Earlier this week I appeared via Skype on Colliding Worldviews, a program on ABN’s Trinity Channel, hosted by Tony Gurule. Titled, “Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West” (which is also the subtitle of my book, Sword and Scimitar), the 30-minute interview follows, and includes many important topics: Fourteen Centuries of War Between […]
Crusade and Jihad
Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War between the Muslim World and the Global North By William R. PolkNew Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. 550 pp. $37.50 Reviewed by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East QuarterlyWinter 2019 Crusade and Jihad is characteristic of the many misrepresentations of history that emanate from the Middle East studies establishment. Despite the title, the […]
Christian Martyrs of Islamic Jihad: A Recurring Theme
American Thinker Last February 15 marked the four year anniversary of the martyrdom of 21 Christians—20 Coptic Orthodox from Egypt and one Ghanaian. It was commemorated by several groups, including Coptic Solidarity, which summarized the event in a February 15, 2019 statement: This week in 2015, 21 men were brutally beheaded on a Mediterranean beach […]
Raymond Ibrahim and Glenn Beck on Muslim-American Politicians
Earlier today I appeared on Glenn Beck TV. We discussed Islamic tactics of deception and subversion in the context of U.S. politicians, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. We also discussed similar patterns throughout history in the context of my recent book, Sword and Scimitar, which Glenn called “a great book,” adding, “I recommend it, highly, […]
Sincere Dialogue with Islam: Its Wages and Benefits
PJ Media What is—or rather should be—the purpose of interfaith dialogue? When the Vatican and Pope Francis announce, as they recently did, that they are engaged in interfaith dialogue with leading Muslims, what exactly are they conveying to the world? What are they accomplishing? The answer to these questions is the difference between what true […]
Jihad: Violent and Cultural, Past and Present
I was recently interviewed on Secure Freedom Radio with Frank Gaffney. Descriptions of and links to the two segments (as they appear on SFR) follow: RAYMOND IBRAHIM, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute and Author of Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War Between Islam and the West (PART ONE):• The history of Islamic […]
Islam: The West’s “Most Formidable and Persistent Enemy”
American Thinker At the height of Western dominance over Islam in the early twentieth century, the European historian Hilaire Belloc made a remarkably prescient observation that may have seemed exaggerated at the time: Millions of modern people of the white civilization—that is, the civilization of Europe and America—have forgotten all about Islam. They have never […]
Pope Francis’ Fake “Interreligious Dialogue” with the Muslim World
PJ Media Vatican News recently announced Pope Francis’ upcoming “Apostolic Journey to Morocco, whose theme is hope.” Before spending March 30-31 in Morocco, Francis is also scheduled to visit the United Arab Emirates. “Pope Francis will meet the leader of Moroccan Muslims,” Vatican News continues, “800 years after the meeting between St. Francis of Assisi […]
Lessons Learned from Nearly 1,400 Years of War with Islam
“IT’S NOT paranoia if they’ve really been trying to kill you for 1,400 years. Raymond Ibrahim, author of Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War Between Islam and the West, joins us to discuss the lessons we should have learned after 14 centuries of war with Islam.” The above is “View from the Bunker’s” description of my […]
Killing and Dying for the Houris: Islam’s Heavenly Whores
PJ Media According to a December 5 Palestinian Media Watch report, Following a recent terror attack in which the terrorist stabbed and wounded 4 Israeli policemen, a host on official PA TV read a poem in the terrorist’s honor. The poem glorifies Martyrdom-death in battle and states that the 72 “Dark-Eyed” Virgins in Paradise who the Martyr […]