Gillibrand Wears Hijab at Bronx Mosque With Hamas-Praising Imam

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• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited the Bronx Muslim Center on September 21 wearing a pink hijab and posed with Imam Hamud Alsilwi.
• Imam Alsilwi has publicly praised Hamas for causing trouble for Jews and mourned Osama bin Laden’s spiritual adviser, Sheikh Abdul Majeed al-Zindani.
• Governor Kathy Hochul and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have also worn hijabs at mosque events in recent months.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand kept her September 21 visit to the Bronx Muslim Center under wraps. She did not post photos from the mosque stop unlike other events that afternoon.

Photos released by the center showed Gillibrand seated beside Imam Hamud Alsilwi wearing a pink hijab.

EXCLUSIVE:

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the head of @dscc, dons a hijab during a recent visit to Bronx mosque.

She’s seated next to an imam who praised Hamas for “causing so much trouble for the Jews,” and who idolizes Osama bin Laden’s spiritual adviser.https://t.co/AkAOkR3hyB

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) September 29, 2026

“EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the head of @dscc, dons a hijab during a recent visit to Bronx mosque. She’s seated next to an imam who praised Hamas for ‘causing so much trouble for the Jews,’ and who idolizes Osama bin Laden’s spiritual adviser.”

Imam Alsilwi has celebrated the Muslim Brotherhood for harming Jews and Israel. He also mourned the 2024 death of Sheikh Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, a designated terrorist and former spiritual adviser to Osama bin Laden.

The incident follows similar actions by other New York Democrats. Governor Kathy Hochul wore a black hijab at a Manhattan mosque weeks earlier just before the 9/11 anniversary.

“Woman, Life, Freedom” is the chant of women in Iran and elsewhere who risk their lives to remove enforced religious coverings. Gillibrand’s appearance drew quick criticism from conservative voices and Iranian dissidents.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also wore a hijab earlier this year while addressing a Bronx crowd with socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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