American Thinker By having her depicted as a Black woman, Netflix’s “Queen Cleopatra” is creating a stir. Because all four of my grandparents were Coptic Egyptian, and because the Copts are “acknowledged as the remaining descendants of the civilisation of the Ancient Egyptians, with Pharaonic origins,” I cannot resist but offer my two cents. First, this business has been … [Read more...]
Ramadan: A Time to Reminisce Over Bloodshed and Slavery
The Stream Ramadan—once a curiosity limited to the Muslim world but now a “celebrated” feature of the West—is upon us. For those Americans still unfamiliar with Islam’s holy month, a recent DC News article offers a primer: Ramadan is considered the holiest month of the year for Muslims. About 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide observe the holiday in some form. Muslims use Ramadan … [Read more...]
Vatican Apologizes to the ‘Infidel Enemies of the Christian Name’
According to a recent report, The Vatican has abrogated three papal bulls, claiming that the documents are offensive to indigenous peoples and “have never been considered expressions of the Catholic faith.” The bulls Dum Diversas (1452), Romanus Pontifex (1455) and Inter Caetera (1493) contain the basis for the “doctrine of discovery,” which “is not part of the teaching of … [Read more...]
Learning from History: Why Some Nations Reject Muslims
The Stream Knowledge or ignorance of history tends to have a profound impact on how knowledgeable or ignorant one is concerning what is really happening in the present. Consider the question of Islam in Europe: European nations that had little history with Islam—mostly in the northwest of the continent—are precisely the ones most open to (and suffering from) it; European … [Read more...]
Why Muslims Hate the Cross: Part 1
The Stream As Christians prepare to celebrate Easter, Muslims continue to desecrate that one symbol most representative of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ: the Crucifix. Most recently in France, on Mar. 16, 2023, a Muslim man smashed a church’s six foot tall cross—which had stood since the 1600s—into pieces. A week earlier, also in France, another Muslim man broke … [Read more...]