Editor’s note: The following book review by Raymond Ibrahim of William R. Polk’s book, Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War between the Muslim World and the Global North (Yale University press, Jan. 2018) first appeared in the Christian Research Journal. ——– From beginning to end, Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War between the Muslim World and the […]
“Deep Spiritual Crisis”: Scandinavian Women Expose the West’s Root Problems
The following brief but highly informative interview appeared earlier this year on Herland Report TV. Titled, “Europe: Deep Spiritual Crisis,” the host, Hanne Nabintu Herland, a Norwegian historian of religions and journalist, interviews Iben Thranholm, a Danish theologian and journalist. Both women are to be commended for raising many important points—indeed, for getting to […]
Burkina Faso: The New Land of Islamic Jihad and Christian Slaughter
Gatestone Institute Last Sunday, May 12, in the small West African nation of Burkina Faso, as many as 30 armed Islamic terrorists stormed a Catholic church, slaughtered at least six Christian worshippers—including the officiating priest—and then burned the church to the ground. Ousmane Zongo, the mayor of Dablo, where the attack occurred, recalled the incident: […]
Radical Islam’s Existential Threat to Christianity Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Note: The following report originally appeared on CBN News: Middle Eastern Christians have endured a long and violent history at the hands of radical Muslims. At the turn of the 20th century, Christians made up 20 percent of the population in the Middle East. Today, that number is only 3-5 percent. “Christians have been harassed in more […]
Painting of Muslim Men Sexually Enslaving White Women Triggers Outrage
To highlight the apparent threat male Muslim migrants pose to women in Germany, a political party has triggered many on both sides of the Atlantic by using an older painting in its campaign. Painted in France in 1866 and titled “Slave Market,” the painting “shows a black, apparently Muslim slave trader displaying a naked young […]
“Reconciling” Egypt’s Coptic Christians to Second-Class Status
Coptic Solidarity It has been said that Egypt is the land of eternal changelessness, often in connection with the ever reliable and cyclical flooding of the Nile, which made human life possible in the desert. Yet Egypt’s changelessness has taken on other, less mundane, forms—particularly with the advent of Islam. Consider Islamic hostility for Coptic […]
“We Shall Come for Your Head Soon”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, February 2019
Gatestone Institute Massacres of Christians Nigeria: A number of fatal Islamic terror attacks targeting Christians occurred throughout February: February 10: Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 10 Christians and an unborn child. Armed herdsmen in large numbers had surrounded the Christian village around 11 p.m. the (Saturday) night before. “We heard gun shots, and this forced me […]
Notre Dame: Christianity Is Desecrated in Europe
Note: The following article by Hanne Nabintu Herland first appeared on WND. It makes important observations and raises even more important questions. Herland, a Norwegian author and historian, runs The Herland Report news site. Mystery surrounds the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the very symbol for France’s Christian heritage. Even before the fire was extinguished, French […]
Turkey Venerates Glory/Gory Days of Jihadi Rape and Slaughter
PJ Media It’s official: Turkey plans on converting the Hagia Sophia museum—for centuries, one of Christendom’s grandest basilicas—into a mosque. Although President Erdogan often tells Western/secular media that his decision is a sort of tit for tat—now a response to Israel’s treatment of Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque, now a response to European resistance to […]
Christianity under Siege (Media Hiding)
Note: Fr. Mark Hodges wrote the following report for the Horn News. Easter Sunday, three Christian churches in Sri Lanka were blown up in a slew of coordinated Islamic suicide bombings, which included hotels and homes in Christian neighborhoods. Nearly 300 people were killed, including 45 children, and at least 500 were injured. The terrorists […]