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 […]
Today in History: Hagia Sophia Defies Islam (and Saves Western Civilization)
Turkey has repeatedly made clear that few things in Islamic history are more glorious than the jihadi conquest of Constantinople in 1453, as underscored by the recent transformation of the heart of Constantinople—the Hagia Sophia, formerly one of Christendom’s greatest cathedrals—into a mosque. Why Constantinople? Because of all the “infidel” cities of the world, […]
When Turkey’s ‘Hero’ Beheaded 800 Christians for Refusing Islam
The ritual decapitation of 800 Christians who refused Islam on August 14, 1480 — 540 years ago today — sheds much light on contemporary questions concerning the ongoing conflict between Islam and the West. Background: When he sacked Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman Sultan Muhammad II was only 21-years-old—meaning he still had many good decades […]
Hoori or Whore? Islam’s ‘72 Virgins’ Yearn for ‘Martyred’ Muslims
According to a July 22, 2020 article on PMW: Since the Palestinian Authority started its terror campaign—the second Intifada—in 2000, it has been promising terrorist Martyrs that as Muslims they will be rewarded in Paradise with 72 Dark-Eyed Virgins. The promises are given in religious lessons, statements by political figures, and poems and music videos, […]
Hagia Sophia and Cathedral of Córdoba: The Jihad Factor
What’s ours is ours; and what’s yours is ours, as well. This is one of the primary messages coming from Muslims following the recent decision to transform the Hagia Sophia museum—which was originally built, and for a millennium functioned, as a Christian cathedral—into a trophy mosque again. For starters, consider the recent and deliberate display […]
A Sword Over the Nile: New Book Exposes 14 Centuries of Christian Persecution
February 2015 was the first time many in the West heard of the Copts, Egypt’s indigenous, Christian inhabitants. Then, the Islamic State published what subsequently went viral—a gory video of their jihadi members savagely carving off the heads of 20 Copts and one Ghanaian by the shores of Libya because they refused to renounce Christ […]
A Response to “Dead Wrong: The Anti-Muslim Myth”
An especially stark example of how Leftists thrive on distorting history—a tactic pivotal to their very being—recently appeared. In a video titled “Dead Wrong: The Anti-Muslim Myth,” Johan Norberg, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute who holds an MA in “the History of Ideas” from the University of Stockholm, begins as follows: The Nativist […]