At his first annual interfaith breakfast on Friday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani framed New York City’s sanctuary status as part of a religious calling to welcome “the stranger,” invoking the Bible, the Quran, and the Bhagavad Gita to defend the city’s immigration policy.In his address to nearly 400 faith and community leaders at the New York Public Library, Mamdani accused federal immigration officials of reigning “terror upon our neighbors”…
Mamdani quotes the Quran, Bible to support sanctuary city status
February 07, 2026