None of the available reports spell out exactly what Janelle Bowles said, and that is in keeping with the ridiculous nanny state mentality that prevails everywhere today: the public cannot be trusted to see what Bowles said, as people will immediately grab torches and go burn down the local mosque, or threaten the friendly halal butcher who always has a smile for everyone. The Arizona Republic can’t risk the consequences that could come from reporting accurately on the news. If it prints “hate,” hateful people will run with it, don’t you see? The public can’t be trusted to make a sober and informed decision of its own.
And so all we’re told is that Bowles “had shared posts on social media rejecting Islam as a religion, claimed Muslim families indoctrinate their children and suggested the religion would take over the country.”
Islam is indeed a religion, as it does what all religions do: claim to relate human beings to the divine. But those who say that Islam is not a religion are attempting to emphasize a fact that has been completely ignored in American public discourse: that Islam is more than a religion in the Western sense. It is a total way of life, and includes a political system that is authoritarian, supremacist, violent, and expansionist. Bowles seems to have been drawing attention to that fact, as she “suggested the religion would take over the country.”
Now, Janelle Bowles is facing calls for her resignation for stating that Islam “would take over the country,” but what about all the Muslims who have boasted about exactly that? Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, preached on Feb. 2, 2024 that America was on its way out, and that the world had to prepare accordingly: “America has grown old. It is old. It is on the verge of retirement. It is about to be admitted into a nursing home.” The solution for America as well as for the rest of the world, said Salah, was the religion of Muhammad. He even claimed that Muhammad himself had prophesied an Islamic America: “The Prophet Muhammad has said: ‘A small army of Muslims will conquer the white house, the house of Kisar [the Persian ruler].’” In case any of his listeners missed his point, he continued, “Ever since the days of Adam and to day—this is 2024—we have never known of any house that was built and named ‘the White House,’ except for the ‘White House’ in Washington.” He didn’t bother to disclose to his audience why a Persian ruler was occupying America’s Executive Mansion. Instead, Salah drove home the point that Islam was in America’s future: “Perhaps this hadith is clear evidence that the future caliphate [that will follow] the ways of the prophets will lead to the spreading of Islam, and Islam will enter every home in every continent without exception, including every home in America.”
This is a more common view than most non-Muslims realize. a Muslim speaker told a large crowd in New York City at a rally in Feb. 2026: “Oh, don’t scare them, brothers! Relax! They’re over here on purpose to be like, ‘Oh my God!’ Who’s seen those videos where they’re like, ‘Oh my God, the Muslims are taking over New York City!’ Seen those? You seen those? Let them know that we are taking over New York City! Takbir!” The crowd responded with enthusiastic screams of “Allahu akbar.”
This also recalled a video that surfaced back in Dec. 2025, in which a young Somali Muslim in the U.S. holds a large photo of President Donald Trump and says: “My biggest fear in life is that this man may never witness our full takeover. Yes, he may never wi— witness that. He already witnessed our partial takeover, our little success, in America…. So. He’s old and sick, I know, he may not witness our full takeover. But I promise you that his sons will witness.”
On May 27, 2026 at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia, the imam Esam Omeish said: “The best thing we can do to America is help guide it with the guidance of Islam, and help guide it with the ability to rid itself of these illnesses that our Prophet Muhammad has described and has given us the prescription for.”
But Janelle Bowles is under fire for saying that Islam would take over the country. And the Arizona Republic publishes the outrage against her as if it were legitimate. This is what happens whenever anyone calls attention to the dangers of the spread of Sharia in the U.S.: the media assumes that Sharia is entirely private and benign, and that the person sounding the warning is a dangerous “Islamophobic” who must be publicly shamed. This is not how a free people survives as a free people, and as long as it keeps up, we won’t.
“Peoria board member faces backlash over alleged Islamophobic posts,” by Erick Trevino, Arizona Republic, June 13, 2026:
Over a dozen community members demanded action against what they described as Islamophobic comments made by a Peoria Unified School District governing board member.
During a June 9 district board meeting, speakers said Janelle Bowles had shared posts on social media rejecting Islam as a religion, claimed Muslim families indoctrinate their children and suggested the religion would take over the country. Several district staff and parents asked for her resignation or the governing board to formally censure her.
Students told the board Bowles’ comments made Muslim students feel unsafe in their own schools and normalized prejudice against them. They also cited concerns of the rise in Islamophobia, as seen by a recent local attack on Phoenix mosque during Ramadan.
Bowles responded by saying she was open to having a conversation with the community. But at the end of the meeting, she requested a future agenda item on the possibility of banning individuals or organizations from future board meetings that may threaten the safety of board members. She said the board meeting demonstrated very clearly that “political agendas are everywhere.”…
Ahead of the meeting, the Arizona chapter for the Council on American-Islamic Relations asked members of the public to “demand accountability and safe schools for all students.” The group highlighted past posts in which Bowles’ criticized New York City for electing a Muslim mayor after the Sept. 11 attacks, among other anti-Muslim remarks….
Assa Abuseif, the executive director of the Arizona chapter for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Bowles’ response to community feedback raised further concerns.
“It is deeply troubling that after hearing concerns from Muslim families and community members, Board Member Bowles responded by exploring whether certain individuals or organizations could be banned from future meetings,” he said.
Civil rights attorney for the organization, Martin Quezada spoke to the board about a recent attack at a San Diego mosque that serves as a school.
“That attack didn’t happen in a vacuum,” Quezada said. “It happened in a climate where Islamophobia is being normalized, from social media, to Congress, to state legislators, and sadly, to school board seats.”
Quezada is a graduate of Peoria Unified’s Centennial High School.
He said Bowles had used her public platform to call Muslim participation “holy jihad” and that Muslim schools brainwash children.
“These are not harmless opinions, these are Islamophobia from someone who is supposed to be a trusted adult for every child in this district. If board member Bowles were to act on these beliefs in her official capacity, it would be an unlawful violation of the Civil Rights Act,” he said….
GE says
Muslims make up about 1% of the AZ population. Peoria is a suburb of the Phoenix area, and there are about 100,000 Muslims in the Phoenix metro area.
I hope Ms. Bowles doesn’t cave.
All anybody has to do is play some clips of the imams talking about jihad and death to infidels at the next school board meeting. That should get her point across.
PS—I bet these apologists would be the first ones to hit the floor if one screamed Alahu Akbar at a board meeting.
Hypocrites.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I don’t know whether Ms Bowles has an @X a/c, and even if she does, whether she’s allowed by her terms of employment to post there about here work. But the best place to go for firsthand accounts of this would be either there – especially since that’s what’s being alleged
P.S. I do consider her either brave and/or foolhardy for posting these views w/ her real identity. It’s dangerous given that one never knows what one will run into
David Lakatos says
Ignore the existential threat of Islam at your own peril.
David Lakatos says
I have been made victorious with terror Muhammad.
Shoe bomber a Muslim
beltway snipers, Muslim
fort hood shooter, Muslim
underwear bomber Muslim
USS Cole bombers, Muslim
Madrid Train bombers, Muslim
Bali nightclub bombers Muslim
London subway bombers, Muslim
Moscow theater attackers, Muslim
Boston marathon bombers, Muslim
pan-am flight #93 Muslim
air France Entebbe hijackers, Muslim
Iranian embassy attackers, Muslim
Beirut embassy bombers, Muslim
Libyan US embassy bombers, Muslim
Buenos Aires suicide bombers, Muslim
Israeli Olympic team attackers, Muslim
Kenyan US embassy bombers, Muslim
Saudi Khobar Tower bombers, Muslim
Beirut Marine Barracks bombers, Muslims
Beslan Russian school attackers, Muslims
First World Trade Center bombers, Muslim
The Bombay and Mumbai Indian attackers, Muslim
The Achille Lauro Cruise ship attackers, Muslim
September 11 2001 Airline Attackers were Muslim
gravenimage says
+1
Larry Estavan says
CAIR’s TV targets so far in 2026
CAIR’s Targets in 2026
1. ICE
2. TRUMP
3. AMERICA
4. NFL
5. RANDY FINE
6. OIC
7. UNITED STATES
8. SID ROSENBERG
9. ANDY OLGES
10. DePaul UNIVERSITY
11. KRISTIAN SEALS
12. WALTON PELLICER
13. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
14. JASON WHITTAKER
15. DHS/ICE
16. EASTPOINTE POLICE
17. MICAH BECKWITH
18. FAIRFAX CO. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
19. ROBERT SPENCER
20. MEGAN BASHAM
21. CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
22. JANELLE BOWLES
23. ISRAEL
This is the 24th week of the year which averages out to almost once a week
Are you mad yet?
PRCS USN (ret) says
Thank you Larry.
gravenimage says
That is quite a list, Larry. Thank you.
Raymond Bullock says
Two-tiered system. One, your rights under the Constitution are denied, i. e. freedom of speech. Two, your freedom of speech is a mortal threat to Allah, Mohammed, all Muslims in the world and will not be tolerated. Three, there is only one way, the Islamic way. No other way will be allowed. We own you. You must submit to us, or we will apply Sharia penalties to you. Nothing else is allowed anywhere in the world!
James Lincoln says
Janelle Bowles should have simply quoted what Sheikh Raed Salah preached on Feb. 2, 2024…
John Hawkins says
Ask the people of Northern Ireland what they think of the muslims or the woman in Italy that was recently beheaded. Oh, I forgot she can’t talk. At a demonstration in Times square last year a speaker said that the five boroughs of New York would eventually be muslim whether the people liked it or not. Ask the Christians in Africa if they think Islam is a peaceful religion. Afghanistan used to be a Christian nation. Ask the people of Afghanistan what they think of islam. No nation has ever be conquered peacefully except England and Europe. They are just being over run by mulims They will try the same thing here.
somehistory says
Hold the phone, shakey. The U.S. is only 2 and 1/2 centuries old. Now the slime of worshipping a false god, a fake prophet, a book of demon filth and big black desert stone is a heck-of-a-lot older.
It’s time for islime to take that forever dirt nap and take its memory along for the ride so that everyone can go to sleep and wake up without one little thought of it forevermore.
If there are some people with a ‘phobia,’ about islime, then it is “being normalized” by the rapes and murders committed by muzlims.
Ms. Bowles, if you can, stick to your guns. You have Truth on your side and the muzzies and their supporters are afraid of the Truth.
Spiro says
Muslims are outraged
There always outraged
PRCS USN (ret) says
True.
Mike Larkin says
I wonder how safe Jewish students feel in that school district?
Westman says
CAIR being outraged means nothing other than it gets paid to interfere in situations detrimental to the image of Islam. CAIR is Islam’s Al Sharpton.
Communities and cultures that keep to themselves, refuse to accept the culture of their hosts, and speak of themselves as eventual rulers – marginalize themselves. There is no, “Islamophobia”, just a recognition of the oddities by which Islam makes claim to superiority and the right to rule while its works justify none of it.
There is no danger that Islam will rule, only the danger it presents in its dying spasms of violence.
Will the Taliban rule the world? It is a silly question, is it not? Will Iran rule the world? Laughable. Islam has no consistent unity other than rejection of the unbelievers, a factor sufficient to keep it from ever rising to greatness through intellectual attainment – which now requires unified group effort, incredible wealth, and freedom from religious controls.
Islam has no greater ability to rule than organized crime. Both reject the human value of the non-member. By no means does this imply a generality that Muslims are evil. It simply means that no movement can rise to a ruling position by discounting the majority of a host culture. That can only be done by force and maintained by force. That bird has flown.
Light Angel says
Islam rules an enormous amount of the world already
Boog says
I hope you’re right but one has to admit the Islam unfortunately has had some level of success. Liberal/socialist suicidal empathy has been the downfall of many nations. Islam is like a fog that slowly creeps in and penetrates into every crevice of society: schools, government, social services, first responders, the military.
Germany, France and Britain and many other European countries have been overrun with young Islamic immigrants. These Islamic immigrants are welfare rats while having Islamic children at a rate two to six times greater than the country’s native population. It has gotten so bad that these country’s military leaders are afraid to raise a military if called to war! They feel they can’t give weapons to that many Muslim “citizens” or they’d be doomed to be enslaved, converted or murdered even more quickly than they are now. Islam spreads by the sword.
God help us all. Islam is a theocratic political system more powerful than Nazis or communism. It’s not a religion. It is a cult.
Light Angel says
You can see screenshots of what Janelle Bowles posted here. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/peoria-school-board-member-faces-backlash-over-social-media-posts-criticized-as-anti-muslim-arizona/75-4be68d02-eaa9-4b4d-aa70-7e7f2c121342
gravenimage says
Thanks for that link, Light Angel.
Light Angel says
One of the posts Janelle Bowles showed was of Millicent Sedra. I looked up that name and came across this. https://www.millicentsedra.com/?pgid=mhzvvae9-464dd616-9c57-4736-b9db-41bed6e72a39
OLD GUY says
Let’s see, Islamic followers can say anything they want against non-islamic followers because it is freedom of speech. But when someone speaks out against islam they become enraged and want action taken against those speaking against islam. Can’t have it both ways.
Personal opinion, islam is a foreign enemy attempting to dominate America while hiding behind religion.
gravenimage says
Arizona: Hamas-linked CAIR, community members enraged at school board member who spoke of threat of Islam
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Brave woman. CAIR does not want anyone to know the truth about Islam.
Andrew Blackadder says
I suggest she gets a few of the videos where some Iman or muslim is screaming about islam taking over America, taking over the World, coming into every house whether we like it or not, and play them ALL in front of the people who call her an islamowhatsit…
She doesnt have to say a single word, just wait for the reaction of CAIR and the other morons.