New York, NY — Nearly 24 years after the September 11th Islamic terror attacks, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has identified three more victims from the rubble of the World Trade Center: Ryan Fitzgerald of New York, Barbara Keating of California, and an adult woman whose family requested privacy.
The announcement, made jointly by Mayor Eric Adams and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham, brings the total number of identified victims to 1,653. Of the 2,753 people murdered in New York City that day, approximately 40% remain unidentified. Many families have yet to bury their loved ones.
Forensic experts continue to work with advanced DNA technology to match remains recovered from Ground Zero, some of which were found years after the attacks. In Fitzgerald’s case, his remains were not recovered until 2002. The DNA for Keating and the third victim was discovered in 2001.
A Skyline Changed — and Now a Soundscape Too
Even as New York continues the painstaking process of returning the dead to their families, the city’s leadership is moving in a direction that critics say reflects cultural capitulation rather than resilience.
In August 2023, Mayor Eric Adams announced that mosques in New York City would be allowed to broadcast the adhan, the Islamic supremacist call to prayer, publicly every Friday and at sundown during the month of Ramadan, without requiring a special permit.
“For too long, there has been a feeling that our communities were not allowed to amplify their calls to prayer,” Adams said. “Today, we are cutting red tape and saying clearly that mosques and houses of worship are free to amplify their call to prayer on Fridays and during Ramadan without a permit necessary.”
He added: “They will not live in the shadows of the American dream while I am the mayor of the city of New York.”
Under the new policy, the adhan — a sound long associated with Muslim-majority cities such as Riyadh and Islamabad — can now echo across the same Manhattan skyline where thousands were murdered in Islam’s name.
What the Adhan Really Says
While often presented to Western audiences as a benign religious custom, the adhan is in fact a statement of Islamic supremacy, broadcast as a public declaration that Islam is the only legitimate faith and system of law.
Let’s break it down:
- “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is the Greatest) – Repeated four times at the start. Not “God is great” in a general sense. In Arabic, “Akbar” is a comparative superlative — “greater than all others.” The meaning: Allah is greater than your god, your laws, your government. Allah is supreme.
- “Ash-hadu an-la ilaha illa Allah” (I bear witness there is no deity but Allah) – A rejection of all other belief systems, especially Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and secularism. “Your gods are false. Only ours is real.”
- “Ash-hadu anna Muhammadan-Rasulullah” (I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah) – Declares Muhammad as the final prophet sent to override all previous revelations. In Islamic law, this is a formal legal oath of conversion, excluding all other religions.
- “Hayya ‘ala s-salah” (Come to prayer) & “Hayya ‘ala ‘l-falah” (Come to success) – States that true success, in this life and the next, is found only through Islamic worship. Non-Muslims are, by definition, failing.
- “Allahu Akbar” (repeated) – Reaffirming Allah’s supremacy over all laws, gods, ideologies, and nations.
- “La ilaha illa-Allah” (There is no deity but Allah) – The final, non-negotiable truth claim: all other gods are false; Islam alone is true.
When broadcast publicly, the adhan is not just calling Muslims to prayer; it is asserting that all other faiths, systems, and laws are invalid.
A Post-9/11 Surge in Mosques
The decision comes against the backdrop of a dramatic and largely unreported transformation of America’s religious landscape since 9/11:
- 2000 — Approximately 1,200 mosques nationwide
- 2010 — Over 2,100 mosques (up 74% in less than a decade)
- 2020 — 2,769 mosques, more than half built after the attacks
Researchers note that the rapid proliferation of mosques has made it increasingly difficult to track their exact number. This growth has occurred despite the fact that the 9/11 attacks were carried out explicitly in the name of a radical interpretation of Islam.
The Work of Terrorists, Done Without a Fight
The continued expansion of Islamic infrastructure in the U.S. stands in stark contrast to the reality that New York is still retrieving and identifying human remains from Ground Zero.
For some observers, the juxtaposition is jarring: while the city sifts through bone fragments in pursuit of closure for victims’ families, it simultaneously grants public amplification to religious practices tied to the ideology of the attackers. And now, New York is preparing for another symbolic milestone, the potential election of its first openly Islamic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, a radical figure celebrated by progressive activists but whose political agenda aligns with Islamic supremacist and anti-Western causes.
“The terrorists don’t even have to attack us anymore,” one critic said. “We are doing the work for them.”
As the 24th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the question has been answered for many: America has not learned the lessons of that day. In fact, New York appears determined to forget them entirely.
