New York Post

No, Donald isn’t deluded

NJ copp says Muslims did hail 9/11

- By BOB FREDERICKS rfrederick­s@nypost.com

Muslims in New Jersey celebrated 9/11 on rooftops and in street parties until they were dispersed by disgusted cops, a stunning new report said Monday, confirming the disturbing rumors that had circulated since the terror attacks 14 years ago and cited by Donald Trump.

There were at least two celebratio­ns and likely more, with gleeful men shouting, “Allahu Akbar” — God is Great — and euphoric women chanting in Arabic as smoke billowed following the attacks (above), NJ.com reported.

“Some men were dancing, some held kids on their shoulders,” claimed retired Jersey City police Capt. Peter Gallagher, who said he responded to one scene after a flood of 911 calls from outraged residents.

“The women were shouting in Arabic and keening in the highpitche­d wail of Arabic fashion. They were told to go back to their apartments, since a crowd of nonMuslims was gathering on the sidewalk below and we feared for their safety,” he said. “The celebratio­ns happened.”

Gallagher, 67, said he cleared a rooftop celebratio­n of up to 30 people at 6 Tonnelle Ave., a fourstory apartment building with a clear view across the Hudson River of lower Manhattan, after the second tower fell.

Another witness said he saw a celebratio­n on John F. Kennedy Boulevard, a major thorough fare near the Masjid Al-Salam mosque, where the “blind shiek,” Omar AbdelRahma­n, preached before a 1993 bomb attack at the World Trade Center.

“When I saw they were happy, I was pissed,” said Ron Knight, 56, who also heard cheers of “Allahu Akbar” from a crowd of about 20 people the morning of the 9/11 attacks.

GOP presidenti­al frontrunne­r Trump (inset) claimed to have seen the celebratio­ns on TV.

“I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down,” he said.

The remarks prompted blowback from Jersey officials. But NJ.com said Gallagher — described by former colleagues as a respected profession­al — and other witnesses confirmed the celebratio­ns.

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