California Islamic scholar Zaid Shakir of Zaytuna College in Berkeley said in a sermon at the Memphis Islamic Center on July 18, 2025, that Muslims in the United States have the opportunity to educate their neighbors and classmates about Islam and the oppression of the Zionist regime. 

Comparing Muslims in the U.S. to those in Middle Eastern refugee camps who, he said, have access to rifles and can go shoot people, he asked: "How many Muslims have the opportunity to organize themselves right here in the belly of the beast? [...] You do that very well, you have a very good chance of becoming a martyr also, right here, just like Malcolm X."

For more about Imam Zaid Shakir, see MEMRI TV clip no. 10983. Zaytuna College in Berkeley was co-founded by Hatem Bazian, the chairman of the National Board of AMP – American Muslims for Palestine, who is also co-founder of SJP – Students for Justice in Palestine.