Mamdani for Jihad He supports the jihad against Israel and India. Nevertheless, at least some Muslims took him to be a Muslim candidate, running to further the cause of Islam. “The true believer,” said Malik, “knows that none of this is in vain, that this is all jihad.”Did Mamdani think “this is all jihad”? Whether he did or not, his support for the jihads against both Israel and the India was unmistakable and troubling. This was the incident to which Mamdani was referring as a virtual wiping-out of the Muslims across the entire state of Gujarat.