Muslim Makes Perfect Case For Keeping Muslims Out Of America

Leave it to a Muslim to accidentally prove why Muslims don’t belong in America. 

“I’m tired of proving I belong in America,” reads the headline of a Washington Post opinion piece by Shadi Hamid. I have a remedy for Hamid’s fatigue: Leave.

“The assimilation defense — look how well we’ve integrated — is satisfying to make. But it concedes a premise I no longer accept: that a minority community’s right to be in the United States depends on its willingness to converge with the cultural mainstream. It shouldn’t depend on that. It shouldn’t depend on anything.” (RELATED: Professor Of Islamic Civilization Says ‘Get Over It’ To Concerns About Rape Gang Crisis)

Hamid is more honest than most leftists. He doesn’t argue that Muslims have a right to be in the United States because of birthright citizenship, or because they’re willing to assimilate, or because their presence benefits Americans economically or socially. He asserts that they have the right to live in the United States just cuz. Hamid is essentially arguing that residing in the United States is a human right. 

Hamid admits that “Muslims are different in certain ways. How could they not be? Islam shapes how its adherents think about family, sexuality and what it means to live a good life.” 

The mask off moment was always going to come for the reasons both openly declared and exhibited in this thread. The notion of Islam paying tribute to “pluralism” and consenting to live within the constraints of “liberalism” rather than making instrumental use of both to obtain… https://t.co/oPEj72MWE8

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) April 9, 2026

Again, this is honest. Hamid even acknowledges that Muslims “can’t disavow ‘sharia’ even if they wanted to. Sharia, roughly translated as Islamic law, includes guidelines on how to pray, fast and otherwise observe what it means to submit to God in daily practice.”

Hamid does not seem to understand that he’s offering perfect reasons to halt Muslim immigration to the United States. He appears baffled by the very concept of assimilation as a good. 

“The question I keep returning to is: Why do Muslims need to be like everyone else?”

Muslims living in America don’t need to be like everyone else. They need to be like Americans. If they’re unwilling to assimilate, as Hamid has already asserted they are, then they should live in one of the many countries where Islam is the majority religion. (RELATED: Maryland Just Voted To Wipe Out Its Christian Legacy)

“The deal is always the same: You can stay, but you have to become less yourself,” Hamid whines.

Why come to America at all? Probably to reap the economic benefits. The sheer ingratitude is astounding. 

I agree with Hamid: We should not expect Muslims to assimilate. We should note their refusal, and determine immigration policy accordingly.

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