The Rubin Report: Brigitte Gabriel on the Muslim Brotherhood's Long Game

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Let's talk about this conversation between Dave Rubin and Brigitte Gabriel. She's the founder of Act for America, and she's bringing some serious warnings to the table based on her personal experience surviving Islamic terrorism in Lebanon. Right, and what's striking is when she says she started recognizing the same patterns here. Around 2004 or 2005, she's watching what's happening in America and thinking, "I've seen this movie before." Her exact words were, "My past is America's future unless America wakes up." That's chilling. Now, a big focus of their discussion is this Muslim Brotherhood plan she references from the Holy Land Foundation trial in Dallas. What came out of that trial?

One hundred and eight guilty verdicts against Muslim-American organizations accused of funneling money to terrorist groups in the Middle East. But Gabriel says the real revelation was the plan itself—a long-term strategy to infiltrate Western institutions. We're talking about placing people inside both political parties, sending Muslim interns into political offices, creating nonprofit organizations to influence policy and culture. And she mentions front organizations specifically. ISNA is one example she gives. But here's what gets me—she argues that American leaders from both parties actually helped normalize these networks. She criticizes Bush for outreach programs and hiring practices, and says the Obama administration rolled back indictments and gave these groups access.

Her phrase for that was pretty direct: "We had the fox inside the White House talking policy in the ear of the President." So Rubin asks whether current political leaders understand this issue. What's her take? She says Trump and Marco Rubio get it, but she's concerned about others like Jared Kushner and JD Vance, who she thinks are too willing to simply work with the Islamic world. She frames this as a worldview difference, citing Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb, and her advice is "trust but verify." She's also warning about foreign money flowing into universities and institutions, right? That's the long game—influence through education and culture. But what does she actually want done?

Action, not just talk. She's calling for the Muslim Brotherhood and its 29 front organizations to be designated as terrorist groups. She says, "This is not hearsay or conspiracy theory; this is fact represented by our own government. Why are we waiting?"

Building on that urgency, they discuss how the Palestinian cause functions as a broader Islamic rallying cry. Terms like "Al-Aqsa Flood" are designed to mobilize Muslims beyond the immediate conflict. Gabriel extends this warning to Europe, saying demographic change and political correctness are making the continent vulnerable.

But America still has a chance because it's armed and constitutional.

Her closing message is clear though: " If you're just watching this show without taking action, you have just been entertained." She wants civic participation, local organizing, and pressure on officials, because the window to act is closing.