REP. MARK ALFORD: Time To Counter Escalating Radical Islam Menace In America
If the American experiment is to survive, we must wake up to the rapidly escalating threat of radical Islam here at home. After an era of open borders and the left’s continued efforts to stifle reasonable debate about…
If the American experiment is to survive, we must wake up to the rapidly escalating threat of radical Islam here at home. After an era of open borders and the left’s continued efforts to stifle reasonable debate about the effects of third world immigration, America grapples with the corrosive advance of radical Islam. This ideology foments violence, rejects our foundational liberties, and undermines the Judeo-Christian values of our great nation’s founding.
If our republic is to not only survive, but thrive, we must rethink our immigration and vetting policies to protect our national security, communities, and way of life. Becoming an American is more than a stamp on a passport or the issuance of a green card. To become an American, one must accept the ideals of our founding documents and truly assimilate to our culture. As the old saying goes, America is meant to be a melting pot, not a salad bowl.
An Afghan migrant’s recent targeted shooting of two National Guardsmen—assassinating one hero and leaving another servicemember in critical condition while shouting “Allahu Akbar”—is a stark reminder of this imported jihadist peril.
This outrage is but one thread in a tapestry of terror, as communities across America suffer from the encroachment of radical Islam. At the very beginning of this year, a violent radical Islamic terrorist attack in New Orleans killed 14 people.
Americans in Minneapolis, which harbors the country’s most expansive Somali Muslim diaspora, witness radical Islamic factions and Sharia-driven edicts fray the fabric of civil society. Members of Minnesota’s Somali Muslim population also developed an elaborate and complex fraud ring, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the state’s social services programs, which are meant to help Americans in need, and then allegedly funneling these taxpayer funds to designated terrorist group Al-Shabab.
Hamtramck, Mich.—now led by a Muslim-majority city council—ignited alarms