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Vogon_Glory

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1. Mamdani was born in Uganda

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 08:50 PM

Oct 17

A country that expelled its South Asian community. He’s probably aware that his birthplace was ruled for years by Idi Amin, a brutal, murderous tyrant who brutalized Uganda for years. Amin was a Muslim as well as being a tyrant. I suspect that whatever the level of his faith, I doubt Mamdani believes that all Muslim politicians are ipso -facto white-hatted Good Guys.

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