Largely unknown to and unreported in the West, a large, two-day conference was recently hosted by Al Azhar University in Egypt and attendant by the leading clerics and politicians from 46 nations on January 27-28. Titled, “Renewal in Islamic Thought,” it is currently the most significant response to Egyptian President Sisi’s calls for reform, which he forcibly made on January … [Read more...]
Update: Raymond Ibrahim to Speak at U.S. Army War College Next Week
I am scheduled to lecture about my book, Sword and Scimitar, at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, PA, next week. The description and flyer of the event, as they appear on the U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center, a branch of the War College, follows. Events Wed, February 26, 2020 Sword and Scimitar Download the flyer On Wednesday, … [Read more...]
Exposed: Islam’s Role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Islam’s history with the West has been one of unwavering antagonism and seismic clashes, often initiated by the former. By the standards of history, nothing between the two civilizations is as well documented as this long war. Accordingly, for more than a millennium, both educated and not so educated Europeans knew—the latter perhaps instinctively—that Islam was a militant … [Read more...]
Harvard University and the Muslim World’s ‘Inferiority Complex’
Muslims around the world are thrilled at the recent news: “Harvard University ranks the Koran as the best book on justice,” is the January 20, 2020 headline of a report published by Youm7, a popular Egyptian news site visited by millions of Arabic readers. It writes (in translation): The official website of the World Muslim Communities Council said on social media that, … [Read more...]
Does Muslim-on-Muslim Violence Prove Jihad Is Politically Driven?
FrontPage Magazine On January 18, a Shia Muslim rebel group launched a terror attack that claimed the lives of 111 in Yemen. Days earlier, a Pakistani general captured popular sentiment whenever Muslims kill fellow Muslims by saying “Those who targeted innocents [Muslims] in a mosque can never be true Muslim[s].” He was referring to the January 10 suicide bombing of a … [Read more...]