Any country welcoming Muslim immigrants, as NYC Mayor Mamdani wants us to do, should realize that these Muslims see themselves as immigrating "in the way of Allah." Verse 4:100 in the Koran has this message from Allah: "He who immigrates in the way of Allah will find in the earth enough room for refuge and plentiful resources."

The renowned Islamic scholar Sayyid Mawdudi (1903 - 1979), elaborated on this verse with a warning to those Muslims: "It should be understood clearly that it is only permissible for a (Muslim) to live under the dominance of an un-Islamic system on one of the following conditions. First, that the believer strives to put an end to the hegemony of the un-Islamic system and to have it replaced by the Islamic system of life —. Second, that he stays in a land where an un-Islamic system prevails because of his inability to depart from that land, but he is utterly unhappy at living under such a system."

If you believe these Muslims will immigrate here because they want to assimilate and become part of the American way of life, then I wouldn't be surprised if Mayor Mamdani has a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.