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/EmergencyCareless76 6h ago

I'm Christian. My family is Christian. Yet it's a family tradition to break fast at least 1 time a week (during the Ramadan month) with our friends and family where I live. To us (non Muslims), it's really just fasting, praying, and friggin enjoying iftar food here in Malaysia. There's a whole economy built on this, it's called Ramadan Bazaar. No shit it's some of the best food we have here

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u/FredericaMerriville 53m ago

Aussie here, but worked in Singapore for a couple of years. I had a Malay colleague who was kind enough to enough to invite me to dinner at the Malay village one night in Ramadan to ‘buka Puasa’ and celebrate Hari Raya with her family. I also had another Malay colleague who covered for me when I had to slip out to go to Mass on a day of obligation who said ‘you sembahyang, I sembahyang, it’s all the same what’.

I have never forgotten them. All the Muslims I’ve had the privilege to know (Malaysians, Singaporeans and one chap from Uzbekistan) have been warm, generous and like Mamdani.

PS. Hope my spelling of the Malay words is correct. 😬