Hours ago,Amy Mek, the founder of the RAIR Foundation, a conservative outlet known for its hard-hitting critique of Islam, posted a scathing exposé on X.
Brilliant as always. The "To break this cycle" paragraph is the crux of the issue and no one seems to get it. Please continue to hammer this point home. Islam and democracy are incompatible; a choice must be made and Muslim who refuses to reject Sharia, Jihad etc is at the very least unfit for government office.
It seems straightforward to ask all applicants for public/government office to state publicly that they reject Sharia, jihad, etc. but those Muslims who are truly intent on their goal of Islamic domination are also permitted to use tactics that are not completely honest, aren't they? And a so-called Muslim who publicly rejects any part of Islamic doctrine may also be cut off by family and friends. This self-censorship is how Islam survives.
Excellent look at one of the defining questions of our time, thanks. It’s a question largely ignored by a political class that has spent two decades indulging a category error out of political expediency – especially in places like the UK, where I’m from, where the current government depends heavily on the Muslim vote. But the problem runs wider than that. Across much of the West (countries like Poland being an exception), political elites persist in framing scrutiny of Islam as prejudice rather than political analysis. The result is an institutional paralysis that renders the technocratic governing class unable to talk about the issue plainly, yet all too happy to penalise those who do as threats to “community cohesion”, rather than recognising them as defenders of liberal norms that Islam, by any literal reading, is fundamentally opposed to. It’s a wretched situation that is ostensibly meant to serve social harmony but is quickly undoing the social fabric instead.
I get into this in my latest piece, which readers here might find interesting:
Thank you for this article, which clearly shows the trap associated with Islam, which is considered in the West to be a religion when in fact it is a total system. Change by Muslims seems impossible to me, as they are under pressure from the Ummah, the guardian of doctrine. If one believes that the Koran is the word of Allah, to criticise Islam is to deny the very essence of one's belief... Complicated.
Great post - I like how you highlight the tension system rather than give a simplistic judgment on the issue. This is so highly synced with what I am currently writing about deficiencies in the concept of radicalization. Remember Obama claiming that 99.9% of Muslims were peace-loving and only .1% were Islamist? Or George W. Bush also pushing the same radicalized ultra-minority narrative just days after 9/11? I recommend this article, if you haven't seen it:
Mozaffari, M. (2007). What is Islamism? History and definition of a concept. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, 8(1), 17-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/14690760601121622
1. Qaddour's close friendship with Celine Kasem, captured in a recent photo of them together in a cab, posted by Kasem herself while defending Qaddour against the RAIR Foundation report
Kasem has repeatedly raged against Israel in what I would think FDD would deem extreme terms. In a March 1, 2026, video titled "On Iran, Israel, and our region," she declared:
"Today, Israel is the occupying, genocidal cancer of our region, and it has been genociding our brothers and sisters in Gaza for the past two years, live on TV with full impunity from the whole entire world."
Her feed includes similar rhetoric, accusing Israel of bombing Syrian civilians, collaborating with Assad, and more.
If Qaddour is truly a "genuine philosemite" committed to normalization, why maintain such a visible bond with someone who calls Israel a "genocidal cancer"?
Yet FDD affiliates have yet to address this - or produce any substantive rebuttal to RAIR Foundation journalist @ReneeNal's recent report.
Instead of tackling documented claims (like Qaddour's education at a school run by Muslim Brotherhood operative Hamed Ghazali, or her father Jihad Qaddour's ties to the Muslim American Society), they've flooded X with feel-good emotional stories. https://x.com/AmyMek/status/2031439666008961426?s=20
2. In 2013, Qaddour served as Corporate Secretary on the board of Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), per their annual report and IRS filings.
The Middle East Forum and others have highlighted IRUSA's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), which has faced bans in multiple countries, funding scrutiny for alleged Hamas links, and explicit U.S. State Department condemnation in 2020 for "antiSemitism exhibited repeatedly by IRW's leadership."
The entire IRW board resigned amid scandals involving praise for Hamas and anti-Israel rhetoric
Brilliant as always. The "To break this cycle" paragraph is the crux of the issue and no one seems to get it. Please continue to hammer this point home. Islam and democracy are incompatible; a choice must be made and Muslim who refuses to reject Sharia, Jihad etc is at the very least unfit for government office.
It seems straightforward to ask all applicants for public/government office to state publicly that they reject Sharia, jihad, etc. but those Muslims who are truly intent on their goal of Islamic domination are also permitted to use tactics that are not completely honest, aren't they? And a so-called Muslim who publicly rejects any part of Islamic doctrine may also be cut off by family and friends. This self-censorship is how Islam survives.
Excellent look at one of the defining questions of our time, thanks. It’s a question largely ignored by a political class that has spent two decades indulging a category error out of political expediency – especially in places like the UK, where I’m from, where the current government depends heavily on the Muslim vote. But the problem runs wider than that. Across much of the West (countries like Poland being an exception), political elites persist in framing scrutiny of Islam as prejudice rather than political analysis. The result is an institutional paralysis that renders the technocratic governing class unable to talk about the issue plainly, yet all too happy to penalise those who do as threats to “community cohesion”, rather than recognising them as defenders of liberal norms that Islam, by any literal reading, is fundamentally opposed to. It’s a wretched situation that is ostensibly meant to serve social harmony but is quickly undoing the social fabric instead.
I get into this in my latest piece, which readers here might find interesting:
https://www.gadflynotes.com/p/political-islam-and-the-walking-dead
A wretched situation is a perfect description.
Thank you for this article, which clearly shows the trap associated with Islam, which is considered in the West to be a religion when in fact it is a total system. Change by Muslims seems impossible to me, as they are under pressure from the Ummah, the guardian of doctrine. If one believes that the Koran is the word of Allah, to criticise Islam is to deny the very essence of one's belief... Complicated.
Great post - I like how you highlight the tension system rather than give a simplistic judgment on the issue. This is so highly synced with what I am currently writing about deficiencies in the concept of radicalization. Remember Obama claiming that 99.9% of Muslims were peace-loving and only .1% were Islamist? Or George W. Bush also pushing the same radicalized ultra-minority narrative just days after 9/11? I recommend this article, if you haven't seen it:
Mozaffari, M. (2007). What is Islamism? History and definition of a concept. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, 8(1), 17-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/14690760601121622
Please remember to add the following:
1. Qaddour's close friendship with Celine Kasem, captured in a recent photo of them together in a cab, posted by Kasem herself while defending Qaddour against the RAIR Foundation report
Kasem has repeatedly raged against Israel in what I would think FDD would deem extreme terms. In a March 1, 2026, video titled "On Iran, Israel, and our region," she declared:
"Today, Israel is the occupying, genocidal cancer of our region, and it has been genociding our brothers and sisters in Gaza for the past two years, live on TV with full impunity from the whole entire world."
Her feed includes similar rhetoric, accusing Israel of bombing Syrian civilians, collaborating with Assad, and more.
If Qaddour is truly a "genuine philosemite" committed to normalization, why maintain such a visible bond with someone who calls Israel a "genocidal cancer"?
Yet FDD affiliates have yet to address this - or produce any substantive rebuttal to RAIR Foundation journalist @ReneeNal's recent report.
Instead of tackling documented claims (like Qaddour's education at a school run by Muslim Brotherhood operative Hamed Ghazali, or her father Jihad Qaddour's ties to the Muslim American Society), they've flooded X with feel-good emotional stories. https://x.com/AmyMek/status/2031439666008961426?s=20
2. In 2013, Qaddour served as Corporate Secretary on the board of Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), per their annual report and IRS filings.
The Middle East Forum and others have highlighted IRUSA's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), which has faced bans in multiple countries, funding scrutiny for alleged Hamas links, and explicit U.S. State Department condemnation in 2020 for "antiSemitism exhibited repeatedly by IRW's leadership."
The entire IRW board resigned amid scandals involving praise for Hamas and anti-Israel rhetoric
See here: https://x.com/AmyMek/status/2031443645245894993?s=20
We will be releasing new information soon....
Another great analysis! Thanks for helping non-Muslims understand this ideology!!
The irony in Gad Saad's comment was clearly lost on Hussain Abdul-Hussain.
An excellent, thought-provoking piece. As it happens I wrote in similar vein only yesterday
https://davidpinder.substack.com/p/can-islam-co-exist-with-other-minded
Your piece, however, is, I think, more sharply focused.