Most major cities in England now have Muslim mayors, and about 10% of France is Muslim. In America, the Muslim call to prayer is played five times a day over public loudspeakers in Dearborn, Michigan, and with a newly elected Muslim mayor, Islamists in New York have great plans for their city and beyond.
"All of humanity needs to be a part of Islam, and we will not stop until it enters every home," an unnamed preacher shouted in the street earlier this year. "I want to hear it in every single district. It should tremble. Brooklyn should hear it. The Bronx should hear it. Queens should hear it."
Statistically, Dr. Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Dallas says they're coming.
"Let's just say of 1.5 billion Muslims, 5% have been radicalized. That's 75 million radical Islamists running around the world right now," he figures. "We see what their endgame is."
The takeover could be political, civil, or social.
"We're seeing it in Europe, we're seeing it in Africa, (and) we're seeing the slaughter of innocent Christians in Nigeria by Islamic terrorists," the Baptist pastor notes.
Meanwhile, an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide identify as Christians. Their Great Commission is arguably not much different from what the NYC preacher quoted above sees for Islam. In Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus commands His followers to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them ... and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you."
The Bible is clear that there is only one God and only one way to Heaven, and believers are taught to be loving and gracious but unwavering on the truth. Unlike radical Muslims who resort to terrorism when faced with opposition, Dr. Jeffress points out that "when Christians do terrible things in the name of Christianity, they are acting in opposition to their faith."
"When Muslim terrorists attack and slaughter people, they are doing what their faith calls them to do," he adds.
The Quran instructs Muslims to "not take infidels as friends" and to "slay the unbeliever wherever you find them and drive them out of the places from which they have driven you out. For persecution is far worse than killing."
Jeffress says they will not be reasoned or bargained with; there will be no compromise, no treaties. Still, Gary Bauer, chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, does not underestimate the appeal of a Muslim like Zohran Mamdani.
Conservatives and pro-Israel advocates hope the new mayor's far-left, antisemitic agenda will be his undoing and help Republicans in next year's midterms, but Bauer thinks they need to be taking the Democratic Socialist seriously.
"I'm in a minority on this," he tells AFN. "A number of people say … we're going to hang this guy around the Democrats' neck, and we'll bring Democrats down next year in other states, [but] do not underestimate the appeal of the message of Mamdani."
Many celebrated his victory speech Tuesday (watch below) as inclusive and hopeful for the working class. For conservatives, however, Mamdani's combative tone toward President Donald Trump and "big money," his emphasis on identity and immigrants, his socialist political orientation, and the impending broad policy shift raised several red flags.
Mamdani's crowd of supporters was full of high-profile Democrats, including New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (AOC), public advocate Jumaane Williams, city comptroller Brad Lander, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and actor Cynthia Nixon.
The appeal, Bauer says, is class warfare.
"He's a very effective deliverer of that message, and he and AOC will train other candidates around the country," Bauer predicts. "This message can sell in places that will shock a lot of conservatives."
He says the reality moving forward is "we are going to elect conservative populists, or we are going to elect Marxist populists," and Bauer calls Mamdani's "chilling" victory speech a glimpse of what happens when Marxist populists are elected.
