Today in history, a battle that radical Muslims of the ISIS variety all but venerate took place between Muslims and Christians in Spain, or al-Andalus. Context: in 1085, Alfonso VI of Leon-Castile captured the Muslim city of Toledo, thereby formally initiating the Reconquista. Great was the lamentation among Muslims and great the rejoicing among […]
Was America Discovered by an “Islamophobe”?
Christopher Columbus—that “genocidal madman and racist,” as he’s better known among the “woke” crowd, some of whom have vandalized his monuments—is back in the news, this time for his alleged “Islamophobia.” In “Was Columbus’ Voyage to the ‘New World’ Driven by Islamophobia?,” an article published on Columbus Day (yesterday, Oct. 12) by Slate, Rebecca Onion […]
The Battle of Tours: When the West ‘Manfully Resisted’ Islam
Today in history, on October 10, 732, an epic battle saved Western Europe from becoming Islamic. Precisely one hundred years after the death of Islam’s prophet Muhammad in 632 — a century which had seen the conquest of thousands of square miles of formerly Christian lands, including Syria, Egypt, North Africa, and Spain — the […]
The Greatest Example of Muslim Deceit (Taqiyya) in Western History
Recently we learned that Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad al-Qasimi, member of the Supreme Council of the UAE and ruler of Sharjah, called for the transformation of the Cathedral of Cordoba back to the Mosque of Cordoba, since Spain’s Christians “don’t deserve it.” What we weren’t told is what occasioned him to say this—the all-important […]
Video: R. Ibrahim in Stephen Bannon’s War Room on the Historic Jihad
Earlier today I appeared on the War Room with Stephen Bannon to discuss the Battle of Lepanto and other matters relating to the historic jihad. The video follows, and the segment starts around the 1:53:36 mark:
The Battle of Lepanto: When Turks Skinned Christians Alive for Refusing Islam
Today in history, on October 7, 1571, one of the most cataclysmic clashes between Islam and the West — one where the latter for once crushed and humiliated the former — took place. In 1570, Muslim Turks — in the guise of the Ottoman Empire — invaded the island of Cyprus, prompting Pope Pius V […]
“Pride Was Their Downfall”: Muslim Slaughter of Christians at Nicopolis
Today in history, on September 25, 1396, a major military encounter with Islam that demonstrated just how disunited Christendom had become took place. Two years earlier, in 1394, the Ottoman Turks had been “doing great injury to Hungary,” causing its young king, Sigismund, to appeal “to Christendom for assistance.” It came at an opportune […]
The Battle of Kulikovo: Russian Liberation from the Muslim Horde
Today in history, on September 8, 1380, Russia began its long march to liberation from the Tatar yoke, by way of a battle that is as important to Russian history as the battles of Tours and Vienna are to the West. Although pagan when they conquered Russia around 1240, by 1300 the Mongols were thoroughly […]
Battle of Manzikert: The “Subjugation of Christianity by Islam”
Today in history, on August 26, 1071, one of the most decisive battles in all world history took place—that of Manzikert, which initiated the creation of the modern state of Turkey atop formerly Christian Asia Minor. What happened on that day and the days leading to it is worth recounting. In 1019, “the first […]
Yarmuk: ISIS’s Inspiration and “Most Consequential” Battle between Islam and the West
Today in history, on August 20, 636, arguably the single most consequential battle between Islam and the West took place—that of Yarmuk. Occurring just four years after Muslim prophet Muhammad had died, not only did the military engagement decide whether the Arabian creed thrives or dies; it became a chief source of inspiration and instruction […]