Americans who still believe in common sense and national survival should listen closely when Dr. Zuhdi Jasser warns that radicalism is not a distant problem but an urgent, growing threat. Jasser — an Arizona congressional candidate and the founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy — told Levin that we cannot downplay this danger and must meet it head-on with clear-eyed policy and civic resolve. His credentials as a longtime reform voice give weight to what too many in Washington still refuse to admit.
On Life, Liberty & Levin, Jasser urged a proactive strategy he calls an “offense of pro-Americanism,” arguing that defending liberty requires offensive ideas, institutions, and policies rather than a perpetual defensive posture. He warned that the threat is not lone wolves but coordinated networks — “battalions of wolves” — intent on undermining our Republic, a description that should alarm every voter who values security and freedom. Conservatives should stop apologizing for confronting this reality and start demanding policies that protect our citizens and values.
Jasser has also pressed the case for concrete action on ideological drivers, including urging the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, a move long avoided by timid administrations and a left-biased foreign policy establishment. This isn’t anti-Muslim rhetoric; it’s the clear-eyed naming of an ideological network that has seeded extremism in multiple regions and has been allowed to cloak itself in euphemisms for far too long. If Washington has the will to call out other malign actors, it should have the courage to do the same here.
This is not a new hobbyhorse for Jasser — he has been testifying before Congress and pushing the debate for years, drawing on his military service and work with reform-minded Muslims who reject theocracy in favor of liberty. His record shows consistent patriotism and a willingness to take heat from both Islamist hardliners and establishment appeasers on the left and right. That kind of independence is exactly what we need in Congress: people who put American security and constitutional liberty above political correctness.
Conservatives must rally behind candidates and policies that treat radicalism as the existential ideological fight it is, not as an academic controversy to be shelved for the next lecture on diversity. Elect representatives who will secure our borders, empower law enforcement, fund counter-ideological efforts, and convene the commissions Jasser calls for to expose and neutralize subversive networks. The future of our Republic depends on courage and clarity — and on voters who refuse to be stampeded by woke complacency into silence.
