A despicable bigot carrying a “Make America Nice Once more” hat hurled obscenities at a Brooklyn mosque in a sickening rant that Gov. Kathy Hochul has condemned as a “hateful, offensive show.”
Video of the unidentified hater — posted on-line by the group Bangladeshi Individuals for Political Progress — confirmed the person screaming horrific slurs by way of a megaphone Tuesday on the Masjid Nur-Al Islam mosque in Kensington, the group mentioned.
The person — who wore a crimson Trump hat and a New York Jets jacket — then walked across the brick constructing marveling at its entrances earlier than making evidence-free claims that the mosque despatched cash to Hezbollah.
An NYPD consultant mentioned he didn’t have any information concerning the incident when The Submit known as on Sunday.
Politicians condemned the thriller sicko’s rants — with Hochul decrying them on X on Friday as a “hateful, offensive show.
“It is not going to be tolerated in New York,” the governor wrote. “Nobody ought to reside in concern due to how they worship, and we are going to proceed to root out Islamophobic hate in each nook of our state.”
The Bangladeshi-American group that posted the video claimed on its account that the person was a member of Betar, a century-old group of utmost Zionists that’s been deemed a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League.
“BAPP condemns the disgusting, inflammatory, reprehensible Islamophobic assault on the Masjid Nur-Al Islam in Kensington, Brooklyn,” the group wrote.
“Sufficient. Our neighborhood will not silently endure Islamophobic threats and violence,” the group mentioned.
“We demand the 66th precinct, Mayor, metropolis council, and state officers examine this as a hate crime and maintain Betar accountable,” the publish continued. “To our fellow religion communities: stand with us. Your silence or your solidarity—select now.”
The official account for Betar US responded to the publish by denying duty and countering with a veiled risk.
“Betar was not accountable and we urge you to observe your phrases,” the group mentioned. “We’re not Jews with trembling knees.”
No matter who did it, the incident left mosque-goers shaken.
“He was cursing [at the] ladies’s door,” mosque board member Mohammed Yousuf instructed the Each day Information over the weekend. “And youngsters … they arrive to high school right here. We really feel unhealthy about this incident.”
Yousef added that neighborhood residents subscribe to a cornucopia of faiths — but there has by no means been an issue.
“This can be a Jewish college proper right here,” he mentioned. “We’ve by no means had any points.”
Yousef mentioned an NYPD detective confirmed up final week to speak concerning the incident.
“He was [telling] everyone, ‘Don’t fear, We’ll care for this factor,’ ” Yousuf mentioned.
“At the least they’re looking for out who that man is.”
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