It is not radical Islam – it is mainstream Islam that is the problem. This is the basic thesis of Rep. Randy Fine from Florida. This is what is typically defined as classic Islamophobia. To say the least, this is a super controversial opinion. Rep. Fine embraces this term as a statement of reality and he challenges anyone in the room to deny it.
I don’t think people realise how important this speech by @RepFine is at this moment in time by political leader.
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) February 4, 2026
He's shifting the Overton window and mainstreaming the conversation in the way it's meant to be.
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But the question is, is he right? Is he partially right but exaggerating? From a snapshot view of history, he is unfortunately correct. But there is an aspect of exaggeration to what he claims. Rep. Fine may be underestimating the positive power of assimilation that exists in the United States. The real question is one of assimilation. To the extent that Muslims in the United States do not assimilate, he is probably right. To the extent that they do assimilate, he is probably exaggerating.
Do all those who claim to be followers of the Muslim religion truly believe in all of the dangerous precepts of the Islamic religion as far as how to deal with those deemed as infidels? Are all Muslims dangerously violent? There is no question that the more recent immigrant followers of the Muslim religion seem to assimilate less into American culture and way of life than those who came to America in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s.
But many of those who came in the previous generation have shown minimal signs of violence or non-assimilation into American culture. One could argue that that was simply a result of their numbers being so minor that they simply could not accrue power and therefore they could not threaten anyone. Perhaps.
But more probably, what is going on today is a result of most Muslim immigrants coming to America (and Europe) with a completely different set of goals than previous waves of immigrants. These days, immigrants are rarely choosing to go to America for the same reasons that usually drove previous generations. They are less interested in prosperity and more focused on religion than the previous generation. They are more inclined to protest and work to attain power within government than to work for a promotion in their professional careers. Violent protests in specific areas that are filled with large Muslim populations is becoming more and more prevalent – especially following the mass immigration waves of the Obama and Biden administrations.
So, it is not just a function of Islam. It is a function of less assimilation happening among recent immigrants to the United States than in the past.