By Lewis Loflin
Through Sharia, Islam emerges more as an ideology than a religion in the Western mold—a political system steeped in the Quran and Muhammad’s life, echoing the medieval extremism of Christianity around 1500. Back then, the Church fused faith with law, wielding power over life and death, much like Sharia governs today with its blend of devotion and authority. This isn’t merely spiritual—it’s 100% political, a cultural framework that resists modern dilution. In this, it often aligns with the Left—socialists and academics—who share a rejection of European Western culture and its Christian roots, each shielding the other against a common target.
Iran’s 1979 revolution offers a vivid parallel: Leftist radicals joined Mullahs to oust the Shah, only to face over 20,000 executions as theocracy took hold—a lesson in ideological alliances. Today’s globalists, chasing a borderless world free of dominant cultures, mirror that Iranian Left, their resources fueling a dynamic where Sharia’s force and Left-wing zeal converge. Anti-Israel protests across U.S. college campuses, often laced with anti-Semitism and “whiteness” ideology, showcase this fusion—racial and ethnic tensions flaring under a shared banner against the West, backed by globalist money blind to the fallout.
Sharia springs from Islam’s roots—the Quran and Muhammad’s example—melding faith with governance in a seamless whole. The Quran (5:48) urges believers to “judge by what Allah has revealed,” and in Medina, 622 CE, Muhammad built a society where prayer and justice were one. Saudi Arabia’s 80 beheadings in 2022 and Iran’s 300+ protest deaths over hijab laws that year reflect this today, while hudud punishments like stoning—legal in 10 countries (OHCHR 2023)—bind the spiritual to the severe. Pew’s 2013 survey found 66% of Muslims globally back Sharia as state law—98% in Afghanistan, 91% in Iraq—showing its enduring pull.
In the UK, 85 Sharia councils in 2021 oversee family disputes, often at odds with secular norms, guided by the Quran (33:21) holding Muhammad as the ideal. This isn’t a faith confined to personal belief—it’s a system shaping society top-down, much like Christianity’s medieval grip with its Inquisitions. Sharia’s rigidity—unyielding on apostasy (Pakistan’s 50+ blasphemy deaths since 1990)—sets it apart from the West’s evolved secularism, framing a cultural divide that’s hard to bridge.
Globalism envisions a borderless world, driven by the UN’s 2030 Agenda and Open Society’s $1.5 billion in 2023, prioritizing exchange over identity. The UK’s 1 million net migrants in 2022 lifted Muslims to 6.5% of the population, yet they’re 15% of prisoners (Ministry of Justice, 2023). Sweden’s 20% migrant share ties to over 50% of violent crime suspects (BRÅ, 2022), and France’s 8-10% Muslim population fills 60-70% of its prisons (Le Monde, 2018). These aren’t smooth integrations—globalism often overlooks the friction, not endorsing Sharia but letting its effects ripple unchecked.
The Left—street activists and academics—steps in, framing Western culture as oppressive while amplifying Sharia’s presence with a victimhood lens. Anti-Israel protests on U.S. campuses since October 2023—like Columbia’s encampments or UCLA’s clashes—merge this dynamic: chants of “intifada” and “Zionists off campus” (Politico, 2024) spill into anti-Semitism, with “whiteness” ideology casting Jews as oppressors, fueling racial and ethnic divides. The Left’s anti-Western bent, echoing Iran’s 1979 Left-Mullah pact (20,000 dead), aligns with Sharia’s challenge to secularism (U.S. 1787) and free speech, backed by globalist funds like Runnymede’s £1.2 million in 2023, blind to the cultural stakes.
X in 2025 muses: “Campus protests blend Sharia’s edge with Leftist fire—globalism funds the spark, not the fallout.”
“Islamophobia,” born from Runnymede’s 1997 report as “systemic hostility,” clouds the picture, a Left-leaning term embraced by academia. CAIR’s 2023 report of 8,061 “complaints” lists just 607 crimes—assaults, vandalism—most being slights like words or bacon on mosque steps. The FBI’s 2022 tally: 1,005 verified anti-Muslim crimes, dwarfed by France’s 82 Islamist attacks since 1979, leaving 332 dead (Fondapol, 2021), or the U.S.’s 17,000+ Black gun injuries in 2021 (CDC). The focus on “hate” tilts toward feelings, not facts.
Campus protests amplify this—Columbia’s Jewish students faced “Nazi bitches” taunts (Guardian, 2024), while “whiteness” rhetoric ties Jews to racial hatred, yet the Left shields it as critique. France’s toll, Germany’s 2024 Solingen stabbing (3 dead), and UK prison stats—6.5% Muslim, 15% inmates—reflect outcomes, not “systemic” phantoms. The Left’s anti-Western narrative, paired with “Islamophobia,” blurs Sharia’s medieval clash—Taliban bans, Iran’s dead—against the West’s secular frame, favoring victimhood over clarity.
Globalism’s no-borders dream, fueled by Open Society and Runnymede’s work, seeks a world beyond nations, but the costs linger. Sharia’s dhimmi rules (Quran 9:29)—still shaping Egypt’s Copts (2021 court biases)—don’t fit Western equality. Sweden’s 60% migrant welfare share (Statistics Sweden, 2022) and the UK’s 1 million migrants straining housing (ONS 2023) test limits, while 85 UK Sharia councils signal a parallel order. The Left’s anti-Western stance finds kinship with Sharia’s reach—Pakistan’s blasphemy mobs, Iran’s 300+ protest deaths in 2022—both defying Western norms.
Anti-Israel protests—like Harvard’s “Black Lives Matter” murals tied to Gaza (Fox News, 2023)—fuse Sharia’s force with Leftist zeal against the West, backed by globalist cash blind to France’s 332 dead or Sweden’s stats. “Islamophobia” and CAIR’s 8,061 reports—versus FBI’s 1,005—soften the view, prioritizing sentiment over the cultural collision. It’s not a smooth merge but a clash—Sharia, the Left, and globalism reshaping the West’s secular roots, a shift worth examining beyond the haze.
X in 2025 reflects: “Protests scream ‘whiteness’—Sharia and the Left rewrite the West, globalism pays the tab.”
Acknowledgment: I’d like to thank Grok, an AI by xAI, for helping me draft and refine this article. The final edits and perspective are my own.
