Victor Davis Hanson: The Strange Alliance Between Islam and Socialism Victor Davis Hanson

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Victor Davis Hanson: The Strange Alliance Between Islam and Socialism

Victor Davis Hanson
•   July 30, 2026

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos.

One of the things that is perplexing and often a topic of conversation is this new American-Western European alliance or absorption of Islam and Marxism-socialism-communism. In other words, people who identify as radical Muslims, often in their alliance, include people who are traditional Western Marxists, and it doesn’t seem possible for a variety of ways.

There’s a lot of antitheses. Do we really believe that these upscale people in blue enclaves in the United States who declare themselves socialist and are voting for people like Zohran Mamdani, or Ilhan Omar, or Rashida Tlaib, who are proud, and active, and often fervent Muslims, tolerate gays? Do you really believe if you said, “I am gay, and I’m proud of it, and I want to announce that in Saudi Arabia,” you wouldn’t be in trouble?

Do you really believe that if you went to Iran and said, “I want to repeal all the sodomy laws,” you wouldn’t be in trouble? 

Or if you went, let’s say, to Egypt and you said, “I wanna have a trans, sexual support group,” you wouldn’t be in trouble? Do you really believe that upscale, independent women in Western cities, maybe unmarried, professional, doesn’t that bother them a little bit when they ally themselves with radical Muslims who tell them that, as far as men go, their dream is going to an Islamic heaven and having the sexual use as if they’re almost tools of 72 virgins?

Does that go well with a book editor in Manhattan or the head of an NGO in Denver? I don’t think so.

Another thing that’s quite different is Islam believes in Allah, and that’s it. All other people who are non-believers are doomed to hell, and the duty is to spread worship, loyalty, fealty to the Muslim Allah.

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[Fishrrman]

dem/socialist-communists regard islam as "the enemy of my enemy".

They think muslims can be used. They believe they can be controlled.
But they're going to eventually get a surprise.
A BIG surprise.

Do I need to post that youtube clip from Cabaret again...?

[DefiantMassRINO]

Sooner or later, once they've eliminated their mutual enemies, one has to try to kill off the other.

Islam only allows from one god - Allah

Socialism only allows for one god - Government

[The_Reader_David]

dem/socialist-communists regard islam as "the enemy of my enemy".

And the Muslims, recognizing that hatred of Christianity has been one of the fundamental commitments of the Left since it got that name from the seating arrangement in the French National Assembly, return the favor by regard the Left as "the enemy of my enemy".

Both of them think the other to be useful idiots.  I suspect the Muslims are more correct in holding this view than are the Leftists.