Shaykh Uthman ibn Farooq laid out a vision for an Islamic America during a livestreamed fundraiser at the Sufaraa Center in McKinney, Texas, last week — and he wasn’t shy about his goal.
“We want Islam for this country, ’cause we think that’s the best thing. And we’re not going to be ashamed of that,” Farooq said during the event hosted by Authentic Ilm Mission.
The organization is raising money for a 40,000-square-foot Islamic facility near Plano, Texas — a multipurpose school, seminary, and Islamic community center on the former site of a Christian church.
“We want Islam for this country, ’cause we think that’s the best thing. And we’re not going to be ashamed of that.”
Farooq went further, arguing that Muslims have every constitutional right to follow Sharia law in America.
“We’re Muslims. That’s our identity, and there’s nothing wrong with that. The Constitution of this country protects that. That’s our right to believe in the Sharia. Yes, I said it. That’s our right,” he told the audience.
He compared Islamic law adherence to socialism, communism, and even Satanism — all protected under the Constitution, he argued.
“There’s communists that believe in communism and live in America. The current mayor of New York is a socialist. Bernie Sanders is open socialist,” Farooq continued. “There are Satanists. There’s a church of Satan. I’ve debated them.”
Farooq works with the One Message Foundation and boasts a massive social media following — 430,000 followers on Instagram and 1.4 million on YouTube. His videos have featured commentary defending polygamy as legitimate and speculating that President Donald Trump may be an evil spirit.
The One Message Foundation’s homepage claims the group, together with other organizations, converted nearly 1,500 individuals to Islam during the World Cup.
The planned facility sits on four acres in what Authentic Ilm Mission calls “one of the most densely Muslim-populated areas between Richardson and Plano.” The project includes Islamic K-12 education, a seminary, and training in Da’wah — Islamic proselytization.
According to the group’s website, the project has raised $300,000 of the $800,000 needed, with donations reportedly coming from 1,500 individuals in 50 countries.
The website features a video of a mosque displacing a beautiful church building with a steeple and classical brick architecture. A different graphic allows users to swipe across the screen to replace an image of the church building with an image of the new mosque.
During the livestream, Farooq said classes at the “Da’wah center” would help “educate our youth to have that knowledge … [and] refute Christian apologists and Islamophobes and hadith-rejectors and anybody else that’s trying to deviate Islam.”
Then he warned against compromising Islamic principles — framing the warning in terms of Muslims’ military conquests in Europe.
“Portugal and Spain, Sicily — these areas were under Muslim rule for around 700 years,” Farooq said. “When the Muslims went there, one of the leaders of the Muslims … went with sword in hand, iman in heart … The Quran was on their tongues. It was in their hearts. It was in their actions. And Allah made them victorious. Victory after victory until, to the middle of Europe, they were victorious. Seven hundred years of compromise, of trying to accommodate ended with what? the Muslims losing.”
Farooq is no stranger to controversy. Yvette Cooper, who was serving as home secretary at the time, barred Farooq from visiting the United Kingdom due to comments justifying Muslims having sex with female captives — a position endorsed by Muhammad in the Quran.
When Farooq visited Europe in April 2025 and spoke at a Birmingham mosque, he said, “The future is ours. Every ideal nightmare of a Muslim Europe will come true.”
Texas has one of the highest Muslim populations in the United States at more than 300,000, and a significant portion resides in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The intended site for the Authentic Ilm Mission facility is situated about 20 minutes southwest of the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) mosque, which boasts 10,000 members and is embroiled in controversy over its efforts to establish a Muslim city. The legal battle over EPIC’s planned complex of more than 450 housing plots is ongoing.
The number of mosques in America has surpassed 3,000 in recent years.
There are over 3,254 mosques in the United States right now.
The goal for Islam is to not only indoctrinate and implement Sharia law, but to conquer America and fundamentally change our culture and heritage.
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