Tommy Tuberville
University: Southern Arkansas University
State: Alabama
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Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Senator, has increasingly positioned himself as a culture-war figure, using inflammatory rhetoric to mobilize political support. While his remarks about race and extremism have drawn criticism for years, a review of his public record shows a distinct and accelerated turn toward anti-Muslim rhetoric.
On November 9, 2025, Tuberville posted to his X (formerly Twitter account, “The Quran calls on Muslims to wage ‘jihad’ or holy war against nonbelievers. This is INCOMPATIBLE with American values and laws. We must BAN SHARIA LAW before Radical Islam destroys our country.”
In December 2025, Tuberville wrote, “Europe has shown what happens when mass migration from majority Islamic countries goes unchecked. Entire neighborhoods are now ruled by Sharia law. If you don’t think this can happen in America next, you’re not paying attention.” He also wrote, We need to deport every Islamist who was allowed to come here under the Biden administration. If we don’t act now, the United States will end up the “United Caliphate of America.”
From Rhetoric to Policy Threats Against Muslim Communities
Just recently, the Alabama Political Reporter said that Tuberville alleged, that “Islam ‘preaches hate’ and instructs to ‘kill all infidels’ and ‘kill all Christians’” while he was speaking about an Islamic school. In that article the Alabama Political Reporter also adds, “Tuberville the frontrunner to be the next governor of Alabama said he would not allow Islamic schools in the state if elected.”
His increasingly hostile rhetoric towards American Muslims has culminated in him publicly celebrating the cancellation of a Muslim K-12 school building project amid anti-Muslim threats and harassment.
AL.com reports the following from Tuberville in response to the Islamic school in Alabama:
“This goes back to a very deep subject – because we’re at war,” Tuberville continued Monday.
“We’re at war in this country with all the people that have come here from all over the world. And listen, we love immigration. We’re…all a part of an immigrant family one time and the other. But a lot of people come here and they want to assimilate.”
“Not the group coming here from the Muslim countries,” he said.
“They’re coming here with an agenda.”
Tuberville’s statements follow a recognizable trajectory: portraying Muslims as inherently violent, denying the legitimacy of their faith, and casting their civic participation as a threat to national survival. These narratives, have historically preceded spikes in anti-Muslim harassment and violence.
As Tuberville positions himself for higher office within Alabama, his rhetoric is drawing increasing scrutiny not only for its accuracy, but for its impact. For Muslim Americans in his state and beyond, the concern is no longer rhetorical tone, but whether such language is being used to justify exclusion, surveillance, and the erosion of religious freedom.
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