Zohran Mamdani ne Quran par oath lete hue New York City ke pehle Muslim mayor ke taur par charge sambhal liya hai. 34 saal ke Democratic leader ne midnight ke baad aik khamosh aur symbolic ceremony mein apni chaar saala muddat ka aaghaz kiya, jis ke sath hi woh New York ke pehle Muslim mayor ban gaye.
Un ki swearing-in City Hall ke neeche mojood aik purane aur ghair-istamal subway station mein hui, jo un ke mutabiq shehar ke working class aur public transport ki ahmiyat ki numayindagi karta hai. Is event mein Senator Bernie Sanders aur Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez jaise left-wing leaders mojood thay. City Hall ke bahar block party aur streetside screens ka intazam bhi kiya gaya hai taake aam shehri bhi is lamhe ka hissa ban saken.
A Symbolic Oath Ceremony Beneath City Hall
Zohran Mamdani ne apna oath New York Attorney General Letitia James ke samne liya. Is mauqay par un ke haath do Qurans par thay, aik un ke family aur doosra New York Public Library ke Schomburg Center se liya gaya aik tareekhi nuskha.
Is mukhtasir lekin gehra asar rakhne wali ceremony mein un ki biwi Rama Duwaji, walidain Mira Nair aur Mahmood Mamdani, aur qareebi family members bhi maujood thay. Mamdani ne apni taqreer mein New Yorkers ko naya saal mubarak kehte hue kaha ke yeh zimmedari un ke liye “zindagi ka sab se bara aizaz” hai.
Unhon ne is purane subway station ko shehar ki public transit aur us ke mustaqbil ke sath jora, aur kaha ke New York ki sehat aur taraqqi ka seedha talluq aam logon ki sahulat se hai.
Historic Quran and Message of Inclusion
New York Public Library se liya gaya Quran aik mashhoor Black historian Arturo Schomburg ki milkiyat tha, jo Harlem Renaissance ke aik aham kirdar rahe. Library ke mutabiq, is Quran ka intikhab mazhabi honay kai sath sath shehar ki diversity, history aur inclusion ka symbol bhi hai.
Library ke officials ne is qadam ko New York ki multicultural identity aur civic values ki wazeh misaal qarar diya. New York ke qanoon ke mutabiq mayor ke liye kisi mazhabi kitaab par haath rakhna lazmi nahi, lekin past mayors aksar Bible ka intikhab karte rahe hain.
New York Public Library se liya gaya Quran aik mashhoor Black historian Arturo Schomburg ki milkiyat tha, jo Harlem Renaissance ke aik aham kirdar rahe. Library ke mutabiq, is Quran ka intikhab mazhabi honay kai sath sath shehar ki diversity, history aur inclusion ka symbol bhi hai.
Library ke officials ne is qadam ko New York ki multicultural identity aur civic values ki wazeh misaal qarar diya. New York ke qanoon ke mutabiq mayor ke liye kisi mazhabi kitaab par haath rakhna lazmi nahi, lekin past mayors aksar Bible ka intikhab karte rahe hain.
New York Public Library se liya gaya Quran aik mashhoor Black historian Arturo Schomburg ki milkiyat tha, jo Harlem Renaissance ke aik aham kirdar rahe. Library ke mutabiq, is Quran ka intikhab mazhabi honay kai sath sath shehar ki diversity, history aur inclusion ka symbol bhi hai.
Library ke officials ne is qadam ko New York ki multicultural identity aur civic values ki wazeh misaal qarar diya. New York ke qanoon ke mutabiq mayor ke liye kisi mazhabi kitaab par haath rakhna lazmi nahi, lekin past mayors aksar Bible ka intikhab karte rahe hain.
From State Assembly to City Hall
Uganda mein paida hone wale Zohran Mamdani bachpan mein New York shift hue. Unhon ne apni siyasi zindagi New York State Assembly se shuru ki aur kam arsay mein shehar ki sab se bari zimmedari tak pohanch gaye.
Un ki campaign ka central focus mehngai, rent control, free public transport aur childcare jese masail rahe. Unhon ne do million se zyada voters ko mobilize kiya aur 50 percent se zyada vote hasil kar ke apni jeet ko wazeh banaya.
Uganda mein paida hone wale Zohran Mamdani bachpan mein New York shift hue. Unhon ne apni siyasi zindagi New York State Assembly se shuru ki aur kam arsay mein shehar ki sab se bari zimmedari tak pohanch gaye.
Un ki campaign ka central focus mehngai, rent control, free public transport aur childcare jese masail rahe. Unhon ne do million se zyada voters ko mobilize kiya aur 50 percent se zyada vote hasil kar ke apni jeet ko wazeh banaya.
Historic Quran Oath in NewYork Mayorship
Apni Muslim pehchan ko bunyadi tor par agy rkhty huay Zohran Mamdani ne halaf bardari Qur’an par haath rakh kar ki, jo New York City ki tareekh mein pehli martaba hua. Guzishta arson mein zyada tar mayors ne Bible ka istemal kiya, Michael Bloomberg ne apni 100 saal purani khandani Bible par oath li, jabke Bill de Blasio ne wo Bible istemal ki jo kabhi US President Franklin D Roosevelt ki thi.
Maujooda mayor Eric Adams ne bhi family Bible par halaf uthaya tha. Mamdani ka Qur’an par oath lena unki mazhabi pehchan aur Ugandan-born, South Asian background ko numaya karta hai, jo unki campaign ka bhi markazi hissa raha, jahan New York ki diversity aur mukhtalif communities ko celebrate kiya gaya.
Faith, Identity, and Political Resistance
Mamdani ki Muslim aur South Asian identity un ki campaign ka khula hissa rahi. Social media par unhon ne Islamophobia aur immigrant communities ke tajurbaat par khul kar baat ki.
Kuch Republican leaders ne un par sakht tanqeed bhi ki, lekin Mamdani ne wazeh kaha ke woh apni pehchan, apne aqeede aur apni values par kabhi samjhauta nahi karenge.
A New Chapter for New York
Zohran Mamdani ki inauguration sirf aik siyasi tabdeeli nahi balkay New York ke badalte hue chehre ki tasveer hai. Aik aisa shehar jo diversity, inclusion aur working class ki awaaz ko aage la raha hai, aur jahan leadership ka matlab sirf power nahi balkay zimmedari bhi hai.

