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On Oct 9, 2023 — two days after Hamas' Oct 7 massacre in Israel — the Muslim Democratic Club of New York put out a statement blaming Israel for the attack, saying they stood "in solidarity with the besieged Palestinian people"
Today, the founders of this group occupy top posts in City Hall under NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani
The Muslim Democratic Club of New York was founded by Ali Najmi, Faiza Ali, Aliya Latif and Linda Sarsour
As of today:
Faiza Ali — Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Aliya Latif — Executive Director of the Mayor's Office of Faith-Based Partnerships
Ali Najmi — leading the mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary
All of these individuals view Linda Sarsour as a mentor
Aliya Latif has described Sarsour as her "right hand," "sister," and "seeker-mother" in posts on X
Faiza Ali spent years working at the Council on American Islamic Relations
During Ali's time with CAIR, she was a vocal supporter of the proposed "Ground Zero Mosque" two blocks from the site of the former World Trade Center. Ali dismissed critics of the project as un-American and said opposition to building a mosque so close to the location of the Sept. 11 attacks "reveal[ed] a new wave of anti-Muslim sentiment." She also represented CAIR at a 2010 press conference promoting the project.
You can read the full story here
freebeacon.com/democrats/mamd…
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