Earlier today, in a one hour audio segment titled “Battles to Conquer the West: Then and Now (Raymond Ibrahim),” Fr. McTeigue interviewed me on The Catholic Current. We discussed a number of topics — including the metaphysical battles for the West, the Hagia Sophia, and much more. Click hear to listen.
Hagia Sophia: Turkic Fables vs. Historic Facts
Millions of Orthodox and other Christians around the world were either shocked, angered, and/or saddened to learn recently that Turkey has just approved the transformation of the Hagia Sophia museum—which was originally built, and for a millennium functioned, as an Orthodox cathedral—into a mosque. In a long speech rationalizing this decision, which he personally spearheaded, […]
Thomas Jefferson: Good or Evil Based on the Left’s Agenda
Before the “progressive” Left began tearing down American monuments, they tried to use the Founding Fathers’ names to their advantage. Thus, for Barack Obama, “Islam has been woven into the fabric of our country since its founding.” The main “proof” of this dubious claim is that Thomas Jefferson, whose statues are being torn down, owned […]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim on Church Militant: “Religion of Peace”
Earlier this week, Michael Voris of Church Militant interviewed me on Mic’d Up. We discussed many interesting topics over the course of 30 minutes. The video follows:
Today in History: Islam Ascends a European Field of Carrion
Today, June 15, 1389, a pivotal military encounter between Islam and the West took place: the battle of Kosovo. In its wake, Islam became a dominant force in Eastern Europe, subjugating much of the Balkans ’til the early twentieth century. The story of that battle — and why Eastern Europe’s modern-day descendants remain wary of the religion […]
Non-Muslims Always “Welcomed” and Learned from Islam, Iran Claims
FrontPage Magazine Recently, on May 21, “Quds Day,” the Tehran Times—which bills itself as “Iran’s Leading International Daily” and was founded in 1979, the year of the Islamic Revolution—featured a piece underscoring the fact that rewriting history is every bit an Islamist as it is a leftist tactic. Two themes—both lies—permeate “A Zionism-free world on […]
When Islam Came: Rape and Devastation in Constantinople
One week ago today, Friday, May 29, was the 567th-year anniversary of the Islamic conquest of Constantinople, one of ancient Christianity’s greatest capitals that for the previous seven centuries had, as Europe’s easternmost bulwark, withstood Islam. Lesser known is what immediately followed this Muslim seizure of “New Rome”—which Turkey is immensely proud of—as described below […]
“Islam in Focus: Raymond Ibrahim Discusses Constantinople’s 1453 Fall”
Yesterday, May 29, I was interviewed on Global Patriot Radio with Andrew Harrod. The hour long interview can be listened to here. Pasted below is Global Patriot Radio’s description: May 29 marks the anniversary in 1453 of the fall of Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire’s capital, to the Ottoman Empire. Famed jihad historian Raymond Ibrahim, author […]
Today in History: The Sword of Islam Conquers Ancient Christian Capital
American Thinker Today in history, on May 29, 1453, the sword of Islam conquered Constantinople. Of all Islam’s conquests of Christian territory, this was by far the most symbolically significant. For not only was Constantinople a living and direct extension of the old Roman Empire and current capital of the Christian Roman Empire (or Byzantium), […]
The Battle of Covadonga: Today in History a ‘Mustard Seed’ of Christian Liberation from Muslim Rule Is Planted in Spain
Nearly thirteen-hundred years ago today, on May 28, 722,* a little known but profoundly important battle was waged, setting the tone for the next eight hundred years of Christian/Muslim “coexistence” in Spain: the Battle of Covadonga. Ten years earlier, Arabs and Africans—“Moors,” under the banner of Islam— had “godlessly invaded Spain to destroy it,” […]