As with Saladin, the history of "Alp Arslan" (real name: Muhammad bin Dawud Chaghri) has been heavily whitewashed in order to improve the image of Muslims and worsen that of Christians. Below I discuss how several academics, as well as ChatGBT, sing his praises — even though contemporary chronicles present him as a bloodthirsty "antichrist" figure devoted to the mass slaughter … [Read more...]
Video: Muslims Still Furious Over Christian Victories at Battles of Tours (732) and Vienna (1683)
Muslims are still trying to "avenge" themselves -- including through acts of terrorism -- against historical Christian victories over Islam from more than a millennium ago, such as the battle of Tours in France, 732. Meanwhile, the city council of Vienna has been -- in the name of combatting "Islamophobia" -- more than happy to appease Muslims against the man who saved Vienna … [Read more...]
MCC Budapest Lecture: Raymond Ibrahim on the Relationship between Islam and the West
I recently spoke at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest (Central Europe’s largest educational institution and research center). MCC's writeup of the event moderated by Ralph Schoellhammer follows: Raymond Ibrahim, a historian and author, shared his expertise on the long-standing conflict between Islam and the West at the latest Budapest Lecture. He critiqued the Western … [Read more...]
Video Animation: How Islam Repackaged Tribalism as Religion
Thanks to @NabiAsli1 for making this animated video based on a previous video on how Muhammad "deified" tribalism. … [Read more...]
Video: Muhammad’s ‘Evil Genius’ Was to Make Islam TRIBAL
Despite its religious veneer, Islam can easily be defined and understood by one non-religious word: tribalism. The entire appeal of Muhammad’s call to the Arabs of his time lay in its perfect compatibility with their tribal mores, three in particular: 1) loyalty to one’s tribe; 2) enmity for other tribes; and 3) raids on the latter to enrich and empower the … [Read more...]