Today in history, June 19, 1097, witnessed the first major victory of the First Crusade at Nicaea. Context: In the years following the decisive Battle of Manzikert (1071), which saw the Seljuk Turks defeat the Eastern Roman Empire and conquer that ancient bastion of Christianity, Anatolia (modern day Turkey), mindboggling atrocities were committed. Whether an anonymous … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2023
Vlad’s ‘Night Attack’ on the Ottomans: How the Legend of Dracula Was Born
PJ Media Today — or rather, tonight — in history, Vlad the Impaler launched a midnight raid against Muslim invaders that would cause his name to live on forever as Dracula, the terror of the night. The year was 1462. Ottoman sultan Muhammad II (or “Mehmet”) had demanded tribute, by way of gold and Romanian boys, to serve as his slave soldiers (janissaries). Vlad III Dracula — … [Read more...]
Tipping Point Video: Raymond Ibrahim on the Religious Identity of Child-Stabber in France
Yesterday I appeared on OAN's Tipping Point with Kara McKinney to discuss various reasons why the supposed Christian child-stabber in France may be a clandestine Muslim terrorist … [Read more...]
Today in History: Christian Spain Breaks the ‘Cruel Sword of the Sons of Hagar’
Today in history, on June 15, 1094, one of the most remarkable feats in the long war between Islam and Christianity took place: the great kingdom of Valencia, which had been under Muslim control for more than 350 years, capitulated to the warlord Roderick Díaz of Vivar — better known to posterity as “the Cid” (from the Arabic honorific al-sayyid, “the lord”). In the late … [Read more...]
Taqiyya: Iran Actually Boasts About Deceiving the West in Nuclear Talks
Gatestone Institute The Muslim doctrine of taqiyya, which permits Muslims to deceive non-Muslims, is back in the news. In a speech delivered on May 20, 2023, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, according to a report, used the Islamic concept of ‘Taqiyya’ to describe the regime’s decision to accept the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal with the West. Taqiyya means the permissibility … [Read more...]