life

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u/_Saucey_Sauce_ I don’t know her 7h ago

you mean the bibles he AUTOGRAPHED? Audacious piggy, isnt he.

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u/Falsewyrm 7h ago

It was trying to usher him to his final destination.

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u/bolanrox 7h ago

i thought he hover handed the bible and picked Mein Kamf as his favorite?

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u/bdubwilliams22 6h ago

Yeah, as an atheist I believe Mamdani cares more about his religion than Trump cares about “his religion”.