Videos and photos circulating on X show thousands of Muslims assembling in Times Square for evening prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, with some observers describing the scene as a disturbing display in one of America’s busiest urban hubs.
The gathering, which included participants laying out prayer mats and removing shoes amid the neon lights and billboards, has fueled intense reaction online.
Footage captured the area fully occupied for the prayer, with rows of worshippers kneeling in unison, surrounded by smatterings of tourists and vendors.
? TERRIFYING: Journalist Nate Friedman walks in silence as countless Muslims gather in New York City and made it look like an ISLAMIC NATIONThis is the United States of America.Not Iran, not Iraq, not Afghanistan. The West.Repel Islam!pic.twitter.com/QtlBULdIui
This is Times Square tonight.Fully blocked for Islamic prayer of Ramadan.Why is this allowed?pic.twitter.com/EUOeWapNkX
Footage went viral of one speaker addressing the crowd, leading to chants of “Allahu Akbar.”
? BREAKING: Many New Yorkers fear their city has been conquered after a MASSIVE group of Muslims come together to announce they're TAKING OVER NYCThe crowd responds by chanting "ALLAHU AKBAR!"WAKE UP, AMERICA! Repel Islam, they are CONQUERING us.pic.twitter.com/LkmkEpP3cS
This was Times Square last night…. NYC is no longer America, it’s an Islamic third-world cesspool.pic.twitter.com/MIzWiKfH6x
Many likened the scene to an invasion or claimed the city has been conquered.
HAPPENING NOW ? Thousands of Muslims took over New York City’s Time Square for Ramadan…New York City has been INVADEDCHRIST IS KING ?pic.twitter.com/dnLL5MGGZG
Source: modernity