Tulsi Gabbard issued a warning about what she described as the growing danger posed by Islamist ideology, saying it fuels global terrorist organizations, threatens Western civilization, and endangers basic freedoms in the United States and abroad.
In a statement addressing national security and ideological threats, Gabbard said Islamist ideology underpins groups responsible for terrorism worldwide and must be confronted directly, both militarily and culturally.
“Talk about this Islamist ideology. Yes, it is the ideology that fuels terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS and Al Shabaab and Hamas and Boko Haram and others, and they must be defeated militarily as they continue to actively plot and try to attack us,” Gabbard said.
She said those groups present an immediate security threat but argued the broader ideology driving them poses an even greater danger to freedom and democratic governance.
“They are a threat to our security and our safety, but this Islamist ideology is a direct threat to our freedom, because at its core, it is a political ideology that seeks to create a global caliphate that governs us here in America, threatening Western civilization,” she said.
Gabbard said the ideology seeks to impose governance under Sharia law and what its proponents describe as Islamic principles, replacing constitutional freedoms with religious rule enforced through coercion.
“Governance by Sharia law, governance by what they are calling their Islamic principles,” Gabbard said, warning that dissent would not be tolerated.
“If you fail to comply, if you fail to adhere to this ideology, if you dare to exercise your God given right to free speech, censorship is not what we face.”
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She said enforcement of the ideology would rely on intimidation and violence rather than debate or lawful means.
“They will use violence or any means they deem as necessary to silence us,” Gabbard said.
Gabbard said failure to clearly identify and confront the ideology would lead the United States down the same path as other Western nations that have seen restrictions on individual freedoms.
“If we don’t take action to identify this threat, to define it, to call it out for what it is, and take action to defeat it, then we will find ourselves in a place where many European countries and countries like Australia have found themselves,” she said.
She cited examples from Europe where individuals have faced legal consequences for peaceful actions.
“Countries where you can get arrested for praying silently on the street corner, as has happened in the UK,” Gabbard said.
She also pointed to cases involving speech restrictions.
“Countries where you can be arrested for putting up a social media post that someone finds offensive somewhere.”
Gabbard said the impact of Islamist ideology is already affecting public life across Europe, including cultural traditions.
“As we approach Christmas. Right now in Germany, they are canceling Christmas markets because of this threat,” she said.
She also warned that efforts to spread and normalize the ideology are occurring within the United States.
“In places like Dearborn, Michigan and Minneapolis, Minnesota, Islamist clerics are openly pushing this Islamist ideology, trying to recruit and radicalize young people,” Gabbard said.
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