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Khaled Elgindy

Portrait of Khaled Elgindy

Political analyst and senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

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What we have documented

We have documented 2 statements by Khaled Elgindy, in 2 cases. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Khaled Elgindy

Portrait of Khaled Elgindy

Khaled Elgindy

Role at the time: Senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, posting on his X account

Condemned

Statement summary

Elgindy quote-posts Wexler's roast clip and calls the jokes blatantly racist and Islamophobic tropes presented as comedy, and vile.

“Blatantly and gratuitously racist and Islamophobic tropes masquerading as comedy. Truly vile stuff.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Khaled Elgindy's X post of Nov. 12, 2026, 21:27 · Khaled ElgindyX post of Nov. 12, 2026, 21:27 UTC, full text
Why we used this label

Elgindy calls Wexler's jokes about Mamdani and Duwaji racist and Islamophobic tropes and "Truly vile stuff," which condemns them.

Read statementFull case: Comedian Arynne Wexler's roast jokes about Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji draw Islamophobia charges; Piers Morgan calls them "disgusting"
Portrait of Khaled Elgindy

Khaled Elgindy

Role at the time: Senior fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Condemned

Response to this claim

Yousef's remarks and the audience applause constituted anti-Muslim hate and warranted an apology and repudiation from the summit and its sponsors.

“Why is a presumed anti-hate organization like ADL hosting professional bigots and hatemongers like Mosab Hassan and Gad Saad? Jonathan Greenblatt has a lot of explaining to do.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Archived social posts concerning Mosab Hassan Yousef and the Jewish American Summit
Why we used this label

The post directly applies strongly negative moral labels and demands institutional accountability.

Read statementFull case: Mosab Hassan Yousef’s call for Muslims to leave the United States at the Jewish American Summit

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Case

Comedian Arynne Wexler's roast jokes about Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji draw Islamophobia charges; Piers Morgan calls them "disgusting"

Relationship to this case: Speaker

At Commentary magazine's annual roast, comedian Arynne Wexler joked that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani bought his wife, Rama Duwaji, when she was 12. Piers Morgan called the jokes disgusting, critics called them Islamophobic, and Will Chamberlain said she did nothing wrong.

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