Over the last few months, MAGA has got itself into a pickle with many believing that Israel is the enemy. While our attention has been on placing every public MAGA/Republican/Conservative into a pro- or anti-Israel camp, Islam continues to expand and entrench and influence. We are being played.
This distraction isn’t accidental. As debates rage over U.S. support for Israel amid ongoing Middle East tensions, the subtle but steady growth of Islamic institutions and communities within America goes largely unnoticed. It’s a tale of two faiths: one rooted in survival and introspection, the other in outreach and dominion.
Judaism has never sought to convert the world—it asks only to be left in peace. Islam, by contrast, is inherently missionary, driven by a theological imperative to spread its message far and wide. While American Jews huddle in their historic enclaves, facing resurgent antisemitism, Muslim populations are surging, building mosques at a clip that outpaces synagogues, and embedding halal economies into everyday life. This isn’t mere demographics; it’s a clash of histories and ideologies, where one people has endured millennia of exile and slaughter, and the other has forged empires through conquest.
And in the treatment of outsiders the contrast is stark: Judaism extends decency to all, while Islamic doctrine has long imposed taxes and second-class status on non-believers. Israel, a vibrant democracy, stands as a beacon of freedoms that are stifled or absent in nearly every Muslim-majority nation. As Republicans splinter over Israel, the real story is how Islam is quietly reshaping America from within.
Judaism’s Solitude vs. Islam’s Imperative
At its core, Judaism is not a missionary religion. It lacks any doctrinal call to proselytize or expand beyond its own people. The Torah and rabbinic tradition emphasize the covenant between God and the Jewish nation—a private pact, not a universal sales pitch. Conversion to Judaism is possible but rare, arduous, and discouraged; rabbis often turn away potential converts three times to test their resolve.
Jews have historically sought isolation from persecution, not conquest of neighbors. “Be a light unto the nations,” the prophet Isaiah urged, but this meant ethical example, not forced adherence. In America, Jewish communities focus inward: education, charity, and cultural preservation, with little effort to “win souls” from the outside
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Islam, however, is built for expansion. The Quran commands believers to “invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction” (16:125), a duty known as da’wah—active invitation to convert. This isn’t optional; it’s a pillar of faith, blending persuasion with, historically, the sword. Muhammad’s own life exemplifies this: from Medina’s constitution protecting non-Muslims to later conquests that subdued Arabia. Post-Muhammad, the faith exploded not just through trade and pilgrimage but via military campaigns that toppled empires. Today, this manifests in organized outreach: Islamic centers host open houses, free Quran classes, and interfaith dialogues laced with conversion goals. While Judaism whispers “leave us alone,” Islam proclaims “join us or prepare.”
Footprints on the Ground: A Demographic and Institutional Surge
Numbers don’t lie, and neither do buildings. Jewish Americans, despite their outsized cultural influence, remain a small, stable minority. As of 2025, the U.S. Jewish population hovers around 7.5 million—about 2.2% of the total populace. This includes everyone from Orthodox in Brooklyn to secular Jews in Los Angeles, but growth is flat or declining due to low birth rates and assimilation.
Muslims, meanwhile, are the fastest-growing religious group in America, fueled by immigration, higher fertility, and conversions. Estimates for 2025 peg the number at roughly 4 million—1.2% of the population—but projections show it doubling by 2050. From Somali refugees in Minnesota to Pakistani professionals in Texas, this community is young and dynamic.
The infrastructure tells the real story of entrenchment. Synagogues number around 3,500-4,000 nationwide, many aging and facing membership drops. Mosques? They’ve ballooned to nearly 4,000 by late 2025, up over 30% since 2010, with new builds in every state. Texas alone has seen the number of Musques increase by 47% in the last 5 years.These aren’t just prayer halls; they’re community hubs offering schools, gyms, and political organizing.
Even food economies reflect this. Kosher markets serve a niche:about 19,000 certified products in U.S. supermarkets, catering to 12 million consumers (many non-Jewish for health reasons) generating $12bn in sales. This is dwarfed by the halal food industry in the US which is projected to surge from US$ 100.11 billion in 2024 to US$ 226 billion by 2033, with thousands of stores, butchers, and chains like Halal Guys popping up in urban cores. Walk through Dearborn, Michigan, or parts of Queens, and halal signs outnumber kosher 10-to-1.
Scars of Survival vs. Swords of Supremacy
Jewish history is a litany of blood and banishment, a 3,000-year odyssey of being hunted for existing. It began in 597 BCE with Babylonian exile, where King Nebuchadnezzar razed Jerusalem and enslaved its people. Roman legions sacked the Temple in 70 CE, scattering Jews in the Diaspora.
Medieval Europe brought blood libels, expulsions (England 1290, Spain 1492), and pogroms that left rivers red. The Black Death? Jews were scapegoated, burned alive in Strasbourg (1349). The 20th century peaked in horror: six million murdered in the Holocaust, a systematic genocide that reduced Europe’s Jews by two-thirds. Persecution forged resilience, not aggression—Jews adapted, innovated, begged for scraps of tolerance.
Islam’s story is very different? One relentless advance. From Muhammad’s Hijra in 622 CE, it surged through conquest: the Rashidun Caliphs toppled Persia and Byzantium by 651, carving an empire from Spain to India. The Umayyads and Abbasids followed, blending faith with fire—jihad as holy war subjugated Copts in Egypt, Berbers in North Africa, Hindus in Sindh. By 750 CE, Islam ruled 29% of the world’s population, often at swordpoint: convert, pay, or die. Trade and Sufi mystics softened edges later, but the blueprint was force: Ottoman sieges of Vienna, Mughal invasions of India. Where Jews fled inquisitions, Muslims built caliphates on conquered bones.
Outsiders in the Fold: Taxes, Toleration, and the Price of Pluralism
Judaism’s ethic toward non-Jews is straightforward: decency without dominion. The Torah mandates “love the stranger” (Deut. 10:19), extending charity, justice, and even burial to gentiles—no taxes or punishment. No forced conversions; no humiliation. In Israel, Arab citizens (21% of the population) vote, serve in the Knesset, and enjoy equal legal rights.
Islam’s framework for non-Muslims—dhimmi status—is more conditional. The Quran (9:29) prescribes jizya, a poll tax on “People of the Book” (Jews, Christians) for protection and military exemption. It wasn’t always crushing—sometimes lower than Muslim zakat—but it symbolized subordination: public payment rituals could involve humiliation. Non-Muslims faced dress codes, bans on proselytizing, and vulnerability to mob violence if rulers faltered. In practice, it bred oppression: Coptic Christians taxed into poverty, Yazidis enslaved by ISIS as modern jizya echoes.
Today Israel shines for freedom: a multiparty democracy with press freedom , and judicial independence, scoring 74/100 on Freedom House’s 2025 index. Muslim-majority states lag: Saudi Arabia (8/100), Iran (12/100), even “moderate” Tunisia (51/100). Women drive in Riyadh now, but apostasy means death in 13 countries; blasphemy silences dissent. Israel debates in the Knesset; its neighbors flog in the streets.
As Islam plants roots in America—mosques rising, halal aisles lengthening—its history of expansion whispers a question: Will tolerance be reciprocal, or will the jizya follow?
Republicans, look up from the Israel brawl. The real battleline is the ISlamisation of America.
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