House Homeland Security Republican urges US Muslim leadership to ‘isolate extremists’after string of attacks

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Rep.Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., issued an open letter calling uponMuslim leadershipin the U.S.to condemn a spate of recent attacks in the country, arguing that their silence “legitimizes the concerns of millions of Americans” about Islam.

He specifically indicated that the message was directed toward “Mosques, Imams, and Muslim Religious Leaders Across the United States.”

In theletter, Ogles, who serves on the House Homeland Security Committee, ran through a list of four recent incidents being investigated as acts or potential acts of terrorism on U.S.soil, and then declared, “To this day, zero American mosques have publicly condemned this pattern of Islamic bloodshed and disavowed the attackers.This silence legitimizes the concerns of millions of Americans that Islam requires such violence.”

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Rep. Andy Ogles

Rep.Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., arriving at the U.S.Capitol before the House passed the budget resolution on Thursday, April 10, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“I challenge America’s more than 3,000 mosques to publicly and unequivocally condemn these specific attacks, disavow the perpetrators, reject any religious justification forterrorism, and state clearly that murdering innocents or targeting houses of worship has no place in Islam or America,” he wrote.

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Ogles specifically pointed to four incidents, including the March 1 shooting in Austin, Texas, the March 7 attempt to detonate explosives near Gracie Mansion in New York City, a March 12 attack in which the perpetrator rammed a vehicle into theTemple Israel Synagoguein West Bloomfield, Michigan, and opened fire, and a March 12 shooting episode at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Viriginia.

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“Issue statements from your pulpits, post them online, and share them widely.America is watching.Your voices can isolate extremists, protect Americans, and preserve peace,” Ogles said in his message.

“I stand ready for dialogue with leaders committed to this.However, if no such peace is desired, I will not cease to further legislate and advocate that violent Islamists have no place in American culture, life, and civil government,” he wrote.

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Rep. Andy Ogles

Rep.Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., arrives alongside other House Republicans at a press conference outside of Manhattan Criminal Court during then-former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial on May 16, 2024, in New York City.(Michael M.Santiago/Getty Images)

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Ogles asserted in aposton X last week that “Muslims don’t belong in American society,” and “Pluralism is a lie.”

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