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How ‘Islamophobia’ panic gives the media a license to lie

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12.03.2026

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How ‘Islamophobia’ panic gives the media a license to lie

Last week we learned that the wife of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Rama Duwaji, had liked Instagram posts celebrating the mass murder of over 1,200 innocent Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, and other similarly themed posts, including one calling the rape of women on that day a “hoax.”

Duwaji’s approval came before Israel retaliated against Hamas.

Not a single Israeli soldier was on Gazan soil when the wife of New York’s future mayor was celebrating the “collective liberation” of “Palestine” and liking posts calling for the Jews to be displaced from the “river to the sea.”

Mamdani contends his wife is a “private person,” and her bloodlust doesn’t reflect his own positions.

A trove of evidence strongly suggests otherwise, I’m afraid.

Even so, the mayor is the rising star in media and Democratic Party circles, and his wife was the focus of scores of glowing puff pieces during and after his campaign.

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One recent New York Times feature, headlined “The Complicated Politics of Rama Duwaji’s Style,” celebrated the New York first lady’s ascent into the “spotlight.”

If you pose for magazine photos, give interviews and offer political opinions on social media, your positions are fair game for the public to scrutinize.

You are not a “private........

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