By Ralph H. Sidway The Islamic State has named many targets, including the “lands of al-Haramein” (two holy places), i.e. Saudi Arabia. But its most significant goal seems to be Rome. When the Islamic State released its video in February of the beheading of 21 Coptic Christian Egyptians on the coast of Libya, they titled it, “A Message Signed with Blood to the Nation of the … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2015
Raymond Ibrahim Reviews Beth Baron’s The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood
Middle East Quarterly [adsenseyu1] In 1933, Turkiya Hassan, an orphaned Egyptian, Muslim girl, was beaten by a matron at a Swedish missionary school. School authorities later contended that the "rude and aggressive" 15-year-old was ordered "into a room for private chastisement" at which time the girl "showed fight and seized the cane" from the matron who soon "regained … [Read more...]
Obama Cites Ayatollah’s Fatwa on Road to Nuclear War
FrontPage Magazine As Iran continues edging closer to developing nuclear weapons—a major threat to the entire Mideast region, especially longstanding U.S. ally Israel—U.S. President Obama has come to the aid of the Islamic Republic, by citing an Islamic fatwa no less. In a video recording posted on the White House’s website, Obama said, “Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on NewsMax: Mideast Christian Extinction
Earlier today I appeared on NewsMax TV’s “America’s Forum with JD Hayworth” via Skype. The topic of discussion was the very real threat of Christian extinction in the Middle East. The video follows: … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on Sunni-Shia Violence
On March 24, I was interviewed on Issues, Etc., with Todd Wilken. Topics included the significance of ISIS attacks on Shia mosques in Yemen, ISIS and Boko Haram's "caliphatic" aspirations, and the motives behind their barbarity. Click here to listen. … [Read more...]