A petition against him gathered 96,000 signatures.

It turns America’s first Muslim mayor into a target during a mourning he leads.

A senator circulated Mamdani’s iftar photo beside the burning towers, calling him “the enemy inside the gates.”

He still attends Friday’s ceremony, staying until all 2,977 names are read.

How each outlet framed it

drawn from 350+ reports worldwide

The New York Times leans critical
Mirror
Hindustan Times
contextualizes 9/11 within al Qaeda's decade-long campaign - 1993 WTC bombing, 1998 embassy bombings, then 2001 attacks
Daily Maverick leans critical
foregrounds generational impact through victim families - pilot's daughter with newborn can't introduce son to grandfather

Sources: The New York Times, Mirror, Hindustan Times, Daily Maverick