Newsweek Zohran Mamdani is expected to require ALL New York Elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals," one post on X from member of the West Virginia House of Delegates Derrick Evans read. Evans was also as part of the January 6 attack on the Capitol. The post has over 300,000 views as of Thursday morning.
Another post from betting market company Polymarket read: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals." The post has almost 14 million views....
Arabic numerals are simply the digits 0 through 9—the standard number symbols used in math, banking, street signs, phone numbers, government forms, and every classroom in the United States. They’re called "Arabic numerals" because the system was transmitted to Europe through medieval Arabic scholars, but they are universal and have been used in American schools for centuries.