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New York City Socialist Mailerd candidate Zoohran Mamdani offered clarification on Monday about an anecdote that sparked controversy in social media about an anecdote that was talking about an anecdote in New York City in the wake of 9/11.
“I was talking about Zehra Fuhi, my father’s cousin, who died a few years ago,” using the terms “Fuhi” for New York users to raise questions about the authenticity of her story.
“I want to speak to the memory of my aunt who stopped taking the subway after September 11 because she didn’t feel safe in her hijab,” Mamdani, fighting back tears, he told the crowd On October 24 when he explained his concern about Islamophobia and suggested that criticism of its anti-Israeli positions focused on the integrity of its Islamic faith.
Shortly after this clip hit the Internet, a wave of criticism was driven by Conservatives and the Internet that created holes in the story, Dr. Masuma Mamdani, in addition, the photos available to the public of Masuma Mamdani do not show her wearing a hijab.
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New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters on Manhattan’s East Side on Monday, Oct. 2025. (FOX News Digital / DeXre Heavey)
The debate reached the White House in the form of a post on X from Vice President JD Vence who expressed doubts about the matter.
“According to Zohran, the real victim of 9/11 was His aunt who found some (alleged) bad looks,” said the Vice President.
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New York City Democratic Mayor Mayaya and Zohran Mamdani speak during an interview with “Martha Maccallum” on Fox News on Wednesday, Oct. 2025, New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini / IVIVINI / AP)
Mamdani’s father Mahmood, who Zohohran Mamdani says is the aunt’s deceased cousin, has faced criticism during his controversial past as Abraham Lincoln, which has been revived on social media in recent days.
Mahmood Mamdani also sits on the Advisory Council of an anti-Israel organization that funds Israeli companies, and has regularly accused the Israeli government of “electoral murder”, Fox News Digital reported this summer.
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New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters at the Canvass launch event in Respect Park on Sunday, Aug 17, 2025. (Deirdre Heavey / fox news digital)
“Suicide bombings need to be understood as a feature of modern political violence rather than a sign of barbarism,” the elder Mamdani wrote in his 2004 book Good Muslims, Bad Muslims: America’s War: The Cold War and the Roots.
“We need to recognize the BOMBERO SOMBER, first and foremost, as a class of soldier.”
Zohran Mamdani has pressed back in recent days facing critics of his various anti-policies and statements dating back to his time in college and suggesting that those criticisms focus on Anti-Muslim Pirotry.
“The dream of every Muslim is just to be treated the same as any other New Yorker,” Mamdani Posted in X Friday with a video that was viewed at least 24 times. “And, for too long, we’ve been told to ask for less, and put up with the hatred and the carpenters in the shadows. No more.”
