Zohran Mamdani inauguration: Live updates as NYC swears in first Muslim mayor

The 34-year-old democratic socialist’s swearing in and block party highlight his previously improbable rise to become the ...

Mamdani uses Qurans for mayoral oath, putting Muslim faith on display

Newly sworn in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Muslim faith was front and center during his Jan. 1 inauguration, as he ...

Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor on a Quran, a first in NYC history

Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will make history as the city’s first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran ...

Mamdani Is First New York Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In

Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim mayor, put his hand on Islam’s holiest book at his swearing-in ceremony.
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Far-right Israeli party Jewish Power pushes bill to silence Islamic call to prayer

Israel’s far-right moves to criminalise the Islamic call to prayer, in a bill condemned as a racist assault on worship and a ...