India, Oct. 20 -- Zohran Mamdani is being blasted by survivors of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing for his smiling photo with a controversial imam federal prosecutors believed was an "co-conspirator" in the attack. The 34-year-old mayoral candidate shared a photo of himself with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, 75, referring to him as a "leader and pillar" of the Muslim community in Brooklyn and across the country.

Mamdani posted the photo of X, captioning it, "Today at Masjid At-Taqwa, I had the pleasure of meeting with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, one of the nation's foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community for nearly half a century. I was also joined by CM @dr_yusefsalaam of Harlem. A beautiful Jummah."

Wahhaj has a controversial pa...