America worked hard against the rise of Muslims in the United States in the 1960s. The Muslim leader, Malcolm X, was even assassinated in 1964. Soon after Mohammad Ali, the boxer, became Muslim, public opinion was turned against him and when he refused to fight America’s dirty war in Vietnam, he was prevented from competing in his sport.

Now in death, media coverage of Mohammad Ali has been kept carefully focused away from discussion of his religion and, other than family members, speeches given at his funeral on Friday were almost all given by non-Muslims, including ex-President Clinton. Only the daughter of Malcolm X was allowed to speak. The scheduled speeches of Turkish President Erdogan and Jordanian King Abdullah were cancelled, even though these are loyal agents to the West.

America is well aware of the power of Islam and is most fearful of its rise within America itself.

يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ

“They desire to extinguish Allah’s Light with their mouths but Allah will perfect His Light, though the kafirun hate it.”

(As-Saff, 61:8)