New York City's first Muslim mayor will be sworn in with his hand on the Quran.
So about that...
You'll be unsurprised to know that The New York Times loves this:
From the article:
When Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City on Jan. 1, he will represent a range of demographics the city has not seen before in top leadership: South Asian, millennial, Muslim.
But for New York's hundreds of thousands of Muslim residents who have taken pride in seeing one of their own rise to the mayoralty, his inauguration will bring another special first, rooted in tradition and piety.
He'll use a Quran during both of his swearing-in ceremonies, and The New York Times is a huge fan.
Mr. Mamdani is expected to use at least three unique Qurans for his public and private swearing-in ceremonies, according to a senior adviser, Zara Rahim. For his midnight swearing-in ceremony, he will use his grandfather's Quran and one that belonged to Arturo Schomburg, the Black writer and historian. It will be lent to the mayor by the New York Public Library.
For his daytime ceremony at City Hall, he will use his grandfather's and at least one other family Quran.
Let's just hope there are no infidels at these ceremonies!
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