Mamdani Weighs Netanyahu Arrest During New York Visit | Muslim News | July 20, 2026

[00:00:02][music] From our Toronto studios, this is Muslim News on Muslim Network TV. Assalamu aalaykum. I am Ahmed Ramadan. Mamani weighs Netanyahu arrest during New York visit. This and more on today's show.

[00:00:16]Stay tuned. A street in New York City has been named after detective Darul Islam. The Bangladeshi American Muslim officer was killed in a mass shooting last year. The 36-year-old immigrant joined the New York Police Department in 2021. In a ceremony Saturday, dozens of police officers, officials, and community members were present. They gathered near Islam's home in the Bronx to unveil a new sign at the East 172nd Street and Beach Avenue. It reads, "Detective First, Grade Darul Islam Way." Police Commissioner Jessica Tish said the tribute gives the city a lasting way to honor Islam's life and service. Islam was killed when a gunman entered an office building on Park Avenue in Manhattan with an M4 style rifle. The shooter killed Islam and three other people. Islam was married and had two children when he died. His third child was born 3 weeks after the shooting. Islam was posthomously promoted to detective first grade. US Senator Bernie Sanders has framed Michigan's Democratic Senate primary as a battle between Abdul say and the billionaire class. Sanders spoke before 1600 supporters in Detroit on Saturday.

[00:01:34]He was joined by Democrats Alexandria Okasio Cortez and Rashida Tib. Michigan voters will head to the polls on August 4th to choose a successor to retiring Senator Gary Peters. Als Medicare for all, Palestinian rights, and a complete end to US military assistance to Israel. His opponent, centrist Democratic Representative Haley Stevens, has unprecedented corporate backing. Campaign finance filings show total outside spending to boost Stevens could reach $50 million. Of that total, the pro-Israel lobby Apac has directly injected nearly $30 million to back Stevens its largest single race investment in history. Sanders said the election would test whether wealthy groups can buy a Senate seat.

[00:02:25]Okaziocortez said voters should reject corporate money and political corruption. During the last fundraising quarter, Alisayed's grassroots campaign raised $4.6 6 million while Stevens raised $2.2 million. Meanwhile, El Say has faced Islamophobic attacks from political opponents. A Philadelphia man has been federally charged over an arson attack on a mosque. 60-year-old Vincent Lang was arrested on July 16th. He is accused of setting fire to the Northeast Philadelphia Islamic Center on July 5th.

[00:02:59]Surveillance video reportedly shows a masked man lighting an incendiary device. He then throws it inside the mosque and escapes. The building suffered significant damage. Federal investigators confirmed the attack was a motivated hate crime and Lang had openly expressed anti-Islamic and racist views.

[00:03:19]Following his arrest, authorities discovered extensive handwritten anti-Muslim graffiti written across windows of his vehicle. Officials say he also discussed using fire to damage mosques. Court documents show Lang uses his Facebook account to mock the community and posted disturbing comments beneath footage of the fire. Lang faces a federal charge of maliciously damaging property by fire. The investigation is being led by federal and Philadelphia authorities. ICE officers will be required to record vehicle stops with at least one body camera. The rollout follows two fatal shootings during traffic stops within a 6-day period. On July 7th, an ICE officer in Houston shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Aruo. Just 6 days later, on July 13th, an agent shot and killed Colombian driver Juan Sebastian Duran Guerrero in Maine. No ICE body camera footage exists from either incident. While borders are Tom H Homeman framed the policy as a voluntary measure to protect agents, the rollout was actually forced by an emergency federal court injunction. The shootings have sparked protest and intensified questions about ICE tactics and accountability. Local police dash cam footage from Maine shootings has already leaked, directly contradicting ICE's official claims that the driver tried to ram officers. ICE briefly suspended most vehicle stops, but Trump ordered agents to resume them within 24 hours. New York City Mayor Zaharan Mamani is exploring whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can be arrested for war crimes during his upcoming visit to the city.

[00:05:02]Mdani confirmed his administration is consulting the city's legal department regarding an active international criminal court warrant. The mayor told the New York Times that Netanyahu is a war criminal who belongs in custody at the Hague. The ICC issued the arrest warrant after finding reasonable grounds that Netanyahu is responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Specifically, charges include using starvation as a method of warfare, intentionally targeting civilians, and causing mass extermination. Netanyahu is expected to address the UN General Assembly in New York. Mdani stated that his administration is exploring every legal option to ensure the city upholds global human rights standards. The mayor insisted New York City should not be a safe haven where leaders accused of mass murder feel welcome. Israel's UN ambassador Danny Denon dismissed the threat claiming Netanyahu will address the assembly despite the arrest warning.

[00:06:01]Mamdani emphasized the city will act strictly within the law utilizing existing local authority to hold the Israeli leader accountable. US bombs Iran's water plant. Iran retaliation hits Kuwaiti water plant. Details coming up next.

[00:06:19][music] >> [music] >> Welcome back. A US attack on a desalination plant has cut drinking water supplies in southern Iran. Nearly 10,000 people across two dozen villages have been affected. The region is also facing excessive heat warning. Iran says US missiles have struck water and power facilities in Hormuzan province. Former Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth calls the desalination plant an unlawful target. He says deliberately attacking civilian infrastructure would constitute a war crime. Iran later retaliated by striking a water treatment plant and a power station in Kuwait. An oil facility has also been hit. Iran is accusing the US of repeatedly violating the Islamabad ceasefire agreement. Iranian officials say recent US attacks have killed at least 41 people. More than 400 others have been wounded. The war between the US and Iran has entered a dangerous new phase after a ninth consecutive night of American attacks. Independent observers warned the heavy bombing campaign is systematically decimating civilian infrastructure despite SenCom claims that it is only hitting military targets. Reports from inside Iran reveal that air strikes have knocked out vital electrical grids and destroyed local bridges. Iranian state media has reported fresh strikes in Busher. The southern port city is home to Iran's civilian nuclear power plant and a major expansion of the war zone. US forces also struck the northwestern city of Tabris, killing one person and injuring several others. Meanwhile, a US service member died in northern Iraq. Sentcom said the soldier was killed during a controlled detonation from a downed Iranian drone. President Donald Trump posted Iran was struck very hard in honor of recently killed American troops. Trump also claimed the US now fully controls the Strait of Hormuz, though commercial shipping lanes remain in total chaos. Iran continues its retaliation overnight. Bahrain says Iranian forces targeted its civilian aviation navigation systems. Iran's Revolutionary Guard have claimed attacks on targets in Jordan, Kuwait, and Syria.

[00:08:58]A vessel caught fire near the street of Hormuz after being struck by a projectile. The sudden brutal escalation comes after Trump unilaterally declared the June Islamabad peace agreement completely dead. Media reports suggest mediators are proposing a 10-day pause to revive the fragile US Iran interm agreement. Two human rights groups are suing the Trump administration, accusing the federal government of violating the first amendment to shield Israel from war crimes investigations. Democracy for the Arab world now known as Dawn and the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide filed the lawsuit in the Manhattan federal court. They argue that President Donald Trump's sweeping sanctions unlawfully suppresses the constitutional rights of American citizens. Under executive order, the White House has criminalized Americans who share evidence, host academic conferences, or collaborate with international legal bodies. The aggressive sanctions target international criminal court judges and prosecutors as well as several prominent Palestinian rights groups and UN experts. Those being investigated include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant for using starvation and mass extermination as weapons of war.

[00:10:16]Plaintiffs warned the administration is using economic penalties as a political weapon to police American speech and cover up atrocities in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The lawsuit names Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bent as defendants. The groups are asking a federal judge to block enforcement of the order, arguing it establishes a dangerous precedent for state sponsored censorship. The United States is moving ahead with plans to build a permanent embassy in Jerusalem on private land confiscated from Palestinian American families. On July 1st, US Ambassador Mike Huckabe and Israeli officials signed a 99-year lease for the site with Washington paying Israel a token fee of just $1. The planned diplomatic compound will occupy the 13 acre Almb Barrack site in West Jerusalem. Palestinian families had leased a property to British authorities during the mandate period. Following the Nakba 1948, when Israel ethnically cleansed 750,000 Palestinians and systematically seized their lands, the state executed this land grab under its absentee property law, a framework human rights lawyers brand as an illegal state sanctioned mechanism for mass theft. among the heirs to prominent Palestinian American historian Rasheed Khaledi. His family documented ownership of the Jerusalem property dates back to the mid 18th century. Khaledi says he has fought the embassy plan for nearly 30 years. He argues the project violates international law and his property rights as an American citizen. Speaking to the plus 972 podcast, Khaledi accused Washington of blatant hypocrisy, defending private property rights everywhere except when they belong to Palestinians. He also said American attitudes towards Israel are changing rapidly. However, Khaledi warned that converting public opinion into political action will remain a long struggle.

[00:12:21]Foreign investors are pulling money out of nearly every Gulf stock market in the second quarter of 2026. Across Gulf Cooperation Council exchanges, foreign investors have recorded net sales of nearly $298 million. Dubai has suffered the biggest outflow at $642 million.

[00:12:41]Kuwait has lost $480 million while Qatar saw $375 million in net selling. Abu Dhabi, Oman, Bahrain have also recorded foreign outflows. Saudi Arabia is the only exception. Foreign investors have poured 1.6 billion dollars into the Saudi exchange. Net buying continues during all three months. Camco Invest linked the wider retreat to regional conflicts and disruptions around the straight of Hormuz. During the first half of 2026, Gulf exchanges were able to attract $1.2 billion. However, the figure is more than 83% less than the previous year. More than 10,000 protesters marched towards India's parliament in New Delhi on Monday demanding Education Minister Dharmandra Paradan's resignation. Police fired tear gas and used batons as students and young activists tried to advance. Among the protesters is Cockroach Jantaa Party founder Abijit Dipki. Protesters accuse the minister of failing to prevent examination paper leaks, cancelling tests, and recruitment delays. Some are also demanding Prime Minister Nirander Amodori's resignation. The unrest intensified after police forcibly removed educator Sonam Wchuk from the protest site of Jantaar Mantar. Wongchuk has completed three weeks of an indefinite hunger strike. Dipk then began his own hunger strike. The party emerged in May after India's chief justice reportedly compared unemployed young people and government critics to cockroaches. The movement speaks to graduates without jobs and students whose futures depend on competitive examinations. They say parents borrow money, sell land, and pay costly coaching fees hoping their children will secure stable employment. But then a leaked paper destroys years of preparation and sacrifice. Protesters say India has expanded education but has not created enough secure jobs. They demand fair exams and equal opportunities for all. A new study by the University of Cambridge reveals common sweeteners found in foods and drinks may slow the growth of beneficial gut bacteria. During the study, researchers grew 25 species of human gut bacteria in laboratory conditions. These included beneficial, neutral, and potentially harmful bacteria. The team then exposed them to 39 natural, and artificial sweeteners. About 3/4 of the sweeteners changed the growth of at least one bacterial species. Some slowed or completely stopped bacteria associated with a healthy digestive system. Researchers also combined the sweeteners with caffeine, flavoring compounds, and eight common medications.

[00:15:31]They recorded more than 100 interactions. In 34 cases, the combinations made the sweetener's effects stronger. In 68 cases, they reduce those effects. One sweetener called isostivviel suppressed two bacteria linked to gut health. Senior author, Professor Kiran Patil says artificial sweeteners may not pass through the body without affecting gut microbes. Medications and other substances may also alter those interactions. However, the results are lab-based and need testing on humans.

[00:16:04]Researchers say more evidence is needed before any direct health risks can be confirmed. That's all from our Toronto studios. Thank you for watching Muslim News. We are a community channel dedicated to bringing you stories you can trust. Please like, share, and subscribe to our content. You can also comment to let us know what you think of our coverage. You can donate now by visiting muslimwork.tv/donate.

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