US Muslims must embrace ‘all jihad’ – Former Mamdani aide

Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik declared that American Muslims would be rewarded by Allah for participating in anti-Israel protests, framed demonstrations as part of Islamic holy war against the Jewish State.

By World Israel News Staff

A former intern who worked on far-left mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani‘s campaign described anti-Israel protests in the U.S. as part of an Islamic holy war against Israel, encouraging Muslims to participate in the demonstrations, regardless of potential consequences.

“The true believer knows that none of this is in vain, that this is all Jihad,” said Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik in a clip from a webinar, which she posted to her LinkedIn page.

The video, which was viewed by the New York Post, featured Malik encouraging Muslims to fully commit to the struggle to destroy Israel, without considering the ramifications for their professional and academic careers.

“If you get suspended, if you get doxed, because it’s bound to happen… when you’re doing something for the sake of Allah here in the West…it will never, ever be in vain, and the true believer does not fear that?” Malik continued.

Stressing that pro-Palestinian activists are battling alleged Israeli “genocide and colonization and settler colonialism,” Malik said that any Muslim on the sidelines of the fight is mentally unwell.

“If you’re not seeing this as your issue to deal with, then something is wrong, there is an illness, there is a disease, something messing up the system inside that’s telling you this isn’t your business,” she said.

Malik, a student at City College of New York (CCNY), made her comments during a webinar promoting Islamic political activism, organized by anti-Israel campus group CUNY4Palestine.

Mamdani’s campaign declined to comment to the Post regarding the revelations about Malik’s radical beliefs.

In a previous clip featuring the activist that went viral, Malik was seen berating a New York City police officer whom she believed to be Muslim.

“Let’s read the badges of the pigs,” Malik is heard saying in the video, as she reads the names of officers stationed to maintain order at an anti-Israel protest.

When Malik came across an officer whose last name suggested he is Muslim, she began mocking the man.

“To the pigs who can call themselves by the name of Islam — put some respect on their names!” she is heard yelling.