Islamization of America: Zohran Mandani’s Nefarious Pet Project

Recently, Zohran Mamdani’s “hijab day” post drew fierce criticism for promoting religious symbolism in public spaces, igniting debates over free expression versus secular neutrality – which he is clearly not upholding. Oops, he did it again! 

It is pertinent to note here that although Mamdani fiercely advocates the wearing of hijab in public spaces by Muslim women, his stylish wife is seen in trendy Western clothes sans burkha or hijab. So, do Mamdani and his ilk profess that hijab and burkha are mandatory only for impoverished Muslim women, while exempting elite Muslim women from being shrouded in these hideous black tents?

Mamdani’s other decision to invoke the Prophet Muhammad’s Hijrah as a framework for modern immigration policy should also set off alarm bells far beyond New York politics. America is a secular republic, not a theological project. Yet increasingly, policymakers (both Muslim and Christian) feel comfortable importing religious narratives into civic debate as if scripture were a substitute for constitutional laws. Mamdani’s cloaking of migration policy in sacred symbolism isn’t compassion; it’s ideological signaling that risks normalizing faith-driven governance in a country built on the idea of separation of church and state. What is being sold as moral empathy may instead represent a deeper shift: the quiet reframing of public policy through religious lenses that were never meant to guide a democracy. If politicians begin grounding state decisions in sectarian narratives, they chip away at the neutral civic space that protects everyone. The real question is not migration alone, but whether Americans are prepared to watch secular politics slowly dissolve into Islamic religious moral claims.

Context: Muhammad’s migration to Yathrib, which he later renamed to Medina, was to establish the first theocratic Islamic religious state governed by what is known as the “Constitution of Medina,” which is the precursor to Sharia laws that exist today. Muhammad’s migration to Yathrib is highlighted by the brutal massacre of the Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza, who had lost to him in the Battle of Trench. Thus, the purpose of Muhammad’s migration to Medina was not to seek refuge, or to get jobs, or to happily live as citizens of Medina. Instead, it was to establish an Islamic religious theocracy and to murder whosoever opposed it. The Mayor of New York City, by equating the Islamic Hijra to that of his city serving as a sanctuary city, has exposed his desire and agenda for the Islamization of New York and America in the near future. The voters might have bitten off more than they can chew.

Nations rarely abandon secularism in a single dramatic moment; they drift there one speech and one post at a time, until citizens wake up to find that policy is no longer argued in law, but justified in nefarious belief. Many cities/states in the U.S. are already on the path of conversion. Is New York and the rest of America ready for being force-fed the Islamic project?