The American commentator and podcaster Jack Danger has launched a petition on Change.org calling for Islam to be reclassified from a religion to a political ideology. The campaign has received considerable attention on social media since its launch.
The petition, entitled ‘Reclassify Islam from a Religion to an Ideology!’, argues that Islam is not primarily a personal faith but a comprehensive political, legal and social system. Danger points out that Islam contains elements such as Sharia and jihad, and has a historically expansionist character that makes it more akin to a political ideology than a traditional religion.
– Islam is an ideology
By reclassifying Islam, the initiator believes that it will no longer enjoy the same legal protection afforded to religions under the US Constitution. According to the petition, this would make it easier for the authorities to regulate or restrict Islam when it comes into conflict with constitutional principles, national security or public order.
In personal posts, Danger has put it more bluntly: a reclassification would remove the religious protection so that Islam ‘can be removed just as cancer is removed before it spreads’.
Please sign the petition below! This video will tell you why! https://t.co/ZGTACBZgVU pic.twitter.com/ufufj5Bbzf
— Jack Danger (@JackDangerLIVE) 11 November 2026
Jack Danger is the presenter of ‘Secret America Live!’ and ‘Dangerous Thoughts’. He has previously expressed similar views, including in a post from February 2026 in which he listed arguments that Islam is an ideology: its comprehensive body of law, the founder’s dual role as prophet and political/military leader, the rejection of a secular state, and the political nature of modern Islamist movements.
The petition has gathered several thousand signatures in a short space of time and is being actively shared on social media. Supporters believe it highlights real challenges relating to integration, parallel societies and security, whilst others have branded it an Islamophobic attack on religious freedom.
So far, there is no indication that the petition has reached the US authorities or Congress.
