Report: The author of the series “Hot Girls for Zahran” promoted conspiracy theories against Israel and the events of September 11
He is passionate about tin foil hats.
Co-founder of the viral campaign “Sexy girls for Zahran“Anti-Israel conspiracy theories have pushed online claiming the country was involved in 9/11 and the JFK assassination, according to a report.
Kaif Gilani, also known as Kaif Big – who launched the popular social media and promoted the volunteer movement Zahran Mamdani is running for mayor – Promoted wild tweets attacking Israel, including from well-known Holocaust denier Ian Carroll, according to The Guardian. Jew on the inside.
In January 2025, just a few months before the “Hot Girls” group was released, Gilani shared a post from Carroll that bizarrely implicated the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a lobbying group, in the killing of JFK.
“AIPAC has bought up 90% or more of the seats in the current Congress. JFK famously wanted to register them as a foreign agent just before he was shot.” X of Carol’s participation has been announced.
And keep promoting The long-debunked “dancing Israelis.” Conspiracy theory – which falsely claims that agents of Mossad, the country’s national intelligence agency, had advanced knowledge of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
“We are told that Israel is ‘our greatest ally,’ so why did they have a massive spy network targeting US government agencies before September 11, 2001,” the post, shared on Jilani X’s account, declared. @chunkyfila.
Gilani — who was later named the highest-paid consultant in former City Controller Brad Lander’s bid for Congress — then took part in another anti-Israel campaign in May, Jewish Insider reported.
He added: “The phrase ‘Israel has the right to exist’ is a racist and anti-Palestinian whistle, and means the annihilation of the Palestinian people.”
Gilani, who described Israel as “The state of the settlement projectHe also has a post pinned to the top of his Instagram page showing a photo of protesters waving the “Long Live Palestine” slogan.
The photo shows the entire territory of Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip wrapped in a keffiyeh with no border lines.
Last year, Hot Girls for Zohran — known for its distinctive T-shirts bearing a chunky orange stripe with the logo — began organizing viral events, including Mamdani Similar competition That’s been covered before Vanity gallery.
Founded in March 2025, the group quickly became a playful political movement aimed at attracting Generation Z, Complete with celebrities Like Emily Ratajkowski and Renee Rapp wearing t-shirts.
In a photo posted to Substack, the Big Apple mayor can now be seen standing with Jelani and holding one of the shirts.
Lander’s campaign later paid $15,000 to Gilani’s company, Brain Child LLC, to work on her “website and social media,” according to Jewish Insider.
A representative for Lander, a progressive Zionist, said Wednesday that he was not aware of the posts at the time his campaign hired Gilani’s company.
“We were not aware of Gilanti’s anonymous account,” Lander’s spokeswoman, Lauren Hitt, told The Washington Post. We cut ties with the campaign when we learned of this.”
“The campaign consultant does not represent Brad’s views,” she said, adding that Lander condemned Hamas.
Hot Girls for Zohran, co-founded by Kate Camellia, has since undergone a “rebrand” with the new name Hot Girls Organizer. Its new slogans include “Hot Girls Melt ICE” and others that fight climate change and artificial intelligence, according to what the British newspaper “Daily Mail” reported. Gothamist.
Gilani did not respond to The Post’s request for comment on Wednesday.
–Additional reporting by Hannah Viereck
