FrontPage Magazine Five-hundred years ago today, on October 31, 1517, a Catholic monk named Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of a German church, thereby launching what would come to be known as the Protestant Reformation. Whatever else can be said of him, Luther unwittingly initiated something else that is often overlooked. As European historian Franco … [Read more...]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim on Egyptian President Sisi and Coptic Christians
In the video that follows, I discuss the situation of the Christian Copts of Egypt in the context of that nation's president. The clip is from this year's annual Coptic Solidarity conference held last June in Washington D.C. … [Read more...]
Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War
by Sebastian Gorka Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2016. Reviewed by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East Quarterly Summer 2017 Those looking for a comprehensive and detailed explanation for defeating jihad might be disappointed in Gorka’s study as his recommendations are confined to the last five pages of the book. The bulk of the work is a rehash of related topics that … [Read more...]
New Raymond Ibrahim Interview with Hank Hanegraaff
I recently had an excellent, all-encompassing interview with Hank Hanegraaff (author most recently of MUSLIM). Few stones were unturned in the 90-minute interview below: … [Read more...]
“Our Lives Have Turned into Hell”: Muslim Persecution of Christians: May, 2017
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute One month after Islamic militants bombed two Egyptian churches during Palm Sunday and killed nearly 50 people in April 2017. On Friday, May 26, several SUVs stopped two buses transporting dozens of Christians to visit and pray at the ancient Coptic Monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor, in the desert south of Cairo. … [Read more...]