As the sun set in Paris, a suspected Islamist terrorist was shot after charging French police with a bladed weapon near the Arc de Triomphe during a solemn ceremony Friday evening, authorities said. The attack unfolded shortly before the daily rekindling of the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, one of France’s most symbolically charged national rites.
Police identified the assailant as Brahim Bahrir, a 48-year-old French national who had been released from prison on Dec. 24, 2025, after serving 12 years of a 17-year sentence for terrorism-related violence. According to a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/paris-police-attacked-arc-triomphe-61a6af125becebd1d425c7e0b14a8f79">report</a> from the Associated Press, Bahrir was convicted in 2013 for stabbing three Belgian police officers in Molenbeek, a Brussels suburb, as part of a terrorist enterprise. He was later transferred to France to complete his sentence before his release late last year.
The Friday attack occurred shortly after 6 p.m. local time as members of the Republican Guard were conducting the Flame-of-the-Unknown-Soldier ceremony. Bahrir reportedly lunged at an officer, armed with a knife and scissors, prompting police to open fire. One officer sustained minor injuries before another officer shot the suspect multiple times, stopping the attack.
French authorities said no bystanders were injured. Bahrir was transported to the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital in critical condition, but later died of his wounds, according to the national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office.
Officials confirmed that Bahrir was already known to authorities and had been placed under post-release surveillance due to his prior radicalization and assessed threat level. He was subject to routine reporting requirements at the time of the attack.
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the incident as an act of terrorism and praised the police response, commending officers for their composure and for preventing what he said could have been far worse during a ceremony attended by civilians, including schoolchildren.
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À l’Arc de Triomphe ce soir, alors que la Flamme était ravivée, une attaque terroriste a visé la Garde républicaine.
Je salue le courage et le sang-froid exemplaires de nos gendarmes et de nos militaires de Sentinelle : ils ont mis fin à l’attaque et évité le pire.…
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The nearby metro station was temporarily closed at the request of police, and security forces sealed off the area around the monument, which was converted into a crime scene. The traffic circle surrounding the Arc de Triomphe remained open, though the landmark itself was closed to the public as the investigation began at the scene of the crime.
France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor has opened an investigation into the attack.
The incident comes amid renewed scrutiny across Europe over Islamist violence carried out by individuals already known to security services, often following prison release. Recent attacks and foiled plots in France, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-people-stabbed-by-arab-looking-man-in-terror-attack-on-diversity-festival-in-germany-report">Germany</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-isis-member-kills-2-in-brussels-belgium-raises-terror-alert-level-to-extremely-serious">Belgium</a>, and the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c875xgxjgj2o">United Kingdom</a> have fueled concerns that existing monitoring regimes are insufficient to contain the long-term threat posed by radicalized offenders, particularly as European governments grapple with high levels of immigration from regions affected by Islamist extremism and ongoing instability.
Friday’s attack, carried out at the heart of French national symbolism by a convicted terrorist under supervision, is likely to intensify debate over counterterrorism enforcement, post-release monitoring, and whether Western governments are adequately confronting the ideological roots of Islamist violence rather than merely responding to its aftermath.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday that he was investigating whether a development project linked to a Dubai-based company was going to be a “sharia city.”  
Paxton, a Republican, said he was taking action to examine a development underway in Kaufman, Texas, about 34 miles southeast of Dallas. The development drew attention after an American subsidiary of the Dubai-based SEE Holdings purchased thousands of acres of land near Kaufman, and claims circulated that up to 20,000 foreign nationals would be moving there. 
“There will be no ‘sharia city’ in Texas under my watch,” Paxton said. “While you’re on American soil, you will obey America’s laws. I have launched this investigation to determine the nature of this development in Kaufman County and will be thoroughly investigating this matter for any unlawful actions.” 
The land was purchased in connection with the Delaware-based Kaufman Solar, Paxton <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-announces-investigation-potentially-illegal-sharia-city-development">said</a>. Paxton has requested information from SEE Holdings and Kaufman Solar, including communications with the city and government officials, the relationship between the two companies, and details on the planned development. 
Paxton’s investigation comes after The Daily Caller published a <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/04/kaufman-solar-llc-texas-plano-epic-sustainable-city-dubai-saudi-middle-east/">report</a> noting concerns from residents that there could be up to 20,000 foreign nationals coming to the “sustainable” development.
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) told The Daily Caller that SEE Holdings contacted him about the development. 
“The group reached out to me, and I said under no circumstances would we accept any planned community that included mosques or religious buildings or schools. Twenty thousand foreigners is news to me, but that would also be a nonstarter, obviously,” he told the outlet. 
“If they were from New York and not Dubai, then we likely wouldn’t be concerned, but considering what our neighboring counties have been through, they’re going to have to actively involve the community to get buy-in, and that has yet to happen,” he added. 
Kaufman Solar is a limited liability company registered in Delaware that was founded in August 2022. Its registered agent is the Delaware-based Nextera Registered Agency, and <a href="https://kaufmancountytx.new.swagit.com/videos/320652">minutes</a> from Kaufman County commissioner meetings show that NextEra Energy Resources represented Kaufman Solar during talks with city officials. 
The Daily Wire reached out to SEE Holdings and NextEra Energy Resources. They did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 
After publication, NextEra Energy Resources told The Daily Wire that neither it &#8220;nor Kaufman Solar is affiliated with or involved in the proposed sustainable city development in Kaufman County.&#8221;
Last year, Paxton launched a similar investigation into EPIC City, a planned Muslim community in northern Texas. Paxton sued in December to stop construction of the city, alleging that developers violated state securities laws. The developers have denied any wrongdoing. 
“The leaders behind EPIC City have engaged in a radical plot to destroy hundreds of acres of beautiful Texas land and line their own pockets,” Paxton said. “I will relentlessly bring the full force of the law against anyone who thinks they can ignore the rules and hurt Texans.”
In recent months, Republican lawmakers have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-take-stand-against-sharia-law-with-new-house-caucus">stepped up calls</a> for the need to ban Sharia law in the United States. Last week, House Republicans launched the Sharia Free America Caucus, saying that Islamic law was incompatible with the Constitution.

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Just one week after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warned of the major threat posed by Islamists, major cities across the United States — and around the world — have altered and even canceled New Year&#8217;s celebrations due to security concerns.
In Chicago, state and local officials released a joint threat assessment just before Christmas, and warned that <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-years-eve-chicago-news-citys-nye-2025-celebration-is-attractive-target-foreign-domestic-extremists-report-says/18310758/">crowded celebrations</a> — such as the annual New Year&#8217;s Eve fireworks at Navy Pier — could be &#8220;attractive targets&#8221; for either domestic or foreign terrorists. They plan to go ahead with the events as planned, but will be increasing security in the area — and will be actively monitoring for potential attacks with drones or by using vehicles to ram crowds.
In <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/four-indicted-foiled-new-years-eve-terror-bombing-plot-targeting-southern-california-businesses">Los Angeles</a>, just over a week earlier, the FBI foiled a series of planned New Year&#8217;s attacks by the anti-government extremist group Turtle Island Liberation Front. Those attacks were supposed to target local businesses — and the group also planned to target Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the coming weeks. Members of the group had already begun the process of building and testing pipe bombs to be used in the holiday attacks when they were caught.
Audrey Carroll, one of those indicted in the Southern California case, had sent messages to other members saying things like, &#8220;I identify as a terrorist,&#8221; and, &#8220;I am a Hamas fangirl.&#8221;
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A <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/lone-wolves-small-groups-most-persistent-security-threats-new-years-eve-times-square-report-says/18305122/">threat assessment</a> for the massive New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration held in Times Square, New York City, also raised red flags as officials said the largest concerns were potential &#8220;lone wolf&#8221; actors and small, organized groups. New York City is a symbolically &#8220;aspirational target&#8221; for would-be terrorists, the assessment stated, also noting the potential for &#8220;vehicle ramming attacks.&#8221;
&#8220;Lone offenders remain a particular concern due to their frequent ability to avoid detection until operational — al-Qa&#8217;ida and ISIS, and their supporters, continue to demonstrate an interest in targeting special events in the Homeland, as well as US officials and other perceived enemies,&#8221; the assessment read.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said that he would still feel comfortable allowing celebrations to go on if he were in charge, touting the capabilities of the New York Police Department: &#8220;If it were me in New York, I would go ahead, but that&#8217;s because I know I have the greatest police department in the world.&#8221;
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“If it were me in New York, I would go ahead, but that&#8217;s because I know I have the greatest police department in the world.”
— Former NYC Mayor <a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RudyGiuliani</a> said New York City can still hold a safe New Year’s Eve celebration despite heightened terror threats<a href="https://twitter.com/RitaCosby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RitaCosby</a> <a href="https://t.co/AD7900BsQ3">pic.twitter.com/AD7900BsQ3</a>
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The threat assessments come as multiple <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/the-real-war-on-christmas">celebrations</a> and holiday events — from Christmas markets to New Year&#8217;s Eve concerts — have been noticeably changed or canceled altogether across Europe amid similar threats of Islamist attacks.
In Salzburg, Austria, the famous Christmas market has had a security overhaul — including security guards and dozens of cameras — and Paris has canceled the annual New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration on the Champs- Élysées.
It also comes as Gabbard recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-warns-that-islamist-ideology-is-freedoms-greatest-threat">laid out</a> the threat posed — in the United States and around the world — by Islamist ideology.
“It is a political ideology that seeks to create a global caliphate that governs us here in America,” she said, adding, “And if you fail to comply, if you fail to adhere to this ideology, if you dare to exercise your God-given right to free speech, censorship is not what we face. They will use violence or any means that they deem as necessary to silence us.”

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One of the dumbest things we can do is flatten all ideologies and pretend all human beings think the same way.
Every time someone does this, you end up with the worst possible policy.
If you say, for example, all human beings have a yearning in their human heart for freedom in the same exact way, that can very easily lead you to the policies pursued by the George W. Bush administration, in which the president declared that the goal of the United States was to end tyranny on planet Earth.
Of course, that is not a sustainable goal, because it assumes that everyone has the same priorities that you have.
In the same way, when you suggest that all acts of violence are equivalent, when you abstract terrible things happening to the level of the general, when you say, “Okay, there&#8217;s a specific terror act directed at whites or Jews or blacks” — instead of looking at the specific cause that is being pursued, instead of looking at the specific ideological matrix used to justify and foment violence, you simply say “Violence is bad, and all human beings should just know that violence is bad,” you are preventing the actual solutions to those problems.
That’s because if you refuse to face up to the fact that certain ideas are worse than other ideas, certain cultures are worse than other cultures, certain ideological frameworks are worse than other ideological frameworks, you&#8217;re missing the motivating factor in human action.
Instead, what you end up with is a blunderbuss foreign policy that differentially strikes groups in an unfair and stupid way. 
The other day, Sunny Hostin of The View did a signal version of this. She was commenting on the mass shooting in Bondi Beach in Sydney against Jews by two Islamists.
Here is what she had to say:
<blockquote>I used to think that gun violence was just an American phenomenon. And now we see this sort of anti-Semitic attack in Australia on the first day of Hanukkah, which is so disgusting and disturbing. And then, you know, kids going to college at Brown in the middle of finals getting murdered. What those families went through? Why all of this sickness and hatred going around the world? </blockquote>
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The View is a purveyor of hate. Now, after the tragic weekend, they wonder why there&#8217;s so much hate. 
&#8220;Why all of this sickness and hatred going around the world? Not just in this country,&#8221; Sunny Hostin, one of the most hate-fueled people on TV. <a href="https://t.co/ox73cTuPq6">pic.twitter.com/ox73cTuPq6</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/2000599580283420709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“Why all of this sickness and hatred going around the world?” That’s fine on the level of a two-year-old.
But let&#8217;s be very clear. Different ideological groups commit different types of crimes. Some commit no crimes. Some actually promote peace. Some ideologies promote vast terror attacks, such as radical Islamism.
But when you reduce everything to “It&#8217;s just an act of violence,” or to the tool, such as a gun; when you look at the Brown University shooting, where we still don&#8217;t know the motive, and then you look at what happened in Sydney, Australia, where you absolutely know the motive and you flatten that out and pretend they are both the same, you&#8217;re preventing the implementation of policies that would actually prevent shootings.
That’s because there actually are ways to target radical Islam in, for example, Sydney, Australia: Don&#8217;t import more radical Muslims. Surveil radical mosques. Create a better security apparatus. Have a government that does not grant credibility to radical Islamists and their arguments.
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There are many ways to fight particular ideologies or particular ideas.
But when you flatten that all out to the idea that it&#8217;s all just “gun violence,” you are preventing a solution.
That is often the core of the debate between the Right and the Left, the traditional Right and Left.
I always have to clarify this because there are people who exist on the so-called political Right who are not in any real way conservative; they just don&#8217;t like some of the elements of the Left.
But traditional conservative thinking suggests that human beings are motivated by the ideas and ideologies they carry, and also that human beings are deeply flawed. They&#8217;re not inherently good; human beings have the capacity for greatness and also the capacity for sin.
All of this is embedded in Federalist 51, in which James Madison argues that if human beings were angels, you wouldn&#8217;t need a government in order to govern them because they would be angels.
Once you recognize the reality of human flaws and nature, once you recognize that people change their behavior based on the ideologies that they hold, then it makes it possible to look at the outgrowth of particular ideologies and then fight those ideas.
Otherwise, what you end up with is a very bad and stupid public policy.

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A man in his mid-30s deliberately drove into pedestrians and cyclists on Île d’Oléron, a French island off the Atlantic coast, on Wednesday, injuring ten people — four critically — between the villages of Dolus-d’Oléron and Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron.
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🔴 ALERTE &#8211; Attentat islamiste à la voiture bélier sur l&#39;île d&#39;Oléron : Jean-Luc Mélenchon se rend au chevet du conducteur. <a href="https://t.co/ncGNhiIuuX">pic.twitter.com/ncGNhiIuuX</a>
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The attacker, known locally for prior offenses including theft, substance abuse, and erratic behavior, reportedly shouted &#8220;Allahu Akbar&#8221; during his arrest, yet authorities have not confirmed a terror motive. He attempted to ignite his vehicle, which contained gas cylinders, before being subdued by police. Despite his alarming actions, French intelligence said he was not on any radicalization watchlists. The local mayor described him as someone “known to police for behavior that is not entirely normal.” Victims, aged between 22 and 69, were airlifted to the University Hospital of Poitiers, while a psychological support unit was established on the island.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez promptly launched an investigation and traveled to the scene upon the prime minister’s request. The anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office is monitoring but has not officially taken over the investigation. The attack has reignited urgent calls from French leaders like Sébastien Chenu, Deputy of the National Assembly, who stated, “There is an urgent need to identify, root out, track down, and combat this Islamist hydra in each of its networks, its funding channels, its rhetoric, and its political supporters. This is a war you must wage here and now.”
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ol%C3%A9ron?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Oléron</a> : &#8220;Il y a urgence à identifier, débusquer, traquer, combattre cette hydre islamiste dans chacun de ses relais, ses financements, ses discours, ses soutiens politiques&#8221;, lance <a href="https://twitter.com/sebchenu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sebchenu</a> (RN). &#8220;C&#8217;est une guerre qu&#8217;il vous faut mener ici et maintenant.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DirectAN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DirectAN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QAG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QAG</a> <a href="https://t.co/jvwhgnGPAb">pic.twitter.com/jvwhgnGPAb</a>
— LCP (@LCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LCP/status/1986065357816172689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In October 2020, an 18-year-old Russian Muslim refugee killed Samuel Paty, a French secondary school teacher, beheading him with a cleaver. In October 2023, a 20-year-old who claimed his act was in the name of ISIS, launched an attack at the Gambetta-Carnot school in Arras, the capital of the Pas-de-Calais, killing a literature teacher who was trying to protect his students. In December 2023, a French man attacked three people in Paris using a knife and hammer as he allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar.” One victim was killed.
The latest incident spotlights systemic gaps allowing individuals with troubled pasts — though not flagged as radical — to carry out violent rampages. It serves as a stark reminder of the persistent threat of Islamist-inspired violence in France and the imperative for decisive governmental action to safeguard citizens and counter extremism effectively.

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I recently listened to the daughter of a Hamas sheikh share her story — one that serves as a warning for New York’s mayoral election. For her safety, I’m withholding her name. 
Her mother was Jewish and escaped their Arab village in Israel soon after giving birth. Her father was a wealthy, devout Muslim sheikh with multiple wives. At 14, his daughter chose to live with him, hoping for family and belonging. Instead, what she found was indoctrination and abuse.
Her father woke her routinely in the middle of the night to test her on the Quran. Beatings were justified because, in the Quran, women are only capable of reaching heaven if the men around them are satisfied. At 15, he forced her to marry her 22-year-old cousin. She immediately became pregnant. At six months, her husband beat her in the street for stepping outside her home without permission. She lost the baby at his hands. Her father blamed her — and made her thank her husband for not killing her.
Her father was embedded in Yasser Arafat’s inner circle — the leader of the Palestinian Authority (PLO), and architect of the Second Intifada. The men around her spoke of Israel as a meal to devour “bite by bite” — relentless, incremental, unending. In conversations she overheard, the goal was never compromise. The hate was endless.
She escaped at 17. Homeless, terrified, and alone, when an Israeli social worker discovered her and soon discovered Judaism’s light: a faith rooted in justice, kindness, and human dignity. Today, she raises her children in freedom and dedicates her life to protecting girls from the same abuse she endured.
Her warning is simple: no matter what you give, negotiate, or attempt at nation-building, political Islam’s hate will never stop. 
The ideology that brutalized her doesn’t stay overseas — it is finding its way into our American cities. Hamas wages physical war in Gaza, but its politics are being waged in local councils and mayoral races, where figures like Zohran Mamdani repurpose Hamas-style rhetoric of “resistance” and “liberation” under the banner of socialism.
I’ve seen it firsthand — radical doctrine pushed under the guise of progressive policy. Over the past two years, I helped apply pressure to block two BDS resolutions at the council level in Nashville, Tennessee. This isn’t theory — it’s unfolding through politics, education, and activist networks quietly advancing Islamist agendas to destabilize the West.
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<h3>Politics:</h3>
Islamist‑backed groups like <a href="https://www.cair.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Directory.pdf">CAIR sponsor or support at least 235 elected officials</a> at state and federal levels, shaping policy and narrative — including in the current New York mayoral race. Once in office, these politicians import religious ideology into governance, reshaping norms and weakening Western culture. 
CAIR’s Unity &amp; Justice Fund reportedly contributed <a href="https://www.jns.org/cair-reportedly-donated-100000-to-support-mamdani-campaign-for-nyc-mayor/">$100,000 to Zohran Mamdani’s campaign</a>, reinforcing the alliance between Islamist networks and democratic‑socialist politics. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) have called for a federal investigation into CAIR’s funding sources, questioning whether the organization is financed or directed by Hamas or other terrorist groups. 
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has renewed efforts to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization — a network whose U.S. affiliates, including the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), hold the deeds to hundreds of mosques and Islamic centers across the United States. CAIR has documented ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, including being listed as a member of its Palestine Committee in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation terrorism‑financing trial, and was named an unindicted co‑conspirator.
<h3>Political Symbols And Education:</h3>
Anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric are being woven into classrooms, books, and art — disguised as “diversity” or “multiculturalism.” This summer, a public school in downtown Nashville hosted “<a href="https://x.com/StopAntisemites/status/1966492472827101673">Keffiyeh Day</a>,” celebrating a political symbol tied to Yasser Arafat and the Second Intifada. <a href="https://combatantisemitism.org/cam-news/virginia-high-school-students-glorify-violence-in-horrifying-mock-kidnapping-videos/">At Thomas Jefferson High School in Northern Virginia</a>, students from the Muslim Student Association reenacted Hamas kidnappings in keffiyehs to promote their group. These are not isolated incidents — they reflect a broader ideological initiative.
<h3>The Socialist Cover For Islamist Ambition:</h3>
Words like justice, freedom, victim, oppressed, and occupation are being repurposed to advance extremism. Mamdani, who up until recently has refused to condemn chants to “globalize the Intifada” while promoting the anti-American and anti-Israel BDS movement, exposes how Islamist talking points are being mainstreamed through progressive politics. Under the banner of equity and oppression, Mamdani blurs the line between social justice and political Islam — turning compassion into a Trojan horse for division. His rhetoric mirrors the same moral inversion used by groups like Hamas and the BDS movement: recasting terrorists as victims, and democracies like America and Israel as oppressors. It’s not solidarity — it’s subversion.
The solution is not compromise — it’s clarity. If we elect leaders without Western values, we erase Western values.
Just as the daughter of the Hamas sheikh found light after darkness, our communities must commit to deradicalization, education, and the moral courage to say a definitive “no.”
The fight is no longer overseas. It’s here — on our American soil. We must act now, before the next bite is taken.
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We now know the real victim of 9/11. 
Zohran Mamdani’s family members.
Over the course of the weekend, Mamdani decided to talk extensively about 9/11 and his feelings about it.
At a press conference in the Bronx, he decided that the real victim of 9/11, the real true victim of 9/11 — where roughly 3,000 Americans were murdered in the worst Islamist terrorist attack ever — was his auntie, who, according to Mamdani, rode the subway and may or may not have received a mean look.
“I want to use this moment to speak to the Muslims of New York City,” Mamdani proclaimed. “I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after September 11 because she did not feel safe in her hijab.”
He is such a fraud. The fake tears. If you buy into this fraudulent human, you are a fool.
Zohran Mamdani has somehow transformed 9/11, the worst terror event ever on American soil and the worst event in the history of New York City, into a sad story about American Islamophobia.
Do you understand what he&#8217;s doing? The idea is that if he is not elected, the same Islamophobia will be responsible for preventing him from being mayor of New York.
The problem is not his pro-jihadist leanings, which we have detailed multiple times. The problem is not that he has stood for globalizing the intifada, or the Holy Land Five, or that he posed alongside an unindicted coconspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
That&#8217;s not the problem.
The problem — according to Mamdani — is all of you who are mean to him about those things because you are Islamophobic.
He&#8217;s doing the Norm MacDonald joke in which Norm joked that if there were a nuclear bomb set off by Islamic terrorists in the middle of New York City, he would be afraid for the real victims: the Muslims in New York City.
This is what Mamdani is doing now, and it doesn&#8217;t stop there. He&#8217;s making this a central plank of his campaign. Many of the things that people think of as bugs in the Mamdani campaign are features of the Mamdani campaign.
People look at Mamdani and say, “What a weird campaign. Why is he running on Islamophobia? Why doesn’t he just run as a normal progressive Democrat?”
They don&#8217;t understand. These features are the reason a bunch of left-wing Democrats are going to vote for him — and do so enthusiastically. Without the victimhood, he would be a nothing burger. A nothing burger stacked atop a nothing sandwich atop a gigantic junkyard of nothing.
It is the victimhood alone that has elevated Zohran Mamdani.
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Now, you may say to yourself, “Wait, he&#8217;s not a victim. Didn&#8217;t his family immigrate from Uganda? Not exactly a nice place to live. And he still holds dual citizenship with Uganda. Aren&#8217;t his parents wealthy? Didn&#8217;t his dad teach at Columbia, and his mom have a career as a film producer? How could this complete, utter, useless human being, a leech on the fat rump of the United States, be a victim?”
The answer is that at some time, somewhere, someone gave him a mean look because of Islamophobia.
The term “Islamophobia” is very often just a cover for “Don&#8217;t criticize radical Islam. If you criticize radical Islam, that&#8217;s a form of Islamophobia.”
Islamophobia is a weird charge because when you look at someone, unless they&#8217;re wearing religious garb, it is very difficult to be Islamophobic. You don&#8217;t even know that they&#8217;re Muslim. Islam is a religion. Islam is not a race. If you saw Zohran Mamdani on the street, you&#8217;d have a hard time pegging his ethnicity, let alone his religion.
But according to Mamdani, the real problem here is for Americans to unravel an unreasoning, irrational fear of Muslims.
Every accusation from Mamdani is an admission. No one has engaged in more bigotry in this campaign than Zohran Mamdani. It is a form of bigotry to endorse “globalize the intifada,” and “Hamas should not disarm.” It&#8217;s bigotry against non-terrorists.
Zohran Mamdani is 33 years old. 9/11 happened 24 years ago — he was nine when 9/11 happened.
I&#8217;m about eight years older than Zohran Mamdani, so I remember 9/11 pretty well because I was a late teen already, and I remember the extraordinary efforts that the federal government, state government, and city government of New York went through in order to tamp down on “Islamophobia.” George W. Bush gave full speeches about how radical Islam was not the same as normal mainstream Islam, how radical Islam was a perversion of Islam, and that there shouldn&#8217;t be any sort of backlash against Muslims. Then the city of New York did the same thing.
Mamdani whining about the treatment of Muslims in a country that is wildly, wildly Muslim-friendly is totally insane. The city of New York, by the way, is now 11% Muslim, which is the same percentage of the Jewish population. We always hear about the big Jewish population in New York. And that&#8217;s true. The same exact population is Muslim in New York now.
Is there radical discrimination against Muslims in New York? By what metric?
How is it that Mamdani can talk about 9/11 and not spare one sentence for the actual victims, the people who leaped to their deaths from the 19th story of the World Trade Center, the people who were crushed beneath millions of pounds of molten steel? Not to mention the firefighters, and the people who got cancer years later from all the dust and debris.
Nothing for them, but his aunt, who got a mean look?
No wave of anti-Muslim hate crimes followed 9/11. Not in New York, nor anywhere else.
Without Mamdani claiming victimhood, he&#8217;s got nothing. Nothing. His program is trash. His candidacy is smugness and ugliness masquerading as kindness. He hates the things that make America go. He hates capitalism. He hates traditional Judeo/Christian religion. He hates traditional values. He hates America&#8217;s role in the world. That&#8217;s who this guy is.
And yet, somehow, this guy, who is apparently rich in the coin of victimhood and one of the least victimized people I have ever conceived of, is a victim.
There&#8217;s been a lot of talk on the Right about the death of wokeness, how wokeness is dying.
No. Wokeness is in remission. It is not dying. The cancer is not yet dead. Wokeness is in remission because wokeness is rooted in the idea that there&#8217;s an internal American victimhood system, and this class of victims cannot be identified by their level of success in American society or prosperity or notoriety. It can be identified specifically by levels of racial diversity and by nontraditional background.
As long as that matrix is undergirding everything that is happening, wokeness is not dead. It&#8217;s just waiting. It&#8217;s just waiting for a sunnier season to burst through the icy frost that has crossed the woke landscape.
There will be a thaw. Mamdani is the thaw, the green shoot of wokeness springing up beneath that permafrost.
That is what he is.
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Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli has extended a high-profile invitation to British activist and outspoken immigration critic Tommy Robinson, calling him a “courageous leader” in the fight against radical Islam. Robinson, known for his unapologetic stance against jihadist extremism and his support for Israel, is set to visit the Jewish state in mid-October, immediately following his October 13 court appearance in the U.K.
“In the wake of the horrific Manchester terrorist attack, Israel and the Jewish people stand firmly with our allies in the United Kingdom,” Chikli wrote on X. “Tommy is a courageous leader on the front line against radical Islam… He has proven himself a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people.”
The invitation marks a striking gesture of solidarity between segments of Israeli leadership and Western nationalists who have consistently supported Israel’s right to self-defense — especially since Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
Robinson, who accepted the invitation, emphasized the trip as a personal mission—not one motivated by compensation or fanfare, but by shared values and a mutual struggle. “The horrific Manchester attack has strengthened my conviction that the United Kingdom and Israel are fighting the same battle—against the scourge of Islamic jihad,” Robinson posted on X. “Their fight is our fight. I’m a proud British patriot and a Zionist.”
During his visit, Robinson plans to tour key sites across Israel, including Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and the Nova Festival site — scene of Hamas’s atrocities on October 7, 2023. He also intends to visit Yad Vashem, the Jabotinsky Institute, and the Knesset, where he’ll meet with Israeli lawmakers including Chikli. The visit, he said, will be an opportunity to deepen his understanding of Zionism and Jewish history. &#8220;Jabotinsky is the ideological forefather of Prime Minister Netanyahu, one of the great leaders of the world.&#8221; Robinson noted, adding his desire to learn more about the roots of Jewish national self-determination.
Robinson’s vocal support for Israel hasn’t come without backlash. After some liberal Jewish groups criticized the invitation, Robinson didn’t back down. “The elitist Jews, the woke, liberal, open-borders Jews—they don’t represent ordinary Jews,” he <a href="https://x.com/HeidiBachram/status/1974566668983730680">said</a>. “The conservative Jews who invited me—like Netanyahu and Chikli—do.”
As expected, Robinson’s candor sparked further accusations of antisemitism—claims he flatly rejected. “Calling out &#8216;elitist Jews&#8217; is not in any way antisemitic,” he <a href="https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1974800321235820598">said</a>. “That is a tool used by infantilised indoctrinates who despicably use the term/slur (dependent on context) to protect themselves from legitimate criticism while simultaneously covering their ideological opponent with a disingenuous mud they hope sticks so they don&#8217;t have to tackle the real issue. Attacking the man while ignoring the message is a typical leftist bulls*** thing to do and it doesn&#8217;t wash with me.”
Prominent Jewish voices defended Chikli’s decision and Robinson himself.
Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana declared, “Looking forward to hosting you at the Knesset mate! You’re doing a great service to your country, but more than that. As I have said repeatedly since Oct 7th, far from being a local struggle — this is a global battle, between the forces of radicalism, extremism and fundamentalism, and those of freedom, liberty and democracy. Western civilization is under attack — and it’s our duty to stand firmly together — and win. See you in Jerusalem!”
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Looking forward to hosting you at the Knesset mate!
You’re doing a great service to your country, but more than that. 
As I have said repeatedly since Oct 7th, far from being a local struggle &#8211; this is a global battle, between the forces of radicalism, extremism and… <a href="https://t.co/v3AALwXEBc">https://t.co/v3AALwXEBc</a>
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Avi Yemini of Rebel News wrote: “Dear Jews freaking out over Tommy Robinson being invited to Israel: stop falling for the propaganda. Like Israel itself, he’s been smeared for years with lies and distortions. The truth?He’s always stood up for us — even when our own &#8216;leaders&#8217; tried to demonise him. Tommy is a real friend of Jews and Israel. I know it — I’ve been mates with him through it all.”
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Dear Jews freaking out over Tommy Robinson being invited to Israel: stop falling for the propaganda.
Like Israel itself, he’s been smeared for years with lies and distortions.
The truth? He’s always stood up for us—even when our own “leaders” tried to demonise him.
Tommy is a…
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Tommy Robinson is a true and loyal friend of Israel and the Jewish people, and he is very much welcome in the State of Israel, where he will be a respected guest of honor. 🇬🇧🇮🇱 <a href="https://t.co/Jkf3xAReL8">pic.twitter.com/Jkf3xAReL8</a>
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I stand with <a href="https://twitter.com/TRobinsonNewEra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TRobinsonNewEra</a>, and fully support the invitations of Israel&#39;s Speaker of the Parliament and Minister of Diaspora to officially host him in Israel 🇮🇱🇬🇧
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Robinson recently led the “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London, where nearly 150,000 people gathered to defend British culture, heritage, and free speech.
As Israel faces mounting global hostility and Jews in Europe confront rising antisemitism, Tommy Robinson’s visit may prove more than symbolic — it may be a defining moment in the growing alliance between nationalist conservatives and defenders of the Jewish state.

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When people say “political violence is wrong,” does that change the underlying substructure of thought that leads to a massive elevation in violence in the country of the political variety?
I don&#8217;t think it means anything to just say that political violence is wrong, because there are actual substrates of thought that lead to the elevation of the violence that compel fringe actors to go out and do things like murder Charlie Kirk.
Thus, having our politicians simply go out there and say, “We&#8217;ve got to take down the temperature; we all have to use better language,” is absolutely true, but it isn&#8217;t specific enough.
Chuck Schumer said, “The bottom line is this is a time that all Americans should come together and feel and mourn what happened. Violence, which affects so many different people of so many different political persuasions, is an affliction of America, and coming together is what we ought to be doing, not pointing fingers of blame.”
Hakeem Jeffries said, “This moment requires leadership that brings the American people together, as opposed to trying to further divide us. Political violence in any form against any American is unacceptable, and should be denounced by everyone. And moving forward, we have to figure out a better way to come together, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans.”
All of this is correct.
But all of this is incredibly vague.
I want to talk about something that we all know is true, but nobody seems to want to say: Not all ideologies are equally prone to violence.
When there is a shooting, a mass shooting at a synagogue, a mass shooting at a church, when Charlie Kirk is shot, everybody&#8217;s mind immediately goes to this: What are the likeliest probabilities in terms of who did the shooting? 
Everyone does this. We cannot pretend that we are blind to the realities of the world. When there is a shooting at a synagogue, I can tell you my mind goes to two places: radical Muslim or white supremacist. Those are usually the options. If there&#8217;s a shooting at a church, your mind might go to a trans radical or a radical Muslim. 
That&#8217;s where your mind is going to go. And this is leaving aside people who are generally mentally ill or where there&#8217;s no political ideology involved. If there is a political ideology involved, your mind immediately goes to the movements that are likely to drive people toward murder.
Not every ideology is prone to this. No one thought that when Charlie Kirk was shot, it was because of his stance on low taxes. No one thought that. We differ on all sorts of politics in this country. Nobody thought that a debate about marginal tax rates was why Charlie was shot. Nobody believes Charlie Kirk was murdered because of his stance on energy policy. 
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In order for an ideology, for a movement to coalesce in such a way that it allows for violence — the sort of bubbling of violence that lies at the outskirts of a movement — there have to be some preconditions.
I&#8217;ve been talking a lot about lions and scavengers. What we are seeing here is the scavengers at work. 
The basic philosophy of the scavenger is very simple: All models and civilizations are merely guises for power. My failure is a result of one of those corrupt power systems. There&#8217;s a great conspiracy out there. I am the victim. I&#8217;m being targeted. I am the actual victim. 
And thus, if there is a great conspiracy that is targeting me for destruction, I must respond in kind with violence.
This is how you get to the idiotic notion that speech is violence. 
Those are the three elements: “Morals and civilizations that I don&#8217;t like are simply guises for power,” “My failure within that system is a result of that great conspiracy and I am the victim,” and “It is an existential threat to me and therefore I must act out with violence and harm somebody.”
Let me give you three examples, and I&#8217;m going to take them from the top death threats I received. 
I receive an enormous number of death threats. I have 24/7 security on me, on my family. I literally go nowhere without an entire team of security at this point in my life. And that is because of things like what happened to Charlie.
There are three main wings that I get these threats from: Trans ideology/Marxist ideology, white supremacists, and radical Muslims. 
I want to go through each one of those and explain why these particular ideologies, why these particular movements are likely to generate violence. 
A trans ideology says that your argument about biology, that there is simply male and female, is, in fact, a guise for power. You&#8217;re doing it because you hate me; you wish to erase me. I am a victim of your failure to accept my identity, such that you&#8217;re erasing me. You&#8217;re engaging in a “trans genocide,” and therefore, you are threatening me. Your speech is a form of violence. It is wiping away my identity. 
And therefore violence ought to be met with violence.
Marxist ideology, which is derived from the same general area, is the idea that the governmental system, the free market system, is an imposition on me. It is a conspiracy from above to harm me, to destroy me. My failures inside the market are actually not my own. They&#8217;re the fault of the system. And you, as an advocate for the system, are victimizing me. You&#8217;re erasing me. You&#8217;re destroying me. And I must act with violence. There&#8217;s a reason why Marxist movements are so violent. They say that speech, advocacy for the free market, is, in fact, a system of power. It is to be met with violence. 
White supremacy: I know that there&#8217;s an attempt to pretend that this doesn&#8217;t exist, but it absolutely exists in online spaces. Pretending it doesn&#8217;t is bulls*** and everyone knows it. I know it because I&#8217;ve had to have the FBI arrest somebody who was doing this while threatening not just me, by the way, but Donald Trump Jr. 
That ideology says that white people are being put upon in the United States by an entire system. And if you&#8217;re an advocate for that system, you are threatening me with destruction, with erasure, with white genocide, and thus you must be killed. Violence is a proper response to an attempted genocide. That is the argument that is made, at root, by many white supremacists. 
I&#8217;m not talking about what the Left calls white supremacy, which is anything to the right of Hillary Clinton. I&#8217;m talking about actual, honest-to-God white supremacists. I get an awful lot of death threats from them.
Group number three, radical Muslims, who believe that the failures of the Palestinians, for example, are the result of evil Western systems. And thus, if you are an advocate for those systems, it&#8217;s because you want to erase the radical Muslims and you want to kill people and you want to commit genocide, and therefore it is fine to shoot two Israeli embassy staffers dead in Washington, D.C. That is why it is fine to throw a Molotov cocktail at an 80-year-old woman in Colorado who was protesting Israeli hostages being held. 
We all know this is true. Pretending it isn&#8217;t true doesn&#8217;t make it go away. Not all movements are equally likely to bubble up with violence.
And so when we have politicians saying political violence is bad, if you&#8217;re not speaking out against the movements that use this logic, if you&#8217;re not speaking out against the movements that say that speech is in fact a form of violence, that systems are in fact a form of violence, and that violence is the proper response to that, then you are contributing to the environment in which this kind of stuff happens. 
It is not that there are many radical Muslims in the United States, by the numbers, thank God.
It’s not that there are many white supremacists in the United States.
But by the numbers, the increasing radicalism of the Left in the United States is, in fact, a massive issue. 
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) recently did rankings of campus free speech. And what they found is that college campuses are replete with the failure to speak your mind. 
Why? Because people are afraid of violence.
It goes all the way back to when I was in college. There&#8217;s nothing new here. I wrote my very first book, “Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America’s Youth,” in 2004 about the kind of discrimination conservatives faced on campus. And yes, there was the possibility of violence, even in 2004, not being shot, but the possibility of being physically assaulted, which is something that came close to happening to me multiple times, even when I was an undergrad. 
That&#8217;s going back 20 years, when I was warning that this was going to metastasize and take over huge swaths of the political Left. People ignored it at the time. But it was true.
I spoke in 2015 at the University of Missouri during the Black Lives Matter upsurge, after Ferguson. And I remember people asking about safety. I said, “I&#8217;m not worried about safety. There are some police there; I&#8217;ve got a security team now. No one’s going to take a shot at me. This is America. You don&#8217;t get shot in America for saying things on a college campus. This is America. I grew up in this country. This is my country. This is a country I love. This is where our fundamental value is the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. No one&#8217;s going to do this kind of stuff. No one.” 
But it&#8217;s becoming more and more common. According to FIRE, a record 1-in-3 students now hold some level of acceptance, even if only rarely, for resorting to violence to stop a campus speech. 
Now, I&#8217;m sure not everybody who believes they&#8217;re using violence thinks in terms of shooting someone to death. But when you are drawing from a pool at this point of legitimately tens of millions of young Americans, who are atomistic and isolated and don&#8217;t touch grass, it is not going to be hard to find some unhinged people who decide to take that to its logical conclusion and fire a bullet through the throat of a man who is simply attempting to speak truth to people in the friendliest possible fashion. 
I don&#8217;t like when people say “They shot Charlie,” because “they” isn&#8217;t a person. A person shot Charlie Kirk, and he shot Charlie Kirk for a deranged reason.
With that said, there are movements in which the substrate of their political thinking leads to an elevation in violence. Period. End of story. That is a reality.
And it is not enough to just say “political violence is bad” if you are not calling out the movements themselves.

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A man, 41, was arrested in Glasgow, Scotland, after threatening to blow up an airplane with a bomb on Sunday while denouncing America and President Donald Trump. This occurred during Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-secures-biggest-of-all-trade-deals-with-eu">visit</a> to Scotland over the weekend for golf and trade negotiations.
A <a href="https://x.com/ImMeme0/status/1949488946473210095">video</a> was posted to X showing a man, who is reportedly an Indian national residing in the United Kingdom, standing up in a plane&#8217;s aisle, shouting, &#8220;I am going to bomb the plane! Death to America! Death to Trump! Allahu akbar!&#8221;
As the man shouts, a passenger approaches him and tackles him to the floor. Another video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZABpyJXcj0">reported</a> by The Sun shows the man being interrogated while pinned to the floor, stating that he &#8220;[wanted] to send a message to Trump,&#8221; who he knew was in Scotland.
EasyJet EZY609, which was flying from London Luton Airport to Glasgow, Scotland, was forced to make an emergency landing at a separate runway in Glasgow to account for the man&#8217;s threats, at which point the man was arrested.
Passengers on the plane recalled the stressful event in <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36032786/wild-moment-easyjet-passengers-pin-down-man/">statements</a> to The Sun.
One passenger said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen that before. The airline staff, they were all girls, they were really shaken up by it, but they were super professional.&#8221;
The passenger added, &#8220;Some of the passengers were crying because they were shaken up. It was just a bit surreal.&#8221;
The Scotland police released a <a href="https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2025/july/man-arrested-and-charged-following-disturbance-on-flight-to-glasgow/?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=Orlo">statement</a> saying, &#8220;A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection and further enquiries are ongoing. … At this time we believe the incident was contained and that nobody else was involved.&#8221;
The statement mentioned that the videos available were being &#8220;assessed by counter terrorism officers.&#8221;
In a statement released by easyJet, a spokesperson confirmed that &#8220;Flight EZY609 from Luton to Glasgow this morning was met by police on arrival in Glasgow, where they boarded the aircraft and removed a passenger due to their behaviour onboard. … easyJet&#8217;s crew are trained to assess all situations and act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other customers is not compromised at any time.&#8221;
The witness said that the man &#8220;literally came out of the toilet shouting &#8216;Allahu Akbar&#8217; with his hands above his head,&#8221; noting that he did not see a cause of the outburst.
The man is set to face a court on Monday, where he will be officially charged.

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West Virginia Congressman Riley Moore and Missouri Senator Josh Hawley called Thursday for the Trump administration to use diplomatic means to protect Christians in Islamic nations from persecution.
Moore introduced a <a href="https://rileymoore.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/rileymoore.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/final-moorwv_021_xml.pdf">resolution</a> in the House urging lawmakers to condemn the persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority countries and asks the Trump administration to prioritize the protection of Christians during peacekeeping efforts throughout the Middle East. Hawley introduced the same resolution in the Senate. 
“Around the world, our brothers and sisters in Christ face rampant persecution for simply acknowledging the name of Jesus. That is unacceptable,” Moore told The Daily Wire. “We as lawmakers cannot continue to sit idly by.”
The resolution includes a list of over a dozen countries, predominantly in Africa and the Middle East, where Christians face intense persecution. A copy of the resolution viewed by The Daily Wire “encourages the President to prioritize the protection of persecuted Christians in U.S. foreign policy, including in the President’s diplomatic engagement with Muslim-majority countries and his efforts to stabilize the Middle East.”
The resolution also asks to use diplomatic tools like trade and national security discussions to advance the protection of Christians abroad. 
Examples of persecution included killings, forced marriages, kidnappings of girls, and the prohibition of holding worship services or discussing the Gospel. For example, it says that in Algeria &#8220;nearly all evangelical churches have been shut down for years and pastors are regularly arrested and charged for their evangelism&#8221; and that in Egypt &#8220;Christian girls are regularly kidnapped and forcefully converted with impunity.&#8221;
Other countries called out for their treatment of Christians include Nigeria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Turkey, Gaza, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, and others.
“Our country was founded on religious liberty. We cannot sit on the sidelines as Christians around the world are being persecuted for declaring Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior,&#8221; Hawley told The Daily Wire. &#8220;We must condemn these heinous crimes.&#8221;
&#8220;Year after year, the number of Christians murdered by extremists in Nigeria has numbered in the thousands. Millions more have been displaced. We cannot allow this to continue,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I urge my colleagues to join me in condemning the persecution of Christians around the world by supporting this resolution.&#8221;
Moore pointed to two specific areas where Christians have been attacked. 
“In Nigeria alone, more than 50,000 Christians have been martyred and more than 5 million have been displaced simply for professing their faith. During a Divine Liturgy in Damascus last month, an islamic jihadist opened fire on worshippers and detonated an explosive device — killing at least 30 and wounding dozens more,” he said. “These examples illustrate the violence and death Christians face on a daily basis.”
Last month, jihadists <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/terrible-massacre-hundreds-of-christians-killed-by-jihadists">massacred</a> around 200 Christians in Nigeria’s Benue State after a group of militants screaming “Allahu Akbar&#8221; attacked a group who had previously been displaced by Fulani Jihadist attacks.
Moore also said previous American “foreign policy blunders” had made the situation worse for Christians, saying that the failure to stabilize Iraq after the 2003 invasion led to the ethnic cleansing of the Christian population. 
The resolution was endorsed by a number of advocacy groups including Alliance Defending Freedom International, In Defense of Christians, Global Christian Relief, CatholicVote, Advancing American Freedom, The Center for Urban Renewal and Education, Family Policy Alliance, Christians Engaged, and Save the Persecuted Christians.

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