On September 11, Al Kresta of Ave Maria Radio interviewed me on the events of 9/11 in the context of history. Click here to listen to the roughly 40-minute interview (which starts around 5:36). … [Read more...]
When Vienna Stood against Jihad on 9/11/1683
PJ Media (This article is adapted from the author’s new book, Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West. All quotes are sourced therein.) On September 11, 1683 -- 335 years to the day before the Twin Towers of New York came crumbling down -- another Western city, Vienna, stood between life and death, also against the jihad. Two months … [Read more...]
Sword & Scimitar: The Lessons from 1400 Years of Warfare
Yesterday, September 11, I appeared on "Oh Hale Yeah," with TJ Hale. The official program description and the 33-minute video interview follow: Oh Hale YEAH! Streamed live on Sep 11, 2018 Today is September 11th, but perhaps we should be talking instead about September 11th, 1683. We have 1400 years of documented history from Islamic and Christian points of view. We … [Read more...]
Death as Punishment for “Disbelief in Allah the Great”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, February 2018
Gatestone Institute The jihadi assault on and massacre of Christians continued unabated throughout the Muslim word. According to one report titled, “Armed gangs WIPE OUT 15 villages in mass Christian slaughter in Nigeria,” several Islamic terrorists “stormed through 15 villages to massacre Christians and destroy their churches in a violent crackdown against the religion…. … [Read more...]
NY Journal of Books: Sword and Scimitar is “Superbly Written … Enlightening” and “Will Make Some Readers Uncomfortable”
Editor's note: The following review by Jerry Lenaburg first appeared in the New York Journal of Books: For over 1000 years Christians and Muslims were almost constantly at war throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. From the time that the armies of Muhammad swept out of the desert around 634 until the siege of Vienna in 1683, the ebb and flow of … [Read more...]