Marco Rubio warns of 'imminent threat' from radical Islam

04-Dec-2025

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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Dec 3 declared that radical Islamic movements pose a grave threat not only to the United States but also to the entire world, saying that their aim is to expand and "not merely to occupy one part of the world."

In an interview with Fox News, Rubio said, "Radical Islam has shown that their desire is not simply to occupy one part of the world and be happy with their own little caliphate, they want to expand. It’s revolutionary in its nature. 

It seeks to expand and control more territories and more people...That’s a clear and imminent threat to the world and to the broader West, but especially the United States who they identify as the chief source of evil on the planet."

Rubio went on to say that all Islamic movements around the world eventually identify the West - and primarily the United States - as "the greatest evil on earth."