Trump’s Travel Ban Protects Jews

The Boulder Attack Is Part of a Long History of Antisemitic Violence by Immigrant Muslims

First responders and emergency vehicles arrive at the scene of the June 1st terror attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, CO.

It’s no coincidence that President Trump’s decision to ban the entry of nationals from 12 countries, including six Muslim-majority ones, and review the screening practices of Egypt immediately followed the June 1 antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colo.

That day Mohamed Sabry Soliman—a migrant from Egypt who overstayed his visa—taped himself telling his family “Jihad for God’s sake is more beloved to me than you,” as translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute. Mr. Solimon packed a Quran and 18 Molotov cocktails into his car, then threw incendiaries at people marching for the hostages in Gaza, wounding 15.

By my count, this was the 23rd Muslim-on-Jewish attack, planned or realized, in the U.S. since 1977, making Muslim assaults the most constant source of violence against American Jews. This number ignores threats and property-only damage by Muslims, such as a rash of attacks on Chicago-area synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses in 2022.

Read the full article at the Wall Street Journal.

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Daniel Pipes

Daniel Pipes, a historian, has led the Middle East Forum since its founding in 1994 and currently serves as chairman on the board of directors. He taught at Chicago, Harvard, Pepperdine, and the U.S. Naval War College. He served in five U.S. administrations, received two presidential appointments, and testified before many congressional committees. The author of 16 books on the Middle East, Islam, and other topics, Mr. Pipes writes a column for the Washington Times and the Spectator; his work has been translated into 39 languages. DanielPipes.org contains an archive of his writings and media appearances; he tweets at @DanielPipes. He received both his A.B. and Ph.D. from Harvard. The Washington Post deems him “perhaps the most prominent U.S. scholar on radical Islam.” Al-Qaeda invited Mr. Pipes to convert and Edward Said called him an “Orientalist.”