A streamer who broadcasts to more than 1 million followers on a popular online platform set off a viral firestorm after invoking Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s name as he declared Islam would take over New York City.
Controversial Statement
The extremist internet personality, Sneako, yelled ‘Allahu Akbar!’ amidst a group of Egypt soccer fans while drums were banged and horns were blown. Egyptian flags waved among the crowd as they chanted along.
Sneako, whose real name is Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy, has been described as a provocateur and has been known to associate with the online antisemitic far-right during his rise to social media stardom. Before that, he was all-in on his support for the political far-left and supported the presidential campaign of socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in 2016. He reportedly converted to Islam in 2023.
Mockingly wiping tears from his eyes, Sneako said: ‘Oh no, oh no. F— you!’ ‘This is the Islamic Republic of New York-istan,’ he continued. ‘Islam will be in every household. Inshallah the whole world will be Muslim.’ ‘Welcome to Mamdani’s New York. You see this city? You see how it looks? Inshallah, your city looks just like this too,’ he shouted among the crowd.
Reactions
The clip of Sneako quickly circulated the web, garnering tens of millions of views across platforms including Instagram and X, while thousands of people slammed him for the pronouncement. One of the sharpest replies came from Rob O’Neill, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden in an early morning raid on the terrorist’s compound in 2011.
‘These guys sound WAY different when you wake them up at 2am,’ he said. A pair of massive personalities on X, who have a history of bad blood, even teamed up to demand a harsh punishment for the streamer. ‘Deport him NOW!!!’ conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said in reply to the clip, which elicited a response from X owner and former Jones opponent Elon Musk. ‘Yes,’ Musk simply replied.
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