Zohran Mamdani becomes New York Mayor: What is his religion?

You scroll through his campaign page, crowds cheering, signs waving, chants echoing, and one thing becomes instantly clear: Zohran Mamdani has captured the city’s heart. But what truly stands out is the diversity of the people who fill those frames. Among them are Protestants and Catholics, Jews and Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists, all united in support of a man who now sits at the helm of New York City. And so arises a question that many have quietly wondered: What faith does Mayor Mamdani himself follow, and how has it failed to become a barrier in his rise to power? Mamdani’s victory has come to symbolize something larger than politics. For the city’s working class and immigrant communities—who make up roughly 40 percent of New York’s population, his ascent represents a break from t