Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi declared a fatwa against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 29. A fatwa is a religious decree on a matter of Islamic law that is issued by a senior Islamic jurist. Shirazi holds the rank of a Marja’a-e Taqlid, the highest…
The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2) declares federal law to be the supreme law of the land, binding state courts and superseding conflicting state laws. Insurgency (Noun): An active revolt or uprising; a movement within a country dedicated to overthrowing the government, a rebellion. This past week, as we…
Introduction: “THE AMERICANS” is a Stand Up America US Foundation project focusing on “America First” citizens, who have as their Foundation and Goal the restoration of the Constitution and preservation of the Republic. One of our guiding lights is the need to secure the future of every child who is…
CNN’s live television coverage of a Broadway play — reportedly the first time that has ever happened — was a transparent hit job on the Trump administration. Their attempted demonstration of the need for fearless, truth-to-power journalism couldn’t have been more poorly timed or more obviously tone deaf. The play…
In 2025, America faces an urgent and undeniable threat along its southern border—one that demands a bold, decisive military response. The drug cartels operating in Mexico can no longer be treated as mere criminal organizations. They are heavily armed, well-financed, and control large swaths of Mexican territory. These cartels’ function…
Good Monday morning, everyone! I returned home late Saturday evening from another memorable trip to the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy, France. It will never stop being emotional to stand upon hallowed and sacred ground where men from America, the UK, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Poland, and Belgium came together to…
Greetings, everyone, from the Cotentin Peninsula of France, also known as Normandy to many. I am here with 25 college students sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation for the 81st anniversary of D-Day. Today we spent the day at the American Military Cemetery and on Omaha Beach. These students had…
We, the American people, have been blessed with many great orators in our illustrious History, but none as great as Abraham Lincoln. Indeed, his two terms in office were of unique and grand consequence for the Republic. Lincoln’s speeches were tutorials that allowed the people of the Union to understand…
See Part 1 HERE. Next, let us turn to look at where this concept of hijra comes from. Following is an overview of the doctrinal and historical bases for the campaign called hijra (الهجرة in Arabic). The word means “migration,” and is based on the original journey in 622 CE of…
Even as the Trump administration is moving with promised speed to secure America’s borders, within those borders, the Islamic mission of hijra is making inroads, notably in Texas. In the city of East Plano is the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), whose “activities are in accordance with the teachings of the…
Isaiah 1:18 (KJV), “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord…” I remember the murder of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh in November 2004. He had completed a film titled “Submission: Part 1,” which criticized the treatment of women in Islam. Van Gogh was shot and had…
The terrorist assassination of two Israeli embassy staffers this week has the potential to reverberate throughout the world and bring perspective and resolution to some of the thornier issues before us at this time. It is the almost expected result of a fever that was launched on October 7, 2023,…