Danish, Portuguese What made non-Muslims convert to Islam, leading to the creation of the Islamic world? Early historical sources—both Muslim and non-Muslim—make clear that the Islamic empire was forged by the sword; that people embraced Islam, not so much out of sincere faith, but for a myriad of reasons—from converting in order to enjoy the boons of being on the “winning … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
Egypt’s Salafi Party Calls on Government to Uphold Islam’s Apostasy Law
Coptic Solidarity The Salafi party in Egypt, the Islamic party that most tries to follow the literal example of Muhammad and his first companions, wants the Egyptian government to uphold Islam’s apostasy law and penalties—punishing any born Muslim from abandoning Islam or even criticizing it (which is tantamount to breaking from Islam in Salafi eyes). Sheikh Reda Thabit, … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: The World’s Greatest Hypocrite
[adsenseyu1] Saudi Arabia recently preached to the international community about the need to confront "intolerance, extremism and human rights violations." If this sounds surreal, consider the following excerpts from a July 26 report in the Saudi Gazette (emphasis added): Saudi Arabia has reiterated its call on the international community to criminalize any act vilifying … [Read more...]
The Islamic Roots of the Yellow Badge of Shame
Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an American teacher in the Muslim world. Last week, while reading different articles on the Islamic State's persecution of Christians in the Middle East, I was made aware for the first time that following the fall of the Iraqi city of Mosul in July of 2014, the Islamic State spray painted in red the … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim On The Persecution Of Christians In The Middle East
Pipeline News August 13, 2015 – San Francisco, CA – PipeLineNews.org – Raymond Ibrahim, an authority regarding the history of the Middle East, Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and a fluent Arabic speaker, recently delivered a speech on Capitol Hill dealing with the horrific persecution of minorities, especially Christians, throughout the Muslim world, but … [Read more...]