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 … [Read more...]
American Thinker: “How War with Islam Shaped and Defined Us”
Editor’s note: Thomas Lifson, the editor and publisher of American Thinker, recently reviewed my book, Sword and Scimitar. Titled, "How War with Islam Shaped and Defined Us," his review follows: Every once in a while, I come across a book that I can say changed the way I understand the world I live in. Raymond Ibrahim's new book, Sword and Scimitar, altered the way I … [Read more...]
NY Journal of Books: Sword and Scimitar is “Superbly Written … Enlightening” and “Will Make Some Readers Uncomfortable”
Editor's note: The following review by Jerry Lenaburg first appeared in the New York Journal of Books: For over 1000 years Christians and Muslims were almost constantly at war throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. From the time that the armies of Muhammad swept out of the desert around 634 until the siege of Vienna in 1683, the ebb and flow of … [Read more...]
William Kilpatrick: “Islam’s Thousand Year War on Christendom”
Editor's note: Author and former Boston College instructor, William Kilpatrick, has just written the first review of my book, Sword and Scimitar, which was released yesterday. Published by Crisis Magazine and titled, "Islam’s Thousand Year War on Christendom," Kilpatrick's review follows: At a time when Catholic youth are taught that Islam means peace, pilgrimage and … [Read more...]
A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East
A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East By Heather J. Sharkey Middle East Quarterly Summer 2018 Volume 25: Number 3 Editor’s note: The following is a longer version of a review by Raymond Ibrahim that first appeared in the Middle East Quarterly. Despite its broad and ambitious title, the book deals primarily with Muslims, Christians, and Jews … [Read more...]