Part 2 raised the stakes: Islam’s influence is not merely personal and spiritual. Historically, where Islam becomes culturally dominant, Sharia follows—sometimes by law, and sometimes by pressure.

That leads to the unavoidable question:

What should American citizens, churches, and policymakers do right now to safeguard constitutional freedom, equal justice, and the rule of law for our children and generations after us?

The answer begins with refusing two mistakes at the same time: naivety and hostility. We do not need to fear individual Muslims and we do not need to pretend that every belief system relates to law and society in the same way.

1. See the Pattern Before It Becomes a Crisis

Most Americans assume every religion functions like Christianity in the modern West—private, personal, and politically limited. That assumption is one of the West’s greatest blind spots.

Across history, the pattern is consistent:

  • In Muslim-majority nations, Sharia is not an “optional spiritual code.” It shapes courts, family life, speech norms, education, and public morality.
  • In Western nations, Sharia influence often enters through incremental accommodation and cultural intimidation long before it ever appears in legislation.

This is why awareness matters. If a society waits until a problem is “official,” it is usually already too late.

2. Protect Equal Justice Under One Law — and Reject the Myth of Neutrality

America is built on a principle that must never be surrendered:

**One nation under God, with one standard of law applied equally to all.**¹

That line immediately raises the question modern Americans are taught to avoid: Which God?

Neutrality is not an option. Every legal order rests on an ultimate authority—either the God who stands above rulers, or a substitute authority such as the state, the tribe, or an ideology.²

If there is no transcendent God who stands above government, then government becomes god. And when the state becomes god, liberty becomes a temporary permission, not a permanent right. If another religious worldview displaces Christianity it will bring a competing moral law as a governing framework, eventually undermining the freedoms and equal justice that formed America’s foundation.

The American experiment only made sense because it assumed a moral order higher than political power. One in which rights come from the Creator³, rulers are limited⁴, and justice is not created by force but discovered by truth.

Religious freedom must be protected but parallel legal systems must not be allowed to form under the radar.

So what does that require?

  • No private arbitration or “religious courts” should be permitted to violate constitutional rights, especially in matters like divorce, custody, and inheritance.
  • Local governments must resist special exemptions that undermine equal protection or create unequal classes of citizens.
  • Speech must remain free, even when it offends powerful groups. A nation cannot remain free if criticism of either oppressive government or religious ideas is treated as “hate” and pressured into silence. Once speech becomes punishable for “offense,” (as it has in the UK) the door opens to tyranny by those with the most power.⁵

We must remember that religious liberty is a sacred American right with Christian roots. Those roots must be protected, without allowing personal sensitivities reframed as “offense” to become a back door for dismantling the very moral order that made religious liberty possible in the first place.


Religious liberty does not mean religious relativism. It means freedom of conscience under one law (God’s moral law) not parallel legal systems under competing “gods”.

3. Pay Attention to Local Shifts (Because That’s Where This Happens)

National politics gets the headlines, but cultural and legal change often begins locally:

  • school boards
  • city councils
  • zoning boards
  • public libraries
  • HR departments
  • local courts

This is where norms are shaped and where pressure campaigns succeed quietly.

A town does not wake up one day living under a different moral order. It drifts there, one accommodation at a time, one controversy avoided at a time, one policy adjusted “just to keep the peace.”

4. Learn the Lesson of Dearborn Without Turning It Into a Scapegoat

Dearborn, Michigan is often mentioned because it illustrates a real dynamic: when a community becomes large and politically organized, it can reshape public life even without changing the Constitution.

That does not mean Dearborn is “under Sharia.” But it does show how cultural norms can begin to function like law:

  • public events shift to avoid offense
  • institutions accommodate religious demands
  • dissent becomes socially costly
  • leaders learn what topics are “not worth touching”

The lesson is: do not be caught asleep.

Britain offers a cautionary example. Sharia councils are not official courts in England and Wales, and they do not override British law. But they function as a parallel authority structure inside communities—especially in family matters. Even when participation is technically “voluntary,” social pressure can make it feel mandatory, particularly for women.

The result is a slow normalization of separate standards of justice operating alongside the civil system. That is exactly how incremental change becomes entrenched: not through one dramatic legal takeover, but through quiet accommodation, community enforcement, and leaders who avoid conflict until the new norm is already established.

The danger isn’t Sharia replacing British law overnight—it’s parallel systems forming quietly, until equal rights and protections fail.

5. Rebuild Civic Courage in the Church and the Citizen

If the only response Americans can offer is legal procedure, we will lose. Precisely because this is not only a legal issue, it is a moral and a cultural issue.

A free society depends on citizens who will do three things:

  1. Tell the truth — with clarity.
  2. Teach the next generation — a people who do not understand their inheritance will not defend it.
  3. Show up locally — if Christians refuse to engage school boards, city councils, and community institutions, others will gladly fill the vacuum.

The biggest threat to civic life and a free society is not the opposition. It is apathy from those who should know better.

6. Be Proactive While You Still Can

The West has repeatedly made the same mistake: it waits until the conflict is “official” before taking it seriously.

Sharia influence does not begin with legislation. It begins with pressure.

A local community grows large, organized, and demands begin to form—special accommodations, restrictions on criticism, and the expectation that Islamic norms be treated as protected from public challenge.

Local institutions often respond the same way: they comply “to keep the peace.”

In the name of diversity and tolerance. Schools adjust policies. City leaders avoid controversy.

Then what began as voluntary becomes expected. And what becomes expected eventually becomes enforced.

By the time people say, “We didn’t think this could happen here,” the new norm is already established.

This is why we must not wait to act wisely and with courage. Wise people do not wait for an emergency, they maintain and steward what has been passed down to them.

A Final Word: Liberty Is Not Self-Sustaining

America’s freedoms did not appear by accident. They were built on a moral vision: that human beings are accountable to God⁶, that justice matters⁷, and that the state has limits⁸.

The Constitution only works when a people have the conviction to defend what it assumes: truth, courage, responsibility, and a shared commitment to equal justice under God.

If we want our great-grandchildren to inherit a nation where conscience is protected, speech is free, and law applies equally, then we cannot drift.

Footnotes

  1. 1. Declaration of Independence (1776)“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”National Archives (official transcript):https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript2. John Adams, Letter to the Officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts (Oct. 11, 1798)“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”Founders Online (National Archives):https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-31023. James Madison, “Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments” (1785)“The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man…”Founders Online (National Archives):https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-01634. James Madison, Federalist No. 51 (1788).“If men were angels, no government would be necessary… you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”5. In 2024, John Sleeper was arrested in central London under Section 5 of the Public Order Act for holding signs and making statements critical of Islam. In the UK, new “buffer zone” provisions under the Public Order Act 2023 have been applied to peaceful activities near abortion clinics, including silent prayer. Examples: Isabel Vaughan-Spruce and Livia Tossici-Bolt.Library of Congress:https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/text-51-60#s-lg-box-wrapper-254934246. Romans 13:1–7 — God as ultimate authority over rulers.7. Micah 6:8 — Justice, mercy, and humility as guiding moral standards.8. Psalm 82:3–4 — God calls leaders to defend the weak and uphold justice.