Overview
- At a Muslims 4 Jack event in Piscataway, Ibrar Nadeem said he wants New Jersey to ban same-sex marriage and declared he does not take money from Jews.
- Event materials listed Nadeem as the campaign’s executive director for New Jersey Muslim relations, and he framed his role as securing a seat at the table for Muslim community members.
- On stage after Nadeem’s speech, Jack Ciattarelli praised him as a close adviser and did not condemn the comments.
- Ciattarelli later posted on X that he supports marriage equality and argued Nadeem was describing criticism he faces because of Ciattarelli’s support for Jewish communities and Israel.
- The Human Rights Campaign and the New Jersey Democratic State Committee demanded repudiation or firing of Nadeem, as scrutiny also centers on Ciattarelli’s 2012 vote against a state marriage-equality bill in a state where equal marriage is protected in law.