RealClearInvestigations’ seven-part series, Islam’s Rise Across America, reports on the growing power and influence of Muslim-Americans across the country.
Paul Sperry reports for RealClearInvestigations that congressional Republicans, backed by President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, are advancing legislation to restrict immigration from Muslim-majority nations and curb the spread of Sharia law in America. They warn that growing Muslim immigration is enabling the formation of parallel societies governed by Islamic law – a system they say is fundamentally incompatible with American legal and cultural norms. Many Muslim groups and others are slamming their efforts as a paranoid and unconstitutional assault on religious liberty.
As Muslim Americans win local power across the country, Paul Sperry reports for RealClearInvestigations that Islamic organizers are advancing a nationwide plan to bankroll friendly candidates with more than $140 million a year in mosque donations. An RCI review of Federal Election Commission filings found Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed won his primary with at least $315,000 in funds tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been linked to terrorism.
Paul Sperry reports for RealClearInvestigations that Muslim-Americans have won political control of several American cities – including Paterson, N.J., Hamtramck and Dearborn, Mich – where they have rewritten local law to conform to their faith. Sperry finds that that assimilation is demonstrably rare in these communities that have been plagued by corruption and connections to figures and groups tied to terrorism.
Paul Sperry reports for RealClearInvestigations that one of the areas where Sharia law appears to be making inroads into American society is through the U.S. financial system. Following pressure campaigns by Muslim lobby groups, American financial giants, including Morgan Stanley, AIG, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Merrill Lynch, Citicorp, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase, now offer Sharia-compliant products that strictly adhere to such Islamic criteria.
Ben Weingarten reports for RealClearInvestigations that Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is the latest sign of an emerging kingmaker in U.S. politics: American Priorities, a six-month-old super PAC that has tapped a new cadre of Muslim-American mega-donors to fund far-left, anti-Israel candidates. Weingarten reports that the group is part of an ascendant bloc positioning itself to shape the next Congress and the 2028 presidential contest.
Ben Weingarten details some of the other well-funded, anti-Zionist PACS that have emerged since Hamas Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
Andrew Bostom reports exclusively for RealClearInvestigations that Providence police have concluded, after a 32-month investigation, that Mustafa Ramos – shot near the Islamic Center of Rhode Island (ICRI) in November 2023 – was not targeted because of his Muslim faith, despite the incident's initial framing as a national "Islamophobic hate crime."
