Following anti-Muslim remarks made by opponents and critics of Democratic mayoral nominee, Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (A.D. 36) over the course of his election campaign, as reported , and further to his response to those remarks during a press conference held outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx, located at 371 East 166th Street, north of the Melrose section of The Bronx on Friday, Oct. 24, Norwood News spoke to some Bronx Muslims about their experiences of Islamophobia, as well as with other Bronx non-Muslim residents about their thoughts on the mayoral election.

Kujegi, a Black, female Muslim, who said she is also a member of the Gambian community, and who Norwood News was directed to speak with by the Mamdani campaign, told us, “I think Islamophobia is a rising i

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