Confessions of an Islamophobic
Why I Asked the Question
I submitted an inquiry to Google AI Gemini Mode pertaining to demographics defining the Abrahamic faith‑based community around the world. I believed statistical demographics might help us better understand the worldwide crisis in the Middle East.
Google AI Gemini Mode session link: https://share.google/aimode/k3jJuMTeIc94t3wPs
The Numbers
How many Arab Muslims live on earth? According to a 2019 estimate, there were approximately 380 million native Arab Muslims worldwide.
How many Jewish people live on earth? As of October 2024, the global Jewish population is estimated to be approximately 15.8 million people.
Why are there more Arab Muslims than Jewish people? (See Google inquiry result via link above)
Islam: After its origins in the 7th century, Islam spread rapidly through military conquest, trade, and missionary work, establishing vast empires across North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of Europe. Most of the people in the conquered lands eventually converted, creating a massive population base.
Judaism: Jewish history has been marked by periods of dispersion, or diaspora, starting with the Babylonian Exile and accelerating after the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE. This led to a scattering of Jewish communities across the world, rather than the expansion of a single, contiguous population base. Persecution, including the Holocaust, also resulted in catastrophic population losses.
How many Christians live on earth? As of 2023, there were approximately 2.4 billion Christians worldwide, making it the largest religion on the planet. This represents roughly one‑third of the global population.
Observations on Influence
Arab Muslim communities flourish within institutes of higher education in the United States of America. The Islamic voice is powerful and loud on U.S. social media platforms, including Facebook META. As an American citizen, I was recently kicked off Facebook META.
Arab Muslims hold powerful positions as lawmakers within the United States of America. Islamic Arabs also serve as lawmakers within the Knesset, the Israeli parliament or legislative body.
Google AI Gemini Mode session link: https://share.google/aimode/fys3J5DivuLNFIDcl
Bridging to My Past Work
As a writer and lobbyist, I have tried to understand both the Israeli and Palestinian perspectives, as outlined in my article entitled, Aljazeera Ask, what if the US stopped supporting Israel tomorrow?.
Despite my Judeo‑Christian bias, I have tried to learn and gain a better understanding of the Islamic faith since the war began, in order to advocate worldwide reconciliation.
Why should I have to be so fearful as a “closet Islamophobic” when other American citizens are unabashedly forming strong alliances with the Islamic people to exercise power and control over my country — my country, ’tis of thee, land of the free?
A Peaceful Jihad to Save the Holy Land
Early in the war between Israel and Hamas, I proclaimed a peaceful jihad to save the Holy Land.
As a writer and lobbyist for the high‑tech industry holding a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology, I have engaged in an in‑depth study of consciousness.
In my article entitled Reborn of the Spirit, I mulled over how I became caught up in fretting about this ugly, pathetic, sad war. I should have just let Trump deal with it.
At the end of the article, within the section entitled A Peaceful Jihad to Save the Holy Land, I shared AI Debrief Magazine: The Metaphysics of Spirituality, January – April 2025 edition cover photo, currently for sale on Lulu on‑demand publishing for $175.
The beautiful cover photo reveals a major theme in the magazine:
The Holy Land should reflect the highest echelon, apex, zenith, and pinnacle of human consciousness as related to the 2nd law of Info‑dynamics and Intelligent Design.
The 9/11 Shadow
I may be fearful of Islam, but my fellow Americans unabashedly make strong alliances with those who brought the World Trade Center down on 9‑11.
Pre‑October 7 Settler Violence and the Shaping of Worldviews
Human beings and AI neural networks are both trained on data. The worldview of an individual is shaped by what he or she reads on the internet or sees and hears on radio and television.
In the months before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, there were multiple documented incidents of Israeli settler violence against Palestinian villages in the West Bank:
- February 26, 2023 – Huwara: Hundreds of settlers rampaged through the town after two Israelis were killed in a shooting, torching homes and cars and killing at least one Palestinian. Senior Israeli officials later condemned the violence, with some calling it a “pogrom.”
- June 2023 – Multi‑village attacks: Armed settler groups, often accompanied by Israeli soldiers, carried out days of assaults on more than a dozen Palestinian communities, burning property and injuring residents.
- August 2023 – Retaliatory raids: Following shootings in Huwara and Hebron, settlers attacked nearby villages, damaging homes and vehicles, while Israeli forces conducted large‑scale raids that injured over 100 Palestinians.
I read many articles on the internet about Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian villages. The articles forgot to mention killings of Israeli citizens may have instigated the attacks upon Palestinian villages.
It is heartbreaking to witness starvation and violent death by IDF missile attacks of the Palestinian people — especially killing of children. And not all the 63,000 Palestinians killed belong to Hamas.
Once more, if the United States of America is moving forward with a two‑state solution, then Israeli settlements in the occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank are illegal. U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East has failed miserably by advocating for the two‑state solution for decades spanning both Republican and Democrat administrations without providing governing authority to the Palestinian Authority or other legitimate government elected by the Palestinian people.
I cannot litigate the entire war within confines of this article. I have made a significant contribution by calling on Qatar and Turkey to arrange for Hamas to surrender to Allah represented by a delegation of Islamic clerics upholding Islamic law as taught by Jesus, a great Islamic prophet.
The International Islamic Community including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey support Hamas in order to defend statehood of Palestine. Hamas effort to destroy God’s House of Israel is an attempt to establish an Islamic caliphate in Jerusalem as a one‑state solution. A federalized system with statehood of Palestine under God’s House of Israel confers constitutional rights to the Palestinian people.
In my article entitled, Spiritual Architecture for Global Reconciliation, I make the following observation:
The Prophet Muhammad prayed with Jesus, Moses, and Abraham for God’s House of Israel before his ascension during the Night Journey. He revered the Torah as the Jewish Holy Book. Therefore, the International Islamic Community should uplift and revere God’s House of Israel today.
The United States is a guest in the Middle East. We, the American people, believe in freedom and liberty. We cannot support military occupation.
The Trump administration and preceding administrations claim to support Israel, but do a disservice to God’s House of Israel when the U.S. State Department fails to confront Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Qatar, Turkey, and other oil‑rich Arab OPEC nations about playing a more active leadership role in demanding Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian fighters, and Houthi rebels stop attacking God’s House of Israel. The failure of the United States of America to exercise a more confrontive leadership role in encouraging the International Islamic Community to live according to God’s law of love — as inscribed by the prophets within the Torah, Quran, and New Testament Gospels — leaves Israel with only one option: the military option.
The United Nations international court has declared that both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes. The bloody massacre of Israeli citizens — including rape, torture, and the horrific murder of a child — is a clear violation of Geneva conventions.
If Palestine is a separate state, then the International Islamic Community must bring Hamas to justice under Islamic law. Israel should have never launched IDF operations in Gaza and the West Bank. Instead, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Qatar, Turkey, and other oil‑rich Arab OPEC nations should lead the charge for justice under Islamic law — according to the teachings of Jesus as a great Islamic prophet.
The entire war could have been avoided. Sixty‑three thousand Palestinian lives could have been saved. The $600 billion provided by Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom to the United States perpetuates endless warfare unless both sides accept God’s covenant as inscribed in the Torah, Quran, and New Testament Gospels.
The Abrahamic Singularity Protocol Living Code Capital calls for multilateral disarmament and a prohibition against political assassinations. Those who engage in terrorism must be held accountable under international law.
https://www.abrahamicprotocol.org/rebuild-covenant.html
At this point in time Qatar and Turkey to my knowledge have not arranged the surrender of Hamas to Allah represented by a delegation of Islamic clerics.
The entire world should rethink the destruction of God’s House of Israel, as outlined in my article entitled, Reallocate the Wealth, Rebuild the Covenant — http://www.abrahamicprotocol.org/EU-sanctions.html
Is the Occupation Justified?
The question of whether Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is justified is one of the most contested in modern geopolitics.
From Israel’s security perspective:
- The occupation is seen as a necessary measure to protect Israeli citizens from attacks, including shootings, stabbings, and rocket fire.
- Supporters argue that many military operations are reactive, responding to violence against Israelis, and that withdrawal without a reliable peace agreement would leave Israel vulnerable.
From the standpoint of international law:
- The United Nations and the International Court of Justice have repeatedly affirmed that the territories are “occupied” and that prolonged occupation, combined with settlement expansion, violates international humanitarian law.
- Occupation is meant to be temporary; critics argue that after more than five decades, it has become de facto annexation, undermining Palestinian self‑determination.
From a moral and humanitarian lens:
- Just War Theory holds that military control must meet tests of just cause, proportionality, and last resort. Critics say the occupation fails these tests because it imposes severe restrictions on Palestinian life and movement, and because diplomatic alternatives have not been fully pursued.
- Supporters counter that without a stable Palestinian authority able to prevent attacks, Israel has no safe alternative.
In short: the occupation’s justification depends on the lens through which it is viewed — security, legality, or morality — and each lens produces a different answer.
A Surrender to Allah for the Sake of Peace
I began exploring this idea in my earlier essay, The Crucible of the Holy Land: A Divine Test of Mercy and Love , where I asked why God might have led the Hebrews to a promised land surrounded by so many Islamic states, in a region marked by constant tension. Judaism, Islam, and Christianity all proclaim that God is merciful and loving, as revealed in the Quran, Torah, and New Testament Gospels. Perhaps this is a divine test — an opportunity for the human family to live out that mercy and love in practice.
The International Islamic Community — numbering some 380 million native Arab Muslims worldwide — has demonstrated its influence in the conflict, as seen in Hamas’ high-level meetings with Qatari leaders in Doha. If this community truly seeks to defend Palestinian statehood, then it must also lead in ending the cycle of violence.
One possible path forward is for Israel to consider a ceasefire contingent upon Hamas’ surrender — not to Israel, but to Allah, represented by a delegation of respected Islamic clerics. Such a surrender would be rooted in the same prophetic tradition that unites the Abrahamic faiths: the Prophet Muhammad praying alongside Jesus, Moses, and Abraham before his ascension, honoring the Torah as divine revelation.
Palestinian statehood, in this vision, could only be sustained by a government built on the shoulders of the Prince of Peace — Jesus, revered in Islam as a great prophet — whose life and teachings embody mercy, justice, and reconciliation.
But this surrender cannot occur while both sides persist in the worship of “graven weapons” — missiles, drones, and covert assassinations. Preemptive strikes in Iran or Qatar, and targeted bombings in Lebanon, only deepen the wound. The Holy Land’s redemption will not come through escalation, but through a shared submission to the God of Abraham, who calls His children to beat their swords into plowshares.
Closing Reflection
This article is not an indictment of an entire faith, nor a surrender to fear. It is an attempt to confront my own biases, examine the historical and demographic realities of the Abrahamic faiths, and wrestle with the contradictions in U.S. alliances and policies.
My hope is that by facing these tensions honestly, we can move toward a reconciliation that honors the dignity of all — Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike — and fulfills the covenantal vision of a Holy Land that truly becomes a house of prayer for all nations.
© Mark W. Gaffney. All rights reserved.