On November 13, 2019, American Thinker published a review by John Dale Dunn, titled "Raymond Ibrahim and the History the Army Refuses to Heed." A shortened version follow: In the book Sword and Scimitar Raymond Ibrahim, an Egyptian Christian, tells the story of the millennium-plus of conflict between Islam and Western (Christian) Nations, structured on 8 landmark battles. … [Read more...]
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 of 3,000 murdered innocents alive. But the … [Read more...]
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 same way; that is, by their doctrines and history. Which is … [Read more...]
The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs
Note: The following is a book review of The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach. A shorter version was first published by the Middle East Quarterly (Fall 2019, Vol. 26, No. 4). To learn as much as possible of the 21 Coptic Christians martyred for refusing to recant their faith at the hands of the Islamic State (“ISIS”) on the shores of … [Read more...]
Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean
Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean by Joshua M. WhiteStanford: Stanford University Press, 2017. 376 pp.Reviewed by Raymond IbrahimAuthor of Sword and Scimitar Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2019 In the late sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire and its European opponents increasingly withdrew from the Mediterranean, their primary theater of war, leaving … [Read more...]