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Hijab (Custom)

Zohran Mamdani's Hijab Remarks Spark Racial and Religious Tension in New York Mayoral Contest

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the 2025 New York City mayoral contest, addressed a crowd of Muslim New Yorkers outside a Bronx mosque, recounting how his aunt avoided riding the subway after the 11 September 2001 attacks because she felt unsafe wearing her hijab. The remarks came amid a

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The Unfounded Fears Surrounding the Burqa

Muslim women who choose to wear the face veil or the burqa are subject to stigmatization and unfounded claims about public safety. However, the reality is that only a tiny minority of Muslim women in Britain have adopted these modes of dress, with estimates ranging from hundreds to low thousands.