Zohran Mamdani: “To be a good Muslim, you had to be a good person. You had to…”

“You know, my grandparents, Yusuf and Kulsim, were the ones that taught me about Islam at a young age. And one of the lessons that I always held with me was an understanding that To be a good Muslim, you had to be a good person. You had to help those in need and harm no one. And my favorite month of the year is Ramadan. And it's a month that I've loved, because as I grew up, it was one where I started to learn what it meant to be in solidarity with people that you never even met.” (31:42–31:48)

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