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An Unholy Alliance II: A Global Discussion
October 11, 2026 · 29 min
Dr. Michael Youssef examines the growing alliance between Islamism and progressive ideology and its threat to Biblical faith, freedom, and Western civilization. Through history, global insight, and Gospel Truth, he challenges Christians to wake up, stand firm, and boldly proclaim Jesus Christ.
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October 11, 2026 · 29 min
Dr. Michael Youssef examines the growing alliance between Islamism and progressive ideology and its threat to Biblical faith, freedom, and Western civilization. Through history, global insight, and Gospel Truth, he challenges Christians to wake up, stand firm, and boldly proclaim Jesus Christ. ...more Show the full description Show less Dr. Michael Youssef examines the growing alliance between Islamism and progressive ideology and its threat to Biblical faith, freedom, and Western civilization. Through history, global insight, and Gospel Truth, he challenges Christians to wake up, stand firm, and boldly proclaim Jesus Christ.
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In this video 0:00 The Unholy Alliance Between Islamism and Progressivism9:16 Historical Warnings and the Strategy of the Third Jihad17:00 Sharia Law and the Contradiction With Progressive Values25:00 Contrasting Allah and the God of the Bible26:45 A Call to Action and the Gospel Response
The Unholy Alliance Between Islamism and Progressivism 0:00 The following is a Leading the Way special presentation.0:05 If the Christian church does not rise up and wake up in time, history will repeat itself. The sooner they wake up to this unholy alliance, the better off they are. Truth is vitally0:17 important. It is so important for our children and grandchildren to be aware of the fact that they are under attack. I just plead with pastors to begin to think of0:29 discipling that next generation. And I pray to God that God's people will wake up and rise up and be victors.0:36 And now let's join doctor Youssef in studio for An Unholy Alliance, a global discussion.0:45 Hello, my dear friends. I am so glad that you have joined us today for this very special program, a unique program on Leading the Way.0:57 It has been quite a busy fall with overseas travel and special events here in the United States, including some high profile interviews1:09 on my book, an unholy alliance.1:17 Today, I have a very special guest, doctor Michael Youssef.1:20 Doctor Michael Youssef, a special welcome along to 20 20.1:24
1:34 The 2 ideologies of Islamism and leftism or pressivism, why are they tied together?
1:40 They have nothing in common with each other at all, except for the hatred of Western civilization with all of its Judeo Christian
1:52 foundation. If they would sit down and think about that for a 2nd, their oil and water Absolutely. I was warning the leadership of the west
2:03 in general, America in particular, as to the danger of Islamism. This is 19 82.
2:12 So, warnings fall on deaf ears, and now we have political strongholds that have developed that have caused political parties to court the votes of Islam dominated electorates.
2:24 When it comes to the strict Islamists, these progressives will be the 1st ones to go. They think they are helping, aiding, and abetting anti Western, anti Christian,
2:37 movement. And you say, history repeats itself. Can anybody learn from history?
2:42 The Islamists use the socialists to gain power.
2:47 I call it foolishness or ignorance to get into an alliance with a group of people who wish you nothing except your demise. And in many ways, the god of this world has blinded the
2:58 eyes of the Islamists and the progressives. And they need to be set free and liberated in Jesus' name. And that's what we need to be on a mission for, proclaiming the gospel to Muslim people.
3:17 You know, my beloved friends, I have been so blessed to do hundreds of interviews over the years. Now 1 of the most insightful
3:29 interviews that I did on this book involved Australia's former deputy prime minister, the honorable John Anderson. He is
3:41 the most respected. In fact, his government was the most successful government in Australian modern history. He's a dear friend, and he gets the significance
3:53 of today's struggle.
3:58 I can see a scenario where they will literally literally be able to use democracy to destroy democracy.
4:04 That's what they're doing, and this was the strategy. So they said, now we're gonna do it. We're gonna do the 3rd jihad by taking over Europe, but not by the sword. We're gonna do it with birth
4:16 rate and investment of petrodollars.
4:19 It's just universally accepted that the Crusades are the evidence that, in fact, the Christians are just as nasty as the Islamic. Actually, that's not really the case at all, is it?
4:28 We need to plan as if he's not come back for 100 years, but I'm ready as if he comes tomorrow.
4:40 My guest today is in Sydney with me visiting from Atlanta, but he's no stranger to Australia. He started his life in Egypt, came to Australia, married an Australian... A country girl from Australia, as a matter of fact.
4:51 He's the author of 57 books. He understands so much of the important ferment over beliefs that shape our lives,
5:03 shaping our culture, and which need to be considered as we look for a better way forward. He has a ministry known as Leading the Way that reaches across the
5:15 globe in very unusual and wonderful ways. Well, Michael, great to see you again. Thanks so much for joining us. People are gonna be watching this. Yeah. Can I urge those people, listen carefully
5:27 because the world you are living in is now being massively turmoil, if I can use that expression? Sure. By what are actually in the end religious questions,
5:39 questions of belief, whether you're a religious, a Christian, or not. Right. Our world is now being shaped and will be shaped
5:49 Yeah.
5:50 In the next few decades. By what amount to theological issues? No question. If there's 1 belief system that is completely at sea in all of us,
6:02 it's Western secular humanism.
6:04 Right. And it's total ignorance or refusal to understand or comprehend that mindset. A friend of mine in Reagan White House, now I was
6:16 only 34 years old, but he brought me in many, many times. I would come to the White House, and I meet with the key people. And 1 individual in particular, if I mentioned his name, everybody would know him. He looked at
6:27 me, and he said, you mean these goat herders are gonna be threat... A threat to us? Since then, he and I become great friends, and every time we sit together over coffee or lunch and he shakes his head, I said, I
6:39 can't believe we didn't even get it. And these were really people who want to get it Yeah. But they didn't. Whenever you have secular answers to religious
6:53 problem, it will be totally... Not just inadequate. It it will fail miserably.
6:59 Our world, the 1 we live in, take for granted our freedoms, have their origins in the beliefs of our forebears. Yeah. The real problem here is is that we've created a vacuum.
7:11 We have lost commitment to, understanding of Yes. Our own values, our own drive Yes. The things that set
7:23 us free. We lack all conviction, and people with real conviction who think we're weak and degenerate Yep. They're just flowing into that vacuum.
7:33 I mean, you're talking about a 1400 year problem. This didn't happen overnight. So, no, you're absolutely right. And whenever,
7:45 I I tell people... And it's not a matter of dropping names. I had the joy of meeting with president Sisi several times of Egypt. And president Sisi is a very wise man, and he's a Muslim,
7:57 but he he understood the evil of Islamization or what he calls it political Islam. He even appealed to a university.
8:07 That's the word I used then you might have noticed. Yes. Political Islam.
8:10 Political Islam.
8:11 Yeah. Really important that we understand the distinction if we're to try and come to grips with what they say and do I without with people. Religious freedom.
8:19 Because they they they they they tie all the Muslims with the same brush. Admittedly, 80 percent of Muslims are not Islamist, but 100 percent of the Islamists are Muslims.
8:31 But then again, when you read the history and you understand the differentiation, there is a Mecca Muslims, there is a Medina Muslims. And so you you meet with somebody like president... And I told people, other
8:43 leaders in the west. I said, listen to president Sisi. He's a Muslim, but he understand the threat of political Islam. It's like another, very, very key, I
8:55 will not mention his name, leader in the Middle East looked at me and said, doctor Youssef, can you explain to me how come we outlaw the Muslim Brotherhood from Egypt, from Jordan, from the,
9:07 United Arab Emirates, even Saudi Arabia? And then they go to England, and they give them the welcome mat, and they give them a a satellite channel from where they can
Historical Warnings and the Strategy of the Third Jihad
9:19 attack us who are the Arab leaders. And I said, I'm afraid I don't have an answer except either foolishness or suicide or both.
9:29 And Yeah. Well, we've now had reports of the UAE, I think it is, limiting the number of students who can go Go
9:35 to England.
9:36 Study in England. That's right. They get radicalized in England.
9:39 Absolutely. Yes.
9:40 So there's been a dramatic change. I I think I can say this is a an observer and, admirer in many ways. Not always, but in many ways of Britain. Yeah. It seems that there was a tipping point Yeah.
9:52 Up to a point. Yeah. The many Muslims, there were 6 percent of the population now and growing rapidly. Yep. Growing very rapidly. They probably now already, control around 25 seats in the House of Commons. That's right.
10:03 Likely to rise to about 45 over the next 10 or 15 years. Yeah. I can see a scenario where they will literally
10:10 Yeah.
10:11 Be able to use democracy to destroy democracy.
10:14 That's what they're doing. And this was the strategy.
10:17 You pass through the democratic processes, a set of arrangements that introduce Sharia law and destroy
10:25 Yep.
10:25 The basis of common law that lies at the heart.
10:29 That's what the hijab. That's what the hijra is all about. Immigration.
10:33 Right.
10:33 That's what you come to do, not to assimilate or be grateful that you're given a refuge, but in order to invade and then destroy from within. So they said, now we're gonna do the 3rd jihad by
10:45 taking over Europe, but not by the sword. We're gonna do it with birth rate and investment of petrodollars. And now the Qataris own Harrods. They own Barclays Bank, and
10:57 they go on, on, and on, and on. So they have complete, I'm not exaggerating, hold over the economy in England as well as the birth
11:09 rate, of course, outnumbered. So I sat with us, and I showed them what was written, not for me. I'm not that smart, but the brain of the 3rd jihad,
11:20 movement. And they said, what we're gonna do, we're gonna build a spine from the top to bottom of the island of of England. And once that's strong, we're gonna start building
11:32 ribs, and then we choke the country.
11:36 Now That's pretty chilling.
11:37 It it... Well well, they started 20 years ago, and I told them, I said, do you know that this area's called no go zone? So a person can beat up his wife or honor killing or whatever it
11:49 is. Police cannot go there. It's a no go zone for police.
11:53 It's... And it's covered by, if you like, the judicial court. Sharia court.
11:57 Sharia court.
11:57 Now this is a logical point to jump into something that's critically important. Progressives today would, for example, embrace feminism. How could a modern feminist turn a blind eye
12:08 Yep.
12:09 To the fact that in those courts, it's legal for a man to beat his wife? Yep. It's just a test as to whether he went overboard. Yes. Exactly. But a woman's testimony is less than a man? 0.5.
12:21 0.5.
12:22 For any court case where you need a man's testimony, and if a man not not available, you have to have 2 women. And it's the same in inheritance law. The... To this day,
12:33 the inheritance law that the daughter gets 0.5 of what the son gets, or the son gets twice as much as the daughter. And this actually, is a law that, for example, in Egypt,
12:45 they still follow it, is, binding on Christians and Muslims. And I remember when my father died and the inheritance split around, and I said, guys, you can't do this. It
12:57 was a... This is a law, but we can do something, you know, and my brothers were able to help my sisters. But that's just the law of the land. 0.5. A woman is 0.5 of
13:09 a man as far... In the eyes of the law. It's an utter mystery I know.
13:14 As to how progressives have signed up with this. We see it writ large in Australia. Yeah. We see it in the way in which... To be really blunt about this,
13:27 endless protests over the tragedy of Gazans being killed Sure. And silence Absolutely. On Iranian women and children and men Slaughtered. Being slaughtered
13:38 by their own government. Absolutely. And people who say, oh, no. I'm not anti Semitic. I'm just anti Israel.
13:46 Yeah.
13:46 Well, if you haven't turned up to protest the deaths of others in those horror circumstances Yeah. If you've not even commented on what's happening in other trouble spots around the
13:56 world Yeah.
13:57 Should we really believe that you're not being anti Semitic?
14:00 The feminist, particularly, I think you... You're really hitting on something very important. January of, 2016, they had a massive, event in Washington, DC. Who is the keynote
14:11 speaker? A woman in hijab by the name of Linda Sashoor, who is absolutely the big proponent of Sharia in the United States. And she would say, how do
14:23 you like to have your mortgage without interest? Yeah. People roar and said, okay. That's Sharia. And she got... She was a keynote speaker in a hijab. They call her the Brooklyn girl with hijab.
14:36 In a feminist gathering with all the icon feminists, and so all the rapes and the horrors that they did to women in Northern Gaza
14:47 on October 7th, not a word. All the rapes that are happening in England, the the grooming of young British women on the part of Pakistanis.
14:59 Historically speaking, when the when the Islamists, like the Muslim Brotherhood, and the left ever get together in order to accomplish a common goal,
15:11 eventually, they have to turn on each other. And this is the unholy alliance is all about. Even though now they are kind of protecting each other and supporting each other, the day is gonna come when
15:23 it's gonna blow up.
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15:44 another are working together to undermine faith and freedom, How this alliance is advancing on college campuses, in the media, and in public institutions across America.
15:55 What history, scripture, and documented evidence reveal about where this alliance leads and what you can do about it, how Christians can respond not with fear or outrage, but with
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16:19 Christ and call the church to revival.
16:35 You made the very... Music to my ears. I think history is the key to understanding where we are and where we can go in the future. We don't study it. It. 2 examples of where... I'll I'll say it. The donkeys of the press
16:47 in particular swallow simplistic lines. 1 was, you would have thought reading the media in Australia that the brotherhood in Egypt were the freedom fighters looking to bless the people of Egypt with democracy.
16:59 So little was their understanding. I know. Completely dead wrong. Yeah. The other would be, let's just universally accept that the Crusades are the evidence that, in fact, the Christians are just as nasty as the Islamic.
Sharia Law and the Contradiction With Progressive Values
17:10 Exactly. Actually, that's not really the case at all,
17:13 is it? Absolutely. It's not. And, you know, during the uprising, by the way, I was for 3 hours
17:19 In Egypt.
17:19 In Egypt, 2011. And, I was on the set for 3 hours at CNN because they were in Atlanta at the time. And, I had this young
17:31 man, Don Lemon, as the anchor. And, every time I explained to him just a historic fact, no. No. No. No. You don't understand. When the great authority from Emory University who just
17:43 walked out, he said to him, said, Don, you need to understand. You've got an... A guest here who, of all the scholars who walked Emory University campus, knows more about the subject than anybody else. But it didn't make
17:54 any difference. And I I I tell my older grandchildren, I said, listen to both sides. Don't be block minded about this because if you do, it's your detriment.
18:05 1 of the great frustrations I have is that from time to time, people... As is their absolute right. Say, hey. Look. I disagree with you or your speaker or whatever. Well, put up the arguments. Yeah. But what what happens
18:16 all the time is they resort to emotionalism Yeah. Rather than the hard facts. Often because they have not been given a historical grounding. Exactly. How is it that progressives who are basically scornful
18:28 of Christianity
18:29 Yes.
18:30 They really are.
18:30 Yeah.
18:33 Have now embraced a religion
18:36 Yep. Which is hostile... Far more
18:40 hostile, I would argue, because of their progressivism Yes. Than Christianity is.
18:44 Yeah. How have progressives...
18:48 Because you see it everywhere Yeah. Aligned with people who loathe everything they stand for.
18:53 Yep. Part of it is fear common cause. Yeah. Part of it is fear. Part of it is just sheer hatred to Western civilization. Yeah. It's just sheer hatred. And, as you
19:05 know, Karl Marx, you know, said you got to destroy, and have... Start this war between the proletariat and the and the and the,
19:13 The bourgeoisie.
19:14 Bourgeoisie. The the the war between... And then when you have that war between the 2 of them, and then the society collapse, then they build on top of it. Islam thinks the same way. We collapse the Western civilians.
19:26 We build our Sharia. There are 2 different worldviews totally opposed, but they think that once they got Western civilization destroyed, they will... They'll fight it out. But we know
19:38 who's gonna win.
19:39 This brings us to the question of what Jesus really tells us about the worth of the individual. Can I ask you this very broad question Sure? If I could put it this way? Who
19:50 does Allah love, and who does the god of the Bible love?
19:55 Well, the interesting thing about Allah, the descriptions in the Quran particularly, is that he is or the best of cunning
20:07 people. He's the most cunning. Now who do we know as the most cunning is the devil. And in many ways, some descriptions of Allah in the Quran matches our
20:19 Bible description of of Satan, and and and Allah loves himself. Jehovah loves his creation. He loves people.
20:31 He loved people so much that his son came from heaven and died for them to redeem them. And that is why of the 99 descriptions of Allah in the
20:43 Quran, not 1 of them, not 1 is love because they say love makes you vulnerable, and far be it from Allah to be vulnerable.
20:53 I was once driven to the airport by a taxi driver, and I had been back in private life for quite a while. And, he came from 1 of these violent countries we're talking about.
21:04 Mhmm.
21:05 He said he's a very big powerful man. Deep down his chest, he said, this is a wonderful country. In my country, I would not be driving the former deputy prime minister to the Oh, wow. Taxi. He said
21:17 he would be in a big black Mercedes Benz, bought with squandered 8 dollars being followed by a bunch of goons with Tommy guns on a Jeep.
21:26 That is absolutely correct.
21:28 That's what he said to me. Yes. I raised 1 eyebrow and said that's an interesting comment. And I won't tell you, what he told me about his homeland. We have so much to be thankful for.
21:38 Absolutely. Absolutely. And this is a problem. And I also say, you know, even for those who came like myself who came to the West, we are grateful that we found a place here.
21:50 We we... Instead of gratitude, which are now on the part of many, many immigrants from many countries, the Islamists come here with the understanding that we are gonna conquer
22:02 you, and we're gonna rule, and we're gonna dominate you. And it's like the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, who has now become very Islamization...
22:14 Islamized.
22:14 Sort of homeland of Islam
22:15 Dearborn.
22:16 In America, isn't it?
22:17 Particularly Dearborn. The... A Christian man came at a public hearing at at the city council, and he was talking about this is a Christian country, and you can't do this, you can't do that. The mayor, who's a Muslim,
22:28 said to him, said, get out of my city. In America? In America.
22:32 We don't think those things can happen in
22:34 Get out of my city. Dearborn, Michigan. It's in public, public domain. And, Patterson, New Jersey, they now call it Little Palestine. And, many parts of,
22:47 Minneapolis, Minnesota is totally Islamic now and the Somalis. And you go on and on and on and on and on in Texas and and every... Everywhere. They... They're literally
22:59 building just like they did in England, these no go zones, and eventually, they all connect them together. If You
23:05 know, many, Jewish friends of mine are quite progressive in a
23:09 I know it. I have neighbors who are Jewish neighbors
23:12 who were progressive. They're aligning themselves with... Or have with people who are actually marching on the bridge Yep. Protesting Israel.
23:21 I know.
23:22 And I know people try and make this distinction. Oh, I'm not anti Jewish. I'm just anti Israel, but a lot of them, I'm afraid, I'm no longer convinced. I think it looks very thin to me. Yeah. Is there a link
23:34 between the way in which progressives have joined with Islam? Because it has to be said that Islamic people loathe the Jewish people Yeah. Between the rise in antisemitism and
23:46 the embracing by the forces of progressivism Yes. In the West with Islam.
23:51 But they will use them.
23:53 I mean, the Muslims will use them. We are in a ferment over belief systems Yep. And Islamic belief is right up there.
24:02 Yep.
24:03 And on many indications at the moment, they're advancing very successfully. Yes. Christianity looks like, in many ways, it's in retreat. Yes. Tell me a bit about your
24:14 ministry because we... I think you'd have a different perspective.
24:17 I do. We have a satellite channel and 260000000 homes in the Arabic speaking world. And and and I just wanted to do everything I can before I go to glory,
24:30 to ensure that those who have never heard hear. And so that is the passion that I have, and, it is stronger at 77 than it was at 57.
24:42 I'm gonna basically work and serve and do all I can so that men and women, boys and girls, come to know Jesus. That is the passion of my life. I don't know when is
24:54 Jesus coming back, but we need to plan as if he's not come back for 100 years. But I'm ready as if he comes tomorrow.
Contrasting Allah and the God of the Bible
25:02 Michael, you've been very generous. What an extraordinary store of knowledge and and and of insights and life experience
25:09 that you've shared with us.
25:10 Thanks. Absolute pleasure. Thank you for having me.
25:25 1st and foremost, I wanna thank you for inviting me into your homes week after week. And many of you know me, and you know that even though I have written over
25:36 57 books through the years, this is the most important warning to Western civilization as a whole, to the Christian community
25:48 in particularly. And it's not just in the United States, it's in England, in Europe, in Australia, in Canada, all over the globe. The jihadis are literally waging a
26:00 war from within, and they're winning. And that is why I want you to get this book. If you haven't read it, you need to get more copies, and you need to give it to your friends. You need to give it to,
26:13 decision makers, influencers, to your pastor because this message has to go out in order to save our civilization. More importantly, we wanna have the
26:24 freedom to continue to have the freedom so that the gospel can be preached and go forth unhindered. Imagine if they take control, they will not have a program like
26:36 this. They will cut it down. No Christian programming. So this is an important book. Please order it, and that is why we make it available for a gift of any amount. AndShow more
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