Focus on Western Islamism

08/25/2026

Dearborn After October 7: The Rise of Islamist Activism

Activist Anthony Deegan spoke with Dexter Van Zile on the Focus on Western Islamism Podcast

A native Detroiter and longtime Christian community member, Anthony Deegan has spent years observing and documenting the sharp rise in Islamist activism in Dearborn, Michigan.

In this candid conversation he addresses:

• The post-October 7 surge in anti-Israel agitation and BDS efforts at city council

• The Ted Barham controversy and how it opened the door to outside agitators

• Two-tiered policing and online threats

• The failure of many interfaith voices to confront extremism

• Why both he and Dexter firmly reject the inflammatory tactics of people like Jake Lang

08/17/2026

“Peacemaking” Document Invites Western Churches to Abet the Restoration of Dhimmitude in the Levant.

Mark Durie analyzes the 2025 Kairos Palestine manifesto "A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide."

He shows how Palestinian Christian authors—constrained as a tiny, intimidated minority under Muslim-majority rule—cannot name the real drivers: Islamic violence, theological antisemitism, and the dhimma system itself.

The result? A black-and-white narrative that falsely paints Israel—not Hamas—as genocidal while defending October 7 as “resistance,” erases Jewish indigenous ties to the land, and calls for Israel’s isolation and dismantling… all while staying silent on Muslim persecution of Christians.

Durie argues this is an epic act of misdirection. Western churches are being invited to help restore the subordinated status of non-Muslims in the Levant.

Read the full analysis:

https://www.meforum.org/dhimmitude-project/the-captured-testimony-of-kairos-palestine-ii

"Peacemaking" Document Invites Western Churches to Abet the Restoration of Dhimmitude in the Levant.

08/14/2026

Dexter Van Zile, Managing Editor of the Middle East Forum’s news outlet Focus on Western Islamism and MEF’s Violin Family Research Fellow, has written the latest installment in his series on anti-Zionism and antisemitism in Dearborn, Michigan. The article was published by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) as part of an ongoing project countering Islamist antisemitism.

In the piece, Van Zile details how Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud is helping terrorize diaspora Jews by repeatedly pushing the false “genocide” charge against Israel. At the June 2026 unveiling of the taxpayer-promoted “Wall of Tears” installation, Hammoud and Rep. Rashida Tlaib invoked the word “genocide” seven times—while ignoring Hamas’s October 7 massacre, the group’s use of civilian deaths as strategy, and the systematic falsehoods that fuel this libel.

This rhetoric doesn’t stay in the abstract. Local Jews report being too afraid to even visit Dearborn. And it has real-world consequences, including the March 2026 targeted vehicle-ramming attack on Temple Israel in nearby West Bloomfield by a Dearborn Heights resident.

Read the full article here:

https://www.camera.org/article/dearborns-mayor-helps-terrorize-diaspora-jews-with-genocide-lie/

The genocide lie does more than justify Hamas violence against Israel—it legitimizes open hostility toward Jews living in America.

It’s time to call it what it is.

Jews are not safe in Dearborn, and Mayor Hammoud’s rhetoric has only contributed to the hatred.

08/04/2026

A proposed Massachusetts bill would create a state commission focused solely on promoting Muslim Americans in public life and fighting “Islamophobia.” Is this a legitimate civil-rights measure—or a clear violation of the Establishment Clause and the Massachusetts Constitution’s separation of church and state?

In this interview, Dexter Van Zile (Managing Editor, Focus on Western Islamism) explains why the bill has drawn sharp criticism, its ties to groups like CAIR, and the larger questions it raises about religious favoritism, Islamism, and equal treatment under the law.

Watch the full conversation:

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08/04/2026

Massachusetts lawmakers want a permanent taxpayer-funded commission just for Muslims—to recommend them for government jobs and police “Islamophobia.”

Nearly 200 years after the state ended special privileges for Congregational churches, they’re trying to create them for one religion. Unconstitutional and unnecessary.

Read the full piece:

Nearly Two Centuries After Ending Public Support for Congregational Churches, Lawmakers Call for Commission to Recommend Muslims for Government Jobs

08/01/2026

🚨 **Three Women Stabbed in Paris as ISIS Supporters Celebrate Berlin Pride Attack**

Just days after an ISIS sympathizer killed one woman and injured 29 at Berlin’s Pride Parade, a man in Paris stabbed three women (one pregnant) near Porte de Clichy — declaring “It is Allah who commanded me.”

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez is already urging “great caution,” citing the attacker’s psychiatric issues and calling his statements “incoherent.”

Meanwhile, ISIS-linked networks on Telegram, RocketChat, and TikTok are celebrating the Berlin attack and actively calling for more lone-wolf jihadi strikes against Western targets.

Experts warn that dismissing these attacks as pure mental illness plays directly into the jihadist strategy of erasing ideological motivation.

Full story:

Islamic State-Linked Networks Urge Lone Jihadi Attacks on Digital Platforms

08/01/2026

This keeps happening. A jihadist stabbed three women (one pregnant) near Porte de Clichy — declaring “It is Allah who commanded me.”

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez is already urging “great caution,” citing the attacker’s psychiatric issues and calling his statements “incoherent.”

Meanwhile, ISIS-linked networks on Telegram, RocketChat, and TikTok are celebrating the Berlin attack and actively calling for more lone-wolf jihadi strikes against Western targets.

Experts warn that dismissing these attacks as pure mental illness plays directly into the jihadist strategy of erasing ideological motivation.

Full story:

Islamic State-Linked Networks Urge Lone Jihadi Attacks on Digital Platforms

08/01/2026

🚨 Taxpayer-Funded “Deradicalization” NGO Missed Berlin Pride Jihadi — Then Downplays Islamism
Just two weeks before Abdul Rehman Ballout drove a car into the Berlin Pride Parade and launched a knife attack — killing one woman and injuring 29 — he was interviewed by the Violence Prevention Network.
The heavily taxpayer-funded NGO (nearly €70 million from 2014–2024) failed to detect any concrete threat. Its director now admits Ballout seemed “friendly but evasive.”
Worse: the group’s own materials largely avoid treating Islamism as a distinct religio-political ideology. Instead, they fold it into vague “patriarchy,” “anti-feminism,” and “right-wing extremism” narratives — while pushing left-wing talking points.
Security services even tracked Ballout until an hour before the attack. He had previously tried to convert prison inmates to Salafism.
Is this how Europe “deradicalizes” jihadis?
Full story:

Security Services Tracked IS-Linked Assailant Until Hour Before Terrorist Attack

08/01/2026

UK Government’s “Far-Right Terror Plot” Narrative Collapses
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told Parliament that police had thwarted a “credible” extreme right-wing terrorist threat against a massive Tablighi Jamaat gathering (UK Ijtima) in Suffolk — claiming their actions “undoubtedly saved lives.”
Now? All 12 suspects have been released. Police admit they “found no evidence to support anyone being charged with any offences linked to the alleged threat.”
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf (himself a Muslim) has accused Mahmood of misleading Parliament and gaslighting the public. He’s demanding she correct the record — or resign.
Was this a real plot… or a convenient narrative?
Read the full story here:

Top Muslim MP Accuses Home Secretary of Fabricating Anti-Muslim Terror Threat

07/11/2026

Hypocrisy Alert: UK Islamist Groups Demand Censorship on X While Actively Using the Platform to Advance Their Agenda

UK Muslim organizations, including the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and MEND, are pressuring media regulator Ofcom to take action against X for hosting the film Citizen Vigilante — claiming it promotes "Islamophobic" tropes.

Yet these same groups freely use X and other platforms to push Islamist narratives, often without facing similar scrutiny.
The film, inspired by real-life migrant gang rapes in Europe where perpetrators received lenient sentences, highlights growing tensions over crime, integration, and two-tier policing. Instead of addressing root causes, these organizations cry "Islamophobia" and demand censorship.

Read the full report from Focus on Western Islamism:

Muslim Council of Britain Slams Ofcom for Double Standards Over Citizen Vigilante