This is some radical swag.<\/p>\n
A Muslim nonprofit that\u2019s raked in over $260,000 in taxpayer dough and has ties to Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted a pop-up fundraiser featuring a twisted array of trinkets promoting Hamas and other US-designated terror groups.<\/p>\n
During the Muslim American Society\u2019s Jan. 18 support-Sudan event<\/a> at its Brooklyn youth center, vendors peddled key chains, stickers, pins and other tchotchkes in support of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.<\/p>\n A Brooklyn youth center run by a Muslim advocacy group that\u2019s fattened up on $265,000 in political pork from the NYC Council over the past three years \u2014 including $150,000 directly from ex-Speaker Adrienne Adams \u2014 allowed vendors to brazenly hawk paraphernalia promoting Hamas and other terror groups during a Jan. 18 fundraiser.\u00a0 James Messerschmidt<\/p>\n Other items at the event, called Thrift4Sudan, featured reverential images of late terrorist leaders Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah and Yahya Sinwar of Hamas, and a masked figure resembling the late Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida.<\/p>\n Other merchandise sported terror-group logos or directly called for the destruction of Israel, with slogans like \u201cLet\u2019s go bomb Tel Aviv\u201d and \u201cDeath to the IDF,\u201d The Times of Israel <\/a> reported.<\/p>\n The outlet relied on a since-removed video of the event briefly posted on Instagram by Palestinian Assembly for Liberation PAL-Awda\u00a0\u2014 the same anti-Israel mob that chanted \u201cWe support Hamas!\u201d\u00a0outside a Queens synagogue<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month.<\/p>\n The DC-based Muslim American Society\u2019s New York chapter reported $982,123 in net assets for 2024, according to its latest available tax filings<\/p>\n During the Muslim American Society\u2019s support-Sudan fundraiser, vendors peddled key chains, stickers, pins and other trinkets in support of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Thrift4Gaza\/ Instagram<\/p>\n Since fiscal year 2023, the City Council has awarded $265,000 in \u201cdiscretionary funds\u201d to the nonprofit\u2019s New York chapter \u2014 mostly through its Brooklyn and Staten island operation \u2014 for boosting youth programs, \u201cvictim services\u201d and other community initiatives, a Post review of city records found.<\/p>\n Of the taxpayer-funded pork, $150,000 \u2013 more than half \u2013 was dished out through ex-Speaker Adrienne Adams, while fellow Dem and ex-Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan approved another $80,000.<\/p>\n Adams didn\u2019t return messages, and Brannan declined comment.<\/p>\n Trinkets at the event featured reverential images of late terrorist leaders Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah and Yahya Sinwar of Hamas. There was even images on items of a masked figure resembling the late Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida. Thrift4Gaza\/ Instagram<\/p>\n Others doling out funds included ex-Councilmembers Kristy Marmorato (R-Bronx) and Ari Kagan (R-Brooklyn), who gave $20,000 and $5,000, respectively; and Alexa Aviles (D-Brooklyn), who gave $10,000.<\/p>\n MAS\u2019 New York leadership includes notorious pro-Hamas activist Abdullah Akl, <\/a>who grew up attending its Brooklyn youth center<\/a> on Bath Avenue and is also an organizer for the radical, anti-Israel group Within Our Lifetime. <\/a><\/p>\n The Muslim American Society\u2019s Youth Center at 1933 Bath Ave. in Bay Beach, Brooklyn. Helayne Seidman<\/p>\n MAS\u2019 influence over city politics morphed following the November election of socialist Mamdani as NYC\u2019s first Muslim mayor. MAS-NY\u2019s executive director Sherif Ahmed, and Hannah Towfeik, political director at MAS\u2019 youth center, are part of Mamdani\u2019s transition team<\/a> currently helping fill key City Hall posts.<\/p>\n