Mamdani celebrates Ramadan with Mahmoud Khalil one year after his detention

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrated the Islamic holy month of Ramadan by hosting dinner for Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by federal immigration officers last year following his activism as a student leader at Columbia University amid the Israel-Hamas war.

The Muslim mayor invited the anti-Israel protester to break bread at his official residence on Sunday.

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