What used to be Islamic terrorism is now just typical protest tactics. Throwing bombs is just a sign you’re in a city run by a Muslim mayor and where Islamic riots, violence and terror have become routine.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters in a Saturday evening news conference that an anti-Islam protest was organized by people associated Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter and far-right influencer, and was called “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City/Stop New York City Public Muslim Prayer.”
Tisch said that shortly after 12:30 p.m., a counter-protester, identified as 18-year-old Emir Balat, lit and threw an ignited device toward the protesters. According to Tisch, witnesses saw flames and smoke as the device struck a barrier in a crosswalk, a few feet away from police officers. The device then extinguished itself.
Balat allegedly then ran away and retrieved a second device from 19-year-old Ibrahim Nikk, lit the device and started running with it before dropping eventually dropping the device, Tisch said.
The NYPD Bomb Squad was called in to examine the devices, which Tisch described as jars wrapped in black tape with nuts, bolts, screws and a hobby fuse that could be lit. The police commissioner said it was unclear at this time whether the devices were functionable improvised explosive devices or hoax devices. They are being taken for further police testing and analysis.
It had nuts and bolts and screws in it. That suggests it was meant to go off.
🚨BREAKING: Slow-motion footage shows a Muslim domestic terrorist throwing a homemade bomb in NYC. https://t.co/4rP0qkCHCY pic.twitter.com/udfKVp6FJv
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) March 8, 2026
The two Muslims brought more than one apparent explosive device to a rally for either mass murder or, at best, intimidation. Either one would get anyone thrown in jail for a decade if they had done this at a Muslim rally.
Indeed, Attorney General Letitia James recently banned a Jewish group known as ‘Betar’ for simply standing up to Muslim violence.
The police wouldn’t be pussyfooting around with trying to determine motive and functionality with any other group. But the terrorists now have one of their own in Gracie Mansion.
“In a statement, a spokesperson for Mamdani said that “the ‘Crusade Against Islamification’ gathering held outside Gracie Mansion today by Jake Lang, a vile white supremacist, was despicable and Islamophobic. Thankfully, the Mayor and the First Lady are both safe, though the events are a stark reminder of the threats they both face regularly.”
Threats from their own people throwing explosive devices at non-Muslim opponents? Much like Mamdani’s fake aunt couldn’t ride the subway after 9/11, Mamdani is the real victim of Muslims throwing bombs at non-Muslims.
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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