Gatestone Institute The Slaughter of Christians Central African Republic: As many as 42 people—mostly Christian women—“were hacked to death … after suspected Islamist rebels attacked a group of civilians in the central town of Bria” between September 4-5. Some died by machete, others by gunshot. At least one of the butchered women was pregnant. “They […]
Lessons Learned from Nearly 1,400 Years of War with Islam
“IT’S NOT paranoia if they’ve really been trying to kill you for 1,400 years. Raymond Ibrahim, author of Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War Between Islam and the West, joins us to discuss the lessons we should have learned after 14 centuries of war with Islam.” The above is “View from the Bunker’s” description of my […]
Killing and Dying for the Houris: Islam’s Heavenly Whores
PJ Media According to a December 5 Palestinian Media Watch report, Following a recent terror attack in which the terrorist stabbed and wounded 4 Israeli policemen, a host on official PA TV read a poem in the terrorist’s honor. The poem glorifies Martyrdom-death in battle and states that the 72 “Dark-Eyed” Virgins in Paradise who the Martyr […]
Egypt: Muslim Policeman Murders Two Christians While Guarding Their Church
Coptic Solidarity A Muslim policeman charged with guarding a Coptic Christian church shot and killed two Christians—a father, 49, and his son, 21—last night in Minya, Egypt. Eyewitnesses say a verbal quarrel had ensued before the officer pulled out his gun and opened fire on the two men. Video footage of the incident shows the […]
“No Matter How Much You Think You Know, You’ll Learn a Lot from Sword and Scimitar” — Jack Riccardi
I was recently interviewed on the Jack Riccardi Show (550 KTSA). The succinct, ten-minute discussion revolved around my book, Sword and Scimitar. Click here to listen.
“Burnt Beyond Recognition”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, August 2018
Gatestone Institute Christians Burned Alive and Churches Torched Ethiopia: Approximately 15 Christian priests were killed—at least four burned alive—and 19 churches torched during Muslim uprisings in the east, where most of the nation’s 33 percent Muslim population is centered. “Similar tensions are bubbling under the surface in other parts of Oromia,” which is approximately 50 […]
Video Interview: “Is Islam a Religion of War or Peace?” The Historic Evidence
Gary Lane, the host of CBN News’ “Global Lane,” recently interviewed me about my new book, Sword and Scimitar, in the context of current events. The video follows; our 11-minute segment — titled “Is Islam a Religion of War or Peace?” — begins around 12:35. (My earlier interview on the 700 Club with Pat Robertson can […]
“Our Children Were Screaming”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2018
Gatestone Institute Muslim Attacks on Christian Churches Egypt: Police encouraged a Muslim mob while attacking a church. After local Muslims in Ezbet Sultan Pasha village learned that Christians, who form about 20 percent of the population, were on their way to legalizing a church building, they surrounded it following Friday prayers on July 6. “The […]
“Eternal Jihad: Islam Will Never, Ever Stop”
Editor’s note: Andrew E. Harrod, PhD, JD, Esq, recently reviewed my book, Sword and Scimitar on American Thinker. Titled, “Eternal Jihad: Islam Will Never, Ever Stop,” it follows: The “West and Islam have been mortal enemies since the latter’s birth some fourteen centuries ago,” warns Islam scholar Raymond Ibrahim in his recent book Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between […]
The Dire Consequences of Rewriting Western-Muslim History
Jerusalem Post How can a fundamentally weak Muslim world be a threat to an economically and militarily superior West? One of the least explored answers to this conundrum revolves around an antithesis—namely, how the West portrays Islam today, compared to its actual historic experiences with Islam. In fact, from Islam’s first contact with Western civilization […]