Gatestone Institute On Friday, November 2, heavily armed Islamic terrorists ambushed and massacred Christians returning home after visiting an ancient monastery in the desert. Seven pilgrims—including a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy—were shot to death, “just because they were Christian,” to quote Pope Francis during a prayer afterwards. Over 20 were left injured with […]
How Saudi ‘Donations’ to American Universities Whitewash Islam
Gatestone Institute Why would the center of illiberalism, religious fanaticism, and misogyny ever sponsor the center of liberalism, secularism, and gender equality? This is the question that crops up when one considers the largesse that human-rights-abusing Saudi Arabia bestows on the leading universities — those putative bastions of progressive, free thinking — in the United […]
Fr. James V. Schall: Sword and Scimitar Is “a Detailed, Well-Researched” and “Most Welcome” Book
James V. Schall, S.J. — a longtime professor of political philosophy at Georgetown University and author of On Islam — recently reviewed my book, Sword and Scimitar. First published in the Catholic World Report, and titled, “On the Purpose of Islam: A Review of Raymond Ibrahim’s Sword and Scimitar,” it follows: “Unlike most military histories—which no matter how […]
Canada Upholds Allah/Muhammad’s Ban on Adoption
PJ Media Many in the West were shocked to learn that, in recently ruling that criticism of Muhammad is tantamount to incitement to hatred and thus not protected free speech, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) had effectively adopted Islamic Sharia’s ban on free speech — a formerly prized and zealously guarded Western right. The greater […]
‘Doormat Christianity’ and the Islamic Invasion
PJ Media A Catholic archbishop recently touched on an unspoken but highly subversive phenomenon: How anti-Christian forces exploit Christian teachings to empower those who seek to dismantle Christian civilization, Muslims being chief among them. In an interview published last summer by the Italian outlet IlGionarle.it, Catholic Archbishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan said: The phenomenon of so-called […]
Arabic-Language Video: Brother Rachid and Raymond Ibrahim on Sword and Scimitar
I recently appeared on the popular Arabic-language program, Su’al Jari’ (“Daring Question”), hosted by Brother Rachid, a Muslim convert to Christianity with penetrating insights. We discussed my new book, Sword and Scimitar. Titled “The History of the Wars between Islam and the West,” the hour long video (conducted entirely in Arabic) follows:
The Annihilation of Iraq’s Christian Minority
Gatestone Institute “Another wave of persecution will be the end of Christianity after 2,000 years” of it in Iraq, one Iraqi Christian leader recently declared. In an interview earlier this month, Chaldean Archbishop Habib Nafali of Basra discussed how more than a decade of violent persecution has virtually annihilated Iraq’s Christian minority. Since the 2003 […]
Andrew G. Bostom/PJ Media on “Raymond Ibrahim’s Historical Reconquista”
Editor’s note: Over at PJ Media, Dr. Andrew G. Bostom, author of the indispensable Legacy of Jihad, reviews my book, Sword and Scimitar. Titled, “Ibrahim’s Historical Reconquista: New Book Reveals Christendom’s 1400-Year Struggle Against Jihad,” a portion of the review follows: […] Like John Quincy Adams’ 1830 essay, Raymond Ibrahim’s new Sword and Scimitar should be requisite reading […]
Raymond Ibrahim on 700 Club: Sword and Scimitar
Earlier today I appeared on the 700 Club with Pat Robertson. During the segment titled, “Religion of Peace? Historian Documents 14 Centuries of War Between Islam and the West,” we discussed my new book, Sword and Scimitar. Although the interview was originally slated for 7 minutes, we ended up talking for 20 minutes. The video […]
You Cannot “Run Away from Allah!” Muslim Persecution of Christians, May 2018
Gatestone Institute The Muslim Slaughter of Christians Inside Churches Indonesia: Six suicide bombers from one Muslim family attacked three churches during Sunday Mass services, on May 13; at least 11 worshippers were killed. The suicide bombers consisted of a father, mother, and four children, two boys and two girls, aged 9,12, 16, and 18. According […]