ROBERT SPENCER: Why do so many Somalis get on welfare and stay on it? [T]he Oslo imam was correct: non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate.

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— Robert Spencer (@jihadwatchRS) October 4, 2026

Stop everything and watch this. A Democrat makes the mistake of claiming Somalis are ‘strengthening’ Minnesota… Rep. Brandon Gill goes off BRUTALLY EXPOSING the taxpayer drain they really are. “Do you know how many Somalis In Minnesota are on food stamps? 54%” “What percentage of Somali headed households in Minnesota are on Medicaid? 73%” “What percentage of Somali-headed households are on welfare in general? 81%” “After 10 years of being in the United States, what percentage of Somali immigrant households continue to be on welfare? 78%” “I’m going to ask again, does that make Minnesota stronger or weaker?”

— The White Hats (@realWhiteHats) September 30, 2026

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Why do so many Somalis get on welfare and stay on it? Because non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is the natural order of things in Islam.

Bruce Bawer, in his prophetic 2006 book While Europe Slept, tells the story of “an Oslo imam who has preached that Christians, under sharia law, must pay jizya, the protection tax demanded of all infidels living in Muslim lands: ‘In Norway, they don’t do this. Therefore the Muslims have a right to steal from them. If a Muslim walks straight into a store and steals, it is thus a legitimate act.’”

Since then, we have seen millions upon millions of Muslims stream into Europe and then immediately go on welfare, and/or engage in fraud. This is because the Oslo imam was correct: non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate. The Islamic holy book says: “Fight against those do not believe in Allah or the last day, and do not forbid what Allah and his messenger have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of truth, even if they are among the people of the book, until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.” (Qur’an 9:29)

Paying the jizya, a poll tax, is thus a sign of the humiliation of the unbelievers, and of Allah’s punishment of them in this world and in the next for the crime of rejecting Muhammad and Islam. Seizing money or goods from unbelievers, by theft or by going on welfare, is thus simply a move to restore the natural order of things, in which non-Muslims work and Muslims enjoy the fruits of their labors.