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Islamic extremism’s rise in California — and what to do about it

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Much has been written about the “Islamization” of Europe and the UK. Is it now California’s turn?

Two major books — “Londonistan” by Melanie Phillips, and “Submission,” a novel from France’s Michel Houellebecq — have pictured an old continent that is increasingly at the mercy of often violent Islamists.

Although the Muslim population in Europe is much larger as a percentage of residents, the Muslim population of the US is booming, due to high birthrates and immigration. It is expected to pass the Jewish contingent by 2040, and pass 8 million by 2050.

But we don’t have to wait until then to see the contours of the Islamization of America. 

New York City, where Muslims may be as numerous as Jews, Italians or Irish, has already elected a staunchly anti-Israel, Third Worldist Mayor in Zohran Kwame Mamdani.

Increasingly, we see Democratic Party candidates critical of Israel, including Michigan Senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, as well as three potential anti-Israel congressional candidates in New York, the largest Jewish city in the diaspora.

These conditions can also be found here in California, once described by an observer in the late 19th century as “the Jews’ earthly paradise” for its economic and social promise.

Jews have shaped much of California’s progress, from Levi Strauss and the founders of the entertainment industry to numerous other leaders in culture, science, real estate and finance.

But California is increasingly in the Islamists’ sights. In LA, the Jewish diaspora’s second largest city, mayoral candidate Nithya Raman continues to criticize Israel during the campaign. 

Even some Jewish politicians cannot take the heat. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat and former member of the Legislature’s Jewish caucus, tried to fend off left-wing rivals by embracing the toxic notion of Israeli “genocide,”........

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