Gatestone Institute Hate for and Violence against Christians Cameroon: Militant Muslims reportedly connected with the Nigerian based Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, “reached new heights” of depravity, according to a report: after devastating the Christian village of Kalagari in a raid, they kidnapped and fled with eight women. Some of the women were later released—but […]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim, Brother Rachid, and Imam Tawhidi on Islamic Reformations
On June 20-21 , Coptic Solidarity held its tenth annual conference in Washington, DC. I moderated and participated in a panel titled “Radical Islamic Institutions in Egypt: Can They be Reformed?” My co-panelists were Sheikh Mohamad Tawhidi — more popularly known as the Imam of Peace — a leading Muslim reformer and outspoken critic of […]
Trump Admin. Calls Out Pro-Islamic Bias, Corruption in Middle East Studies
Gatestone Institute The Trump administration recently called out and threatened to cut federal funding for the Consortium for Middle East Studies (CMES), a program run by Duke University and the University of North Carolina. It was accused by the U.S. Education Department of misusing a federal grant to advance “ideological priorities” and unfairly promote “the […]
The Saudi Stink of Hypocrisy
FrontPage Magazine Saudi Arabia continues to demonstrate why it is the “world’s greatest hypocrite.” After Australia recently condemned the Islamic kingdom of human rights abuses, the latter launched an “extraordinary” tirade. Saudi ambassador, Abdulaziz Alwasil, projected everything his nation does onto Australia. He claimed that minorities, migrants and Muslims face “horrific violations of human rights” […]
Sword and Scimitar: “Both a Treasure of Detailed Scholarship and Page-Turning Storytelling”
The following book review of my Sword and Scimitar was written by Mark Tapson for FrontPage Magazine, Oct. 9, 2019: On the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 jihadist attacks on United States soil, as on every anniversary, the cry “Never forget!” went out across social media as Americans somberly vowed to keep the memory […]
Islam’s Erasure of the Mideast’s Judaic and Christian Heritage
FrontPage Magazine The Muslim world is at war with history. It needs to be, if it hopes to change the narrative concerning how it came into being and, more importantly, how no one but Muslims has any right to any land claimed by Islam. Most recently, the Palestinian Authority’s minister of culture, ‘Atif Abu Sayf, […]
The Battle of Lepanto: A Military and “Moral Victory” over Islam
Today in history witnessed one of the most cataclysmic clashes between Islam and the West—one where the latter for once crushed and humiliated the former. In 1570, Muslim Turks—in the guise of the Ottoman Empire—invaded the island of Cyprus, prompting Pope Pius V to call for and form a “Holy League” of maritime Catholic nation-states, […]
“WORLD TAKE NOTE!”: Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
Gatestone Institute Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim president of Nigeria—who reached that position in part thanks to Barack H. Obama—continues to fuel the “genocide” of Christians in his nation, according to Nigerian Christian leaders. Most recently, Father Valentine Obinna, a priest of the Aba diocese of Nigeria, attributed the ongoing slaughter of Christians to the planned […]
“Kiss My Feet!” Islam’s Demand of Jews and Christians
FrontPage Magazine Few things are as reliably consistent as Muslim behavior—particularly the sort we are regularly assured has “nothing to do with Islam.” Otherwise, why does one find the same “disquieting” behavior in regions that widely differ in both time and space? Consider this new report from Australia: A 12-year-old Jewish student was forced to […]
Sword and Scimitar: “A Compelling Reminder of the Terrifying Dynamic which Continues to Drive the Islamic World”
Note: The following book review of my Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West was written by Terry Scambray and first appeared in the Sept. 2019 issue of the New Oxford Review: We judge individuals by what they say and what they do. We judge cults, religions and ideologies the […]