Political Islam

According to Sam Westrop’s article [1] in the March 6, 2026 edition of Focus on Western Islamism:

“Following the Middle East Forum’s January report on Islamist efforts to secure public funding in Texas, a new investigation indicates that a private Islamist-run school and radical curricula provider in the Dallas suburbs, previously established and staffed by Hamas-aligned operatives, are today teaching children hatred of “disbelievers” and lauding the work of banned terror charities.

Previous school staff appear to have included two close relatives of the Doha-based Hamas leader Khaled Mishal, family members of convicted terrorists, a deported Hamas operative, and an unindicted co-conspirator in America’s largest terror financing trial.”

According to the article, the Brighter Horizons Academy is a subsidiary of and uses educational materials and textbooks from the Islamic Services Foundation (ISF). In addition to presenting terrorist organizations as charities doing good works and Muslim Brotherhood clerics as mainstream Islamic scholars, these books inculcate children from kindergarten to grade 12 with hatred for American society. By high school graduation, they are perfect instruments of dawah and jihad.

The preface of the grade 12 textbook, Living Islam—Islam in America: Part 7 [2] says:

“…The American Muslim can contribute greatly to the restoration of the spiritual and moral core of this modern civilization which has been profoundly shaken by the advancement of materialistic social norms. North American Muslims can restore the spiritual and moral dimensions of modern life while continuing to be faithful to the true spirit of the modern American society…”

How would this be accomplished? By spreading Islam, of course.

Two paragraphs later, the preface frames the 9/11 jihad attacks on the US as an event that victimized Muslims and vilified Islam:

“…The story of American Muslims is not free of difficulties, challenges or even sacrifices. Although the Muslim community lost tens of their dear ones in the tragic events of September 11 in New York and Washington, they paid dearly out of their very existence and livelihood during the years after. The tragedy was brought upon them as it was brought upon their countrymen and women. What shook Muslim Americans even more, the fact that the image of Islam and the Muslim was severely challenged and scrutinized…”

Not counting the hijackers, 32 Muslims were killed [3] in that act of jihad versus over 2900 non-Muslims (Kafirs). The last thing heard from the cockpit of Flight 93 [4] was someone shouting, “Allahu akbar!” (God is the greatest!) But according to Nabil Sadoun [5], a man who was deported for having undisclosed ties to Hamas [6] and author of the preface as well as many ISF textbooks, Muslims are hurt and upset about what they perceive as an image problem. Image problem? What kind of image do they expect people to have of Islam when violent jihadis kill thousands of innocent, defenceless people in the name of Allah?

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📚 Sources:
[1] https://www.meforum.org/fwi/hamas-officials-family-and-affiliates-established-and-staffed-top-dallas-private-school
[2] https://noorart.com/collections/living-islam/products/living-islam-islam-in-america-part-7-12th-grade-1
[3] https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/11/166286
[4] https://famous-trials.com/moussaoui/1808-cockpittape
[5] https://dev.investigativeproject.org/5089/foia-exposes-deported-cair-official-support-for
[6]https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr8236ih/pdf/BILLS-119hr8236ih.pdf



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At a United Nations event marking the UN’s International Day to Combat Islamophobia [1], the Holy See issued a statement [2] warning that denial of religious freedom leads to fear, violence, and social decay. While framed as a defense of universal liberty, the Vatican’s intervention adopts a highly contested political term—“Islamophobia”—without addressing the ideological and legal dimensions of Islam that generate legitimate public concern.

The term itself did not arise as a neutral descriptor of anti-Muslim bigotry. It was promoted through international institutions by actors linked to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), whose long-standing agenda includes limiting criticism of Islamic doctrine under the rubric of “defamation of religions.” By expressing gratitude to the OIC for organizing the event, the Holy See effectively legitimized a bloc that represents states adhering to the doctrine, found in the Koran (Allah’s words) and Sunna (Mohammed’s traditions and biography) which states that the conversion out of Islam, blasphemy, or criticism of Mohammed can be punishable by imprisonment or death. This raises an obvious contradiction: institutions that severely restrict religious freedom at home are positioned as guardians of tolerance abroad [...]

Opposition to anti-Muslim violence or harassment was never questioned across non-Islamic countries. Human life, its protection and dignity is always at the core of non-Islamic societies, regardless of people’s background. However, the politicized concept of “Islamophobia” often functions to delegitimize examination of Islamic political ideology, Sharia-derived policies, or the role of the Islamic doctrine in public life. By endorsing this framework and praising the OIC, the Vatican risks reinforcing a narrative that equates critique of ideas with hatred of people—an equation that undermines the very freedom of thought and belief it seeks to defend [...]

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📚 Sources:
[1] https://www.cspii.org/methodology/research-reports/islamophobia/
[2] https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2026-03/holy-see-at-un-on-islamophobia-freedom-of-belief-is-not-optional.html



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A recent NPR report [1] on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s public Ramadan events exemplifies a broader media pattern: portraying Islam as a neutral, purely spiritual faith while obscuring its civilizational, political and military dimensions. The story presents public prayers and shared iftar meals as harmless cultural inclusion, framing them as efforts “to normalize Muslim life” in the city.

By depicting Ramadan celebrations as purely cultural and portraying Islam as a neutral personal faith, NPR’s coverage exemplifies how major media outlets sanitize what is believed to be, and is often also legally inaccurately considered, a religion. However, Islam is and always has been, both doctrinally and in practice, a comprehensive civilization system. Public iftar events [2] hosted by state officials are not merely dinners; they are symbolic assertions tied to a tradition that merges religion, law, and a political system designed to subjugate all others.

A high-profile public observance led by a political figure — especially when explicitly described as defiant — can be interpreted as a form of political jihad [3], even in the absence of violence. Political Islam is a threat to non-Islamic civilizations, even through non-violent jihad. Actually, much more so.

Activities that improve Islam’s PR, visibility, or influence in non-Islamic societies can fall within this non-violent category. Jihad aims at Islam’s ultimate prevalence, and the creation of positive public promotion can serve that goal.

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📚 Sources:
[1] https://www.npr.org/2026/03/17/nx-s1-5743984/mamdanis-public-observance-of-ramadan-highlights-islam-in-nyc
[2] https://www.cspii.org/learn-political-islam/new-articles/invitations-to-iftar-meals-during-ramadan-are-calls-to-islam/
[3] https://www.cspii.org/methodology/research-reports/jihad/

☪️ ➡️ Learn more about Ramadan:
1️⃣ Guide: https://www.cspii.org/learn-political-islam/new-articles/ramadan-for-non-muslims-a-kafirs-guide/
2️⃣ History: https://www.cspii.org/learn-political-islam/new-articles/ramadan-a-celebration-of-jihad/



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