It was apparently Muslims among the crowd who cheered when the mayor-elect switched to Arabic in his victory speech, referring to the “Little Egypt” neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, known for its Muslim population. “We will fight for you because we are you,” Mamdani said. “Or as we say on Steinway, Ya minkum wa aleikum.(This roughly translates to: “I am from you and for you.”)
“This is a purely Muslim approach to democratic socialism,” said one Islamic scholar. New York Times. “He articulated an understanding of Muslimness that is associated with marginality, invisibility, invisibility.” Abdul El Sayed, a Democratic candidate for Senate from Michigan, added: “There is a wonderful tradition in our faith: if you ate a full meal and your neighbor smelled your food and did not smell [any]then you will commit a sin. [So you must] Ask yourself: What's wrong with sharing food? What's wrong with sharing your resources?”
Above Time This story is a notable exception: most press coverage of Mamdani portrays him solely as a political figure. “Democrats have a new winning formula” AtlanticDerek Thomas entitled story about Mamdani. “Here's what Mamdani's victory as mayor of New York and the emergence of a democratic socialist could mean for Democrats across the country.“, CBS News entitled another. Don't worry: He won't succeed outside of New York, centrist think tank Third Way promised his readers.
