NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani smiles and stands hand-in-hand with imam tied to WTC bombing — who is Siraj Wahhaj?

Left-wing New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is seen smiling, standing hand-in-hand with an Imam, Siraj Wahhaj, 75, who has historical ties as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and known for inflammatory anti-LGBTQ remarks. Councilman Yusef Salaam (D-Manhattan), a member of the Central Park 5 elected in November 2023, was also present in the image. “Today at Masjid At-Taqwa, I had the pleasure of meeting with imam Siraj Wahhaj, one of the nation’s foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community for nearly half a century,” Mamdani wrote on X about the Friday encounter. “A beautiful Jummah,” he added, referring to the weekly prayer. Prosecutors have identified Wahhaj as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the 1993 W