Mayor de Blasio told more than 200 people at a Queens mosque Friday night that Muslims have the same rights as all New Yorkers and vowed the city would protect them from hate crimes by bigots seeking scapegoats for the recent terror attacks in California and Paris.

“We are here to say that with every tool we have as a city and with all the capacity of the greatest police force on earth, we will protect this community,” said de Blasio at the Jamaica Muslim Center. “We reject in New York City hate crimes of all kinds. We take them very seriously.”

He also said he considers “the Muslim community in New York City an ally in the fight against terrorism,” adding “when acts of terror occur, all communities suffer.”

He also said his administration is on an “important mission” to “deepen the relationship” between the Muslim community and city government, adding it needs to be improved after years of apathy.

“We know we are living in a difficult time in history,” he said. He also thanked the leadership of the Jamaica Muslim center for “sending a very clear message” that it condemns the California attack and that “this is a religion of peace.”