LifeSiteNews Today in history, on June 19, 1097, the first major victory of the First Crusade occurred at Nicaea. 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 2024
The West’s Twin Enemies: Islam and Paganism
The Stream “What was will be; what was done before will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun.” So wrote the author of Ecclesiastes — and truer words have seldom been spoken. Muslim hostility for Christian civilization is one obvious example of that truth: It has been part of an unwavering continuum that stretches back to the foundations of Islam in the seventh … [Read more...]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim on the Bryce Eddy Show
My recent appearance on the Bryce Eddy Show: Episode 448: Bryce Eddy is joined by Raymond Ibrahim to discuss his books as well as the historic conflict between the West and Islam. They also discuss the oppression of Christianity by Islam in ancient and recent history. Putting the "MAN" back in … [Read more...]
Why Pope Francis’s Claim that the Virgin Mary ‘Unites’ Christians and Muslims Is Wrong
LifeSiteNews Catholics may be surprised to learn that the Vatican is exaggerating the similarities between the Virgin Mary and the figure of Mary, Mother of Jesus, as she appears in the Koran and Muslim hadiths (traditions about Muhammad, the founder of Islam). On May 18 this year, Pope Francis paid a visit to detainees at Verona’s Montorio Prison, and upon bestowing an icon … [Read more...]
‘How Dare You?!’ The True Source of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Is a Superiority Complex
The Stream The Arab-Israeli conflict will never be fully understood — an essential criterion to solving it — until its ultimate source is recognized: Islamic supremacism. Islamic doctrine, which teaches that Muslim blood is superior to and far more precious than non-Muslim blood (non-Muslims essentially being on a level with dogs and cattle) imbues Muslims with a sense of … [Read more...]