On the Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks, Another Deadly Attack in the Homeland Again Changes Everything

On the eve of 9/11, the great patriot, Charlie Kirk was assassinated. The devastating news was impossible to comprehend or process. Like 9/11, this is a terrible, horrible moment. Like 9/11, the world has changed. Irrevocably.

“The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it has overturned the order of the soul“ (Leonard Cohen)

We took all the wrong lessons from 9/11. Silence, self censorship, sharia enforcement. The religious motive was scrubbed from everything. Our children have no idea who and why were attacked. Anyone who mentioned it was an islamophobe and smeared and destroyed. And it led us here. Now, on top of everything, we have a jihadi on the cusp of being elected mayor of this once great city.

Today is a dark day. A day of mourning on so many levels. I am bereft.

Just like the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand changed the world – a pivotal event that triggered the outbreak of World War I – Charlie Kirk’s murder will overturn the order of the world.

This is different. We are not going to take it anymore.

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Charlie was right. https://t.co/XGZtExAgtx pic.twitter.com/3ylujJAi4X

— Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) September 11, 2025

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani when asked about why he hangs out with Hasan Piker, someone who said that America deserved 9/11, completely ignores the reporter. pic.twitter.com/2aOn9d7i76

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) September 10, 2025

What did you think “Globalize the Intifada” meant?

Vibes? Papers? Essays? https://t.co/tmXbVVCZQC

— Isaac Choua (@ChouaIsaac) September 10, 2025

If only Charlie Kirk would have remained silent
If only Charlie Hebdo had not drawn cartoons
If only Samuel Paty hadn't taught his students
If only Salman Rushdie would not have written a book
If only Theo van Gogh would not have made a film
If only Lars Vilks had not done an…

— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) September 10, 2025

Just like the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand changed the world – a pivotal event that triggered the outbreak of World War I – Charlie Kirk's murder will overturn the order of the world.

This is different. We are not going to take it anymore.

— 🇺🇸 Pamela Geller 🇮🇱 (@PamelaGeller) September 10, 2025

One X poster summed it up this way:

But tonight feels like some sort of invisible line has been crossed that we didn’t even know was there. The last time I felt like this was 9/11 when it was clear, without knowing the how and the what, that the world was about to change forever.

Like the rules of the game had been permanently altered and there was simply no going to back to the innocent, peaceful past.

I didn’t feel like this when an attempt was made on President Trump’s life. If I had to rationalise why I didn’t, I guess it’s because several US Presidents have been shot at and even assassinated. Somehow it was within the realms of the possible, no matter how awful.

But to murder a young father simply for doing debates and mobilising young people to vote for a party that represents half of America? This is something else.

Charlie’s death is a tragedy for his wife, his children and his family. I don’t pray often. I am praying for them tonight.

But I fear his murder will be a tragedy for all of us in ways we will only understand as time unfolds