Money And Migration: How Radical Islam Gained A Foothold On Western Campuses

Homeland Security recently arrested a Tufts University student, Rumeysa Ozturk, for engaging in “activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans.”

While the Trump administration’s arrest of Ozturk is a move in the right direction, she is just one of countless students across the country who share a radical ideology.

Days after the first anniversary of the October 7 massacre which left 1,200 civilians dead, including 40 Americans, the New York Times released a chilling headline: “Pro-Palestinian Group at Columbia Now Backs ‘Armed Resistance’ by Hamas.”

The article claims a pro-Hamas student group at Columbia University marked the anniversary by distributing a newspaper titled “One Year Since Al-Aqsa Flood, Revolution Until Victory.” The headline was placed over an image of Hamas fighters breaching Israel’s security fence. Additionally, the student group published an essay describing the attack as a “moral, military, and political victory” and citing Ismail Haniyeh, the former political leader of Hamas hiding in Qatar who would later be assassinated.

In 2024, encampments held by these same student groups multiplied on campuses across the country, from New York University to Harvard, Yale, UCLA, and many others.

How have American institutions come to the place where the mass slaughter of Westerners is celebrated on campus?

A cursory glance at recent history reveals two driving factors: Mass Islamic migration to the West and mass funding from Islamic countries.

First, some clarification and some definitions. Radical Islam, or Islamism, is not the same as Islam. Rather, it is a radical offshoot that seeks, through political and often violent means, to establish a global caliphate where all citizens, Muslim or not, would be governed by a radical interpretation of Sharia law. While not all Muslims are Islamists, many who migrate are.

The Crusades

To truly understand the mindset of Islamists today, it is important to look back at the history of the Islamic empire. Since its rapid and bloody expansion in the 7th Century, the empire has clashed with the Western world a great many times in its pursuit for global dominance. The most famous example being the Crusades (1095-1300AD).

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