FrontPage Magazine Is the sexual enslavement of non-Muslim women an Islamic State idea or merely an Islamic idea? First, lest there is any doubt that ISIS members were not only convinced that it was their Islamic right to sexually enslave “infidels,” but that doing so was pious, consider this account from 2015: “In the moments […]
Conclusion: Army War College, CAIR, and Raymond Ibrahim
On February 26, 2020, I spoke at the U.S. Army War College’s Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Penn. The title (and topic) of my talk was lifted from my last book: Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West. Since then, I have received a number of questions concerning this […]
“Raymond Ibrahim Explains the Extensive History of Islam” on Center for Security Policy
Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy (CSP), recently interviewed me on a number of topics. The title and description of the interview, as they appear on the CSP site, follow, with links to the four audio segments, each averaging about ten minutes long: Raymond Ibrahim explains the extensive history of Islam RAYMOND […]
National Association of Scholars on Raymond Ibrahim’s Forthcoming War College Lecture
On February 21, the National Association of Scholars (NAS), “the leading organization of scholars and citizens committed to higher education as the catalyst of American freedom,” issued the following statement (original here) concerning my forthcoming talk at the U.S. Army War College: An Invitation Renewed Raymond Ibrahim will, at last, deliver his lecture. NAS The […]
Terrorism-Linked CAIR Protests My Scheduled Talk at US Army War College — Again
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (“CAIR”)—also known as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the largest terrorist funding case in U.S. history and a designated “terrorist organization” for nations allied to America—is again vehemently protesting my forthcoming appearance at the U.S. Army War College, urging the latter to “reconsider its decision and disinvite Ibrahim,” since my presentation […]
“Victory: Raymond Ibrahim to Speak at U.S. Army War College Despite CAIR’s Howling”
In “Victory: PJM’s Raymond Ibrahim to Speak at U.S. Army War College Despite CAIR’s Howling,” Paula Boyard writes about my forthcoming lecture at the US Army War College. As an update, however, it’s important to remember that CAIR’s “howling” is not limited to the past tense and has just broken out again today — as […]
Major Islamic Conference on Reform Upholds Radicalism
Largely unknown to and unreported in the West, a large, two-day conference was recently hosted by Al Azhar University in Egypt and attendant by the leading clerics and politicians from 46 nations on January 27-28. Titled, “Renewal in Islamic Thought,” it is currently the most significant response to Egyptian President Sisi’s calls for reform, which […]
Update: Raymond Ibrahim to Speak at U.S. Army War College Next Week
I am scheduled to lecture about my book, Sword and Scimitar, at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, PA, next week. The description and flyer of the event, as they appear on the U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center, a branch of the War College, follows. Events Wed, February 26, 2020 Sword and […]
“I Never Thought We’d Face This Much Hatred”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, November 2019
Gatestone Institute Slaughter of Christians Syria: On November 11, Islamic gunmen opened fire on a vehicle known to be carrying Christian leaders. Two Armenian priests, a father and son, were killed; a deacon was seriously wounded. ISIS claimed the murders of Father Abrahim Petoyan and Father Hovsep Petoyan. The Armenians were going to inspect repairs […]
Exposed: Islam’s Role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Islam’s history with the West has been one of unwavering antagonism and seismic clashes, often initiated by the former. By the standards of history, nothing between the two civilizations is as well documented as this long war. Accordingly, for more than a millennium, both educated and not so educated Europeans knew—the latter perhaps instinctively—that Islam […]