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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Mamdani once rapped about his ‘love’ for Hamas terror-funding group ‘Holy Land Five’

 Socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani once voiced his “love” for the five leaders of a notorious nonprofit convicted of funneling more than $12 million to the terror group Hamas.

The former C-list rapper-turned-far-left-pol praised the heads of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development – known as the “Holy Land Five”– in a shocking 2017 rap track uncovered by the antisemitism-fighting group Canary Mission, and made public in a one-minute video segment released Friday.

“My love to the Holy Land Five. You better look ’em up,” Mamdani – who performed under the stage name Mr. Cardamom – says in a song called “Salaam” which the Queens assemblyman has said is about growing up Muslim in New York.

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (in middle) appearing a rap video for his song “Nani” when he went by “Mr. Cardamom.”Mr. Cardamom/Youtube

The five heads of the now-defunct Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development — Shukri Abu Baker, Mohammad El-Mezain, Ghassan Elashi, Mufid Abdulqader and Abdulrahman Odeh — were all convicted in 2008 by a federal jury of funding Hamas.

“Mamdani sent his ‘love’ to convicted Hamas funders,” the Canary Mission said. “Let that sink in.”

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo – the frontrunner heading into Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary – said the revelation of Mamdani’s terror-loving lyrics is a “new low.”

“This is not a pro-Palestinian aid, this is not humanitarian,” said Cuomo at an unrelated event in the Bronx.

“This is him saying he loves – that is his own words — he loves the Holy Land Five, who are convicted, funders of Hamas. It’s disgusting and despicable.”

In December 2001 – three months after 9/11 — the feds shut down the Holy Land Foundation, seized its assets and designated it a terror group. The group reportedly raised $57 million from its inception in 1992 through 2001 but only reported $36 million to the Internal Revenue Service. In 2000, it raised $13 million, making it the nation’s largest Muslim charity.

“My love to the Holy Land Five. You better look ’em up,” the Queens assemblyman says in a song called “Salaam” about growing up Muslim in New York.x/canarymission
“Mamdani sent his ‘love’ to convicted Hamas funders,” the Canary Mission video says. “Let that sink in.”x/canarymission

In 2004, a federal grand jury in Dallas charged the quintet and the Holy Land Foundation with providing “material support for terrorism” to Hamas in its bid to create a Palestinian state by eliminating Israel.

Following a 2007 mistrial, the five were convicted in 2008 on 108 counts, including supporting terrorism, tax fraud and money laundering. 

Abdulrahman Odeh arrives at the federal court in in Dallas, Texas, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ghassan Elashi, former chairman of the Holy Land Foundation in Richardson, Texas, speaks at a news conference Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001.ASSOCIATED PRESS
With federal agents in the background, Shukri Abu-Baker, CEO of the Holy Land Foundation in Richardson, Texas, conducts a satellite interview in Arabic with the Al Jazeera television network Tuesday, Dec 4, 2001.ASSOCIATED PRESS

Their sentences ranged from 15 to 65 years in prison for each. Three of them are already free men.

In another part of the track, the Israel-hating Mamdani — who is polling a strong second in nearly all polls heading into Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary behind only ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo — raps, “No ban. No wall. Build it up. We’ll make it fall.”

The antisemitism-fighting group responds to the video saying:” No ban, no wall—that’s an open door for criminals and chaos.”

“Mamdani stands with convicted terrorist funders and wants open borders,” the group adds.Mr. Cardamom/Youtube

“Zohran Mamdani stands with convicted terrorist funders and wants open borders,” the group adds.

“This is New York City — not a sanctuary for terrorists. Zohran Mamdani. Unfit. Un-American. Unthinkable.”

Curtis Sliwa, a Republican mayoral candidate, said “it’s alarming that a mayoral candidate has a history of praising Hamas.”

“New Yorkers reject hate and extremism, and they should reject any candidate who refuses to do the same,” he added.

Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development former chairman Mohammed El-Mezain arrives at the federal court in in Dallas, Texas, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development former fundraiser Mufid Abdulqader arrives at the federal court in in Dallas, Texas, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sara Forman, executive director of the pro-Israel New York Solidarity Network and treasurer of its Solidarity PAC that raises money for candidates backing Jewish causes, said no one should be shocked by the Canary Mission’s finding.

“Zohran’s entire political career has been rooted in anti-Zionism, from promoting rallies linking Ferguson to Sheikh Jarrah to his rap urging people to look up the Holy Land Five,” she said.

“What’s surprising is that it has taken until the end of a long mayoral campaign for everyone to wake up and realize he has been telling us his positions all along.”

Reps for Mamdani’s campaign did not return messages Saturday.

https://nypost.com/2025/06/21/us-news/socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidate-zohran-mamdani-once-rapped-about-his-love-for-hamas-teror-funding-group-holy-land-five/

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