Note: The following book review appeared on Moonbattery: We might reverse the decline and fall of Western Civilization if only we could get enough people to read Sword and Scimitar, a new book by Raymond Ibrahim. This highly readable military history of the ongoing 1,400-year war between Islam and the West focuses on eight key battles, four of which where won by either … [Read more...]
Video: “The Truth about the History of Islam,” Part 2
Ben Bergquam, of Frontline America, recently interviewed me about my book Sword and Scimitar — with a focus on Chapter 2, the Siege of Constantinople (717-718) — and a number of other more current matters. The nearly 30-minute podcast follows. Also, Part 1 can be viewed here. … [Read more...]
Video: “The Truth about the History of Islam”
Filling in for Jerris Jackson (talk radio, 1680 KGED), Ben Bergquam, of America's Voice, recently interviewed me on Sword and Scimitar -- with a focus on Chapter 1, the Battle of Yarmuk -- and a number of related matters. The 31-minute podcast follows: … [Read more...]
“A Piece of Meat”: How Some Muslim Men See White Women
FrontPage Magazine A British girl was “passed around like a piece of meat” between Muslim men who abused and raped her between the ages of 12 and 14, a court heard earlier this month. Her problems began after she befriended a young Muslim man who, before long, was “forcing her to perform sex acts on other [and older] men,” and receiving money for it. When she resisted, he … [Read more...]
No More Swords in the West, Only Scimitars
“If Islam is terrorizing the West today, that is not because it can, but because the West allows it to. For no matter how diminished, a still swinging Scimitar will always overcome a strong but sheathed Sword.” Those are the very last words of my 352-page book, Sword and Scimitar, which chronicles fourteen centuries of warfare between Islam and the West. They were meant to … [Read more...]