阿斯拉·诺马尼：穆斯林改革派拒绝“如果勒-赛义德落败，将爆发怒火”警告，称其为“优先圣战”（Jihad First）言论
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美国穆斯林改革派正在抨击政治评论员瓦贾哈特·阿里，此前阿里警告称，如果民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·勒-赛义德在密歇根州参议院的竞选中落败，“怒火将爆发”，民众会被“激进化”，并表示阿里的言论与中东宗教暴君在选举前使用的“优先圣战”恐吓言论如出一辙。
周一，阿里在社交平台X上发文引发争议，他写道：“若真主保佑，阿卜杜勒落败，这将成为民主党政治的转折点。怒火将爆发。一切都结束了。人们会反对亲以色列的企业民主党人，变得激进化。将会有一场清算。如果，等他赢了，这也会成为转折点。而那场清算仍会到来。”
面临批评后，阿里在周二上午发布了另一条消息，称自己毫无悔意，反而指责批评者存在所谓的偏见。“这种伊斯兰恐惧症和反阿拉伯偏见是如此纯粹而赤裸裸，”阿里写道，“人们终于公开说出了他们一直以来的真实想法。很好。请保持诚实，把这种丑陋的一面公之于众，让所有人都看清。”
阿里未对福克斯数字新闻的置评请求作出回应。
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纽约，纽约 — 5月03日：（左至右）珊达·莱姆斯与瓦贾哈特·阿里在“BAFTA向珊达·莱姆斯致敬”活动中登台发言，该活动由Netflix、达美航空和维珍大西洋航空联合呈现，于2023年5月3日在纽约市Midnight Theatre & Hidden Leaf Restaurant举行。（图片来源：Cindy Ord/Getty Images for BAFTA）
穆斯林内部的裂痕
秉持改革理念的穆斯林领袖并不接受阿里的言论。
穆斯林改革派的分歧反映了美国穆斯林政治中更广泛的裂痕：一方是接受政治伊斯兰（又称伊斯兰主义，即主张宗教应塑造政府与政治生活）的建制组织及领袖，另一方是秉持改革理念的批评者，他们挑战正统观念，拒绝反以色列和反西方言论，支持世俗主义，包括清真寺与国家分离。
“瓦贾哈特·阿里在选举前夕发表的言论，实则是我们在中东国家（包括埃及）的伊斯兰主义者选举前常用的话术，”埃及穆斯林改革派人士、政治伊斯兰主义批评者达利娅·齐亚达告诉福克斯数字新闻。
“这种威胁通常是：如果你们不选我们，就会导致激进化，进而引发暴力，”齐亚达补充道。她是全球反犹太主义与政策研究所的华盛顿特区主任，“或许我们需要预料到即将到来的麻烦。”
勒-赛义德过去的穆斯林兄弟会言论引发警觉，因其有望担任要职
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索拉亚·迪恩于2017年4月14日周五在加利福尼亚州伯克利的Qal’bu Maryam女子清真寺开幕庆典上主持祈祷。Qal’bu Maryam意为“玛丽之心”，是北加州第一座女子清真寺。（Kristopher Skinner/MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images）
穆斯林改革活动家、律师、洛杉矶跨信仰妇女联盟联合创始人索拉亚·迪恩表示，阿里的言论不应被视为常规的社交媒体突发言论。
“他的言论令人深感不安，”迪恩告诉福克斯数字新闻，“他‘怒火将爆发’‘民众会被激进化’以及‘清算即将到来’的警告值得严肃审视。”
“选举失败绝不是激进化的借口，”迪恩补充道，“我们必须拒绝恐吓、政治极端主义和永久不满的政治。”
前民主社会主义者成员抨击阿卜杜勒·勒-赛义德，警告极左势力采用外国恐怖组织的政治逻辑
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“优先圣战”视角
穆斯林改革者、美国民主伊斯兰论坛创始人祖赫迪·贾瑟博士表示，阿里的言论反映了他所说的审视政治冲突的“优先圣战”视角。
“瓦贾哈特·阿里和阿卜杜勒·勒-赛义德一样，再次证明了他们长达数十年的反美伊斯兰主义执念，以及他们看待所有文化、社会、军事和政治冲突的‘优先圣战’视角，”贾瑟说。他是亚利桑那州第4国会选区的共和党国会候选人。
贾瑟的言论针对的是他所说的围绕勒-赛义德竞选活动的政治话术。改革者并未指控阿里属于某一伊斯兰主义组织，他们的批评聚焦于阿里的言论，称其类似通过警告拒绝候选人可能引发暴力或激进化来施压选民的手段。
勒-赛义德试图与犹太民主党人和解，但拒绝抛弃哈桑·皮克
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勒-赛义德的政治网络
阿里发表言论之际，勒-赛义德的竞选活动得到了广泛的穆斯林倡导组织、巴勒斯坦活动组织、进步组织、劳工组织和政治意见领袖的支持。
福克斯数字新闻对竞选背书、公开声明和选民动员工作的审查显示，共有70个穆斯林团体和意见领袖以不同方式支持勒-赛义德的竞选阵营。这些记录包括正式背书、竞选所列支持、选民动员工作和公开宣传。并非每个组织与竞选的关系都相同。
其中包括CAIR Action、美国巴勒斯坦正义行动组织、孟加拉裔美国人进步政治组织、Emgage Action和美国巴勒斯坦权利运动。勒-赛义德的官方网站列出的支持者包括“穆斯林支持阿卜杜勒”、密歇根也门裔民主党核心小组、密歇根孟加拉裔民主党核心小组以及巴勒斯坦裔美国政治人士琳达·萨苏尔的MPower Action等。
阿卜杜勒·勒-赛义德据称曾致电哈桑·皮克，称其言论“正在流失选票”
支持勒-赛义德的更广泛联盟包括民主党各组织、美国民主社会主义者分会，以及包括哈桑·皮克、琳达·萨苏尔、众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔和众议员拉希达·特莱布在内的在线评论员和政治人物。
这些组织和个人有重叠的优先事项，包括反对美国对以色列的支持、要求武器禁运或停火、支持巴勒斯坦活动、批评民主党温和派以及动员穆斯林和进步选民。
该联盟的批评者将其描述为“红绿”联盟，涉及“红色”左翼政治组织和“绿色”穆斯林倡导团体。
“他们的红绿‘优先圣战’滤镜——以怒火和激进化相威胁——完全是他们自身实现伊斯兰主义圣战梦想、摧毁美国梦想及美国所代表一切的疯狂举动，”贾瑟说，“爱国主义不在他们的词汇表里。”
特朗普表示，以色列将在年底前停止获得40亿美元美国援助，仍可购买武器
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对政治恐吓的警告
在齐亚达看来，阿里的帖子的重要意义在于暗示选举失利可能引发激进化。
“像瓦贾哈特·阿里这样的穆斯林，只是把支持阿卜杜勒·勒-赛义德的政治运动作为登上他们想要的权力宝座的阶梯，”齐亚达说，“一旦得势，他们就不在乎曾经许下的承诺。如果未能如愿，他们就会煽动怒火。”
齐亚达还批评勒-赛义德关于以色列的竞选言论，将她所说的多次对以色列的攻击与中东领导人使用的政治手段相比较。周二上午，唐纳德·特朗普总统宣布，他将切断对以色列的40亿美元援助——这是该网络的要求之一——旨在孤立以色列。
“我们在勒-赛义德的竞选活动中看到的对以色列的妖魔化，是中东暴君时常采用的一种手段，”齐亚达说。
“每当他们在经济或政治问题上陷入困境，就会搬出‘以色列很坏’这张牌，”她补充道，“再说一次，他只是在模仿中东暴君。”
贾瑟表示，这一事件应促使穆斯林选民和民主党领袖审视那些自称代表穆斯林社群发声的政治意见领袖所使用的语言。
“任何诚实的穆斯林看到那篇帖子，都会明白这是‘优先圣战’，其他人（包括爱国的穆斯林）都无关紧要，”贾瑟说。
阿里在二十多年的时间里已成为知名媒体人物，曾为《每日野兽》《纽约时报》《CNN》和《卫报》等媒体撰稿并亮相，还为半岛电视台美国频道主持节目。
他的政治行动始于2001年9月11日恐怖袭击之后，当时他参与了加州大学伯克利分校的校园抗议活动。后来，他与民主党策略师法伊兹·沙基尔共事，沙基尔后来成为2020年伯尼·桑德斯总统竞选活动的经理，二人在由前克林顿政府幕僚长约翰·波德斯塔创立的非盈利组织美国进步中心合作。
阿里继续就以色列、民主党战略和穆斯林政治行动发表看法，经常引发批评。今年早些时候，他在与前MSNBC主持人乔伊·里德的一次广播中，在激烈的反特朗普言论中谴责“软弱的白人男性”。
最近，阿里主持了一场活动，该活动批评众议院议长哈基姆·杰弗接受美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）的政治捐款，称其为“AIPAC的猴子”。这一言论引发了针对黑人议员杰弗的种族主义指责。
如今，穆斯林改革派人士批评阿里发表的言论，似乎在威胁选民：如果他支持的候选人落败，将出现“怒火”“清算”和“被激进化”的民众。
迪恩表示，对选举的反应应该是政治分歧，而非动荡的警告。
“选举失败绝不是激进化的借口，”迪恩说，“我们必须拒绝恐吓、政治极端主义和永久不满的政治。”
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ASRA NOMANI: Muslim reformers reject ‘fire will rise’ warning if El-Sayed loses as ‘Jihad First’
Muslim leaders tell Fox News Digital that rhetoric of a coming “reckoning” echoes threats tyrants use before elections
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American Muslim reformers are torching political commentator Wajahat Ali after he warned that “the fire will rise” and people will be “radicalized” if Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed loses his Michigan Senate bid, saying his language echoes a “Jihad First” intimidation rhetoric used by religious tyrants before elections in the Middle East.
On Monday, Ali drew fire on X when he wrote: “If, God forbid, Abdul loses, this will be a watershed moment in Democratic politics. The fire will rise. It’s over. People will be radicalized against corporate, pro-Israel Dems. There will be a reckoning. If, when, he wins, it will be a watershed moment. And that reckoning will still come.”
After facing backlash, Ali posted another message Tuesday morning, expressing no regrets and instead scolding critics for alleged bigotry. “Ah, that Islamophobia and anti-Arab bigotry are so pure and naked,” Ali wrote. “People are just coming out in the open about how they’ve always felt. Great. Please, be honest. Just share the ugliness with the world so we can all see.”
Ali didn’t respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 03: (L-R) Shonda Rhimes and Wajahat Ali speak onstage during the BAFTA Honours Shonda Rhimes Presented By Netflix, Delta Air Lines, And Virgin Atlantic at the Midnight Theatre & Hidden Leaf Restaurant on May 03, 2023 in New York City.((Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for BAFTA))
A Fissure Among Muslims
Reform-minded Muslim leaders aren’t buying Ali’s rhetoric.
The divide with Muslim reformers reflects a broader fissure within American Muslim politics: between establishment organizations and leaders who accept political Islam, or Islamism — the idea that religion should shape government and political life — and reform-minded critics who challenge orthodoxy, reject anti-Israel and anti-Western rhetoric and support secularism, including the separation of mosque and state.
“What Wajahat Ali said on the eve of elections is actually the language we’ve seen Islamists use before elections in countries in the Middle East, including Egypt,” Dalia Ziada, an Egyptian Muslim reformer and critic of political Islamism, told Fox News Digital.
“The threat is usually: If you don’t choose us, this will lead to radicalization, and this will lead to violence,” added Ziada, who is Washington, D.C., director at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy. “Maybe we need to expect troubles coming up.”
EL-SAYED’S PAST MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD COMMENTS RAISE RED FLAGS AS HE EYES POWERFUL ROLE
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Soraya Deen leads prayers during a grand opening celebration for the Qal’bu Maryam women’s mosque in Berkeley, Calif., on Friday, April 14, 2017. Qal’bu Maryam translates as “Maryam’s Heart” and is the first women’s mosque in Northern California.(Kristopher Skinner/MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images)
Soraya Deen, a Muslim reform activist, attorney and co-founder of the Los Angeles Women’s Multifaith Alliance, said Ali’s language shouldn’t be treated as a routine social-media outburst.
“His words are deeply troubling,” Deen told Fox News Digital. “His warning that ‘the fire will rise,’ that people will be ‘radicalized,’ and that a ‘reckoning’ is coming deserves serious scrutiny.”
“Losing an election is not a license for radicalization,” added Deen, . “We must reject intimidation, political extremism and the politics of perpetual grievance.”
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‘Jihad First’ Lens
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim reformer and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, said Ali’s comments reflect what he describes as a “Jihad First” lens for viewing political conflict.
“Wajahat Ali, like Abdul El-Sayed, proves yet again their decades of anti-American Islamist obsession and the ‘Jihad First’ lens through which they view every cultural, social, military and political conflict,” said Jasser, who is running for Congress as a Republican candidate in Arizona’s 4th Congressional District.
Jasser’s comments were directed at what he described as the political rhetoric surrounding El-Sayed’s campaign. The reformers didn’t accuse Ali of belonging to an Islamist organization. Their criticism focused on language they said resembles tactics used to pressure voters by warning that rejecting a candidate could produce violence or radicalization.
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El-Sayed’s Political Network
Ali’s comments came as El-Sayed’s campaign draws support from a wide network of Muslim advocacy groups, Palestinian activist organizations, progressive groups, labor organizations and political influencers.
A Fox News Digital review of campaign endorsements, public statements and voter-mobilization efforts identified 70 Muslim groups and influencers supporting El-Sayed’s political orbit one way or another. The records include formal endorsements, campaign-listed support, voter mobilization and public amplification. Not every organization has the same relationship with the campaign.
They include CAIR Action, Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, Bangladeshi Americans for Political Progress, Emgage Action and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights. El-Sayed’s official website includes endorsements from “Muslims for Abdul,” the Yemeni American Michigan Democratic Caucus, the Michigan Bangladeshi American Democratic Caucus and Palestinian American political operative Linda Sarsour’s MPower Action, among others.
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The broader coalition supporting El-Sayed includes Democratic Party organizations and Democratic Socialists of America chapters, as well as online commentators and political figures including Hasan Piker, Linda Sarsour, Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
The organizations and individuals have overlapping priorities, including opposition to U.S. support for Israel, demands for an arms embargo or cease-fire, support for Palestinian activism, criticism of Democratic moderates and efforts to mobilize Muslim and progressive voters.
The coalition’s critics have described it as a “red-green” alliance involving “red” left-wing political organizations and “green” Muslim advocacy groups.
“Their red-green ‘Jihad First’ filter — threatening fire and radicalization — is simply an unmooring of their own dreams to live the jihad of Islamism and destroy the American dream and everything for which it stands,” Jasser said. “Patriotism is not in their vocabulary.”
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A warning about political intimidation
For Ziada, the significance of Ali’s post lies in the suggestion that an election loss could trigger radicalization.
“Muslims like Wajahat Ali are just using the political movement backing Abdul El-Sayed as a staircase to bring them to the power of a chair they want to claim,” Ziada said. “Once they get there, they don’t care what they may have promised. And if they don’t get there, they will turn it into fire.”
Ziada also criticized El-Sayed’s campaign rhetoric about Israel, comparing what she described as repeated attacks on Israel to political tactics used by leaders in the Middle East. Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump announced that he would cut off $4 billion of aid to Israel, one of the network’s demands, designed to isolate the nation.
“The demonization of Israel that we saw very prominently in the campaign of El-Sayed is a tactic that we saw Middle Eastern dictators resorting to every now and then,” Ziada said.
“Whenever they are stuck with economic issues or politics, they just bring up the ‘Israel is bad’ card,” she added. “Again, he is just copying dictators in the Middle East.”
Jasser said the episode should prompt Muslim voters and Democratic leaders to examine the language used by political influencers who claim to speak for Muslim communities.
“Any honest Muslim who reads that post will see ‘Jihad First’ and everyone else be damned, including patriotic Muslims,” Jasser said.
Ali has emerged as a prominent media figure over more than two decades, writing for and appearing on outlets including The Daily Beast, The New York Times, CNN and The Guardian. He also hosted programming for Al Jazeera America.
His political activism began after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when he became involved in campus protests at the University of California, Berkeley. He later worked with Democratic operative Faiz Shakir, who became campaign manager for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, at the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit established by former Clinton administration chief of staff John Podesta.
Ali has continued to weigh in on Israel, Democratic Party strategy and Muslim political activism, regularly drawing fire. Earlier this year, in a broadcast with former MSNBC host Joy Reid, the two decried “weak White mean” in a heated anti-Trump rant.
Most recently, Ali hosted a speaker who criticized Democratic House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries for receiving political contributions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, calling him an “AIPAC monkey.” The smear drew cries of racism against Jeffries, who is Black.
Now, Muslim reformers are scolding Ali for making comments that seem to threaten voters with “fire,” a “reckoning” and a “radicalized” citizenry if his preferred candidate loses.
Deen said the response to an election should be political disagreement, not warnings of unrest.
“Losing an election is not a license for radicalization,” Deen said. “We must reject intimidation, political extremism and the politics of perpetual grievance.”
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Asra Nomani is senior editor of investigations at Fox News Digital. She is a former reporter at the Wall Street Journal, where she covered stories related to money, politics and society. She is the author of “Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Undermining America’s Freedom”. She can be reached at asra.nomani@fox.com and on X at @asranomani.