Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War between the Muslim World and the Global North By William R. PolkNew Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. 550 pp. $37.50 Reviewed by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East QuarterlyWinter 2019 Crusade and Jihad is characteristic of the many misrepresentations of history that emanate from the Middle East studies establishment. Despite the title, the […]
Does the Hijab Reflect “Adherence to Sharia Law”?
PJ Media The recent outrage surrounding Jeanine Pirro’s remarks concerning the hijab is a reflection of the abysmal degree to which common sense is under assault in America. Context: While discussing Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s anti-Israel remarks with Nancy Pelosi, Pirro said: This is not who your party is. Your party is not anti-Israel. She […]
Shariah Law: What Everyone Needs to Know
by John L. Esposito and Natana J. Delong-Bas Reviewed by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East QuarterlyFall 2018 Shariah Law: What Everyone Needs to Know. By John L. Esposito and Natana J. Delong-Bas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 352 pp. $74 ($16.95, paper). The overarching theme of Esposito and Delong-Bas’s book is that the sacred law of Islam […]
Islamic Apologias: Straining at Gnats while Swallowing Camels
Coptic Solidarity An Arabic-language video recently appeared of a Muslim cleric in Egypt addressing how terrorists misuse Islamic scriptures to justifying killing non-Muslims. He was specifically addressing the bombing of Coptic Orthodox churches, which in recent years have left dozens of Christian worshippers dead in Egypt. During his sermon, Sheikh Samir Hashish said that those […]
Is ISIS Still a Global Threat?
In light of recent news that the Islamic State (or “ISIS”) is on the verge of losing its last stronghold, yesterday I was interviewed on the radio program, Issues, ETC, with Todd Wilken. We discussed whether ISIS was still relevant and the true significance of all such Islamic terror groups. The 10-minute interview can be […]
Raymond Ibrahim and Glenn Beck on Muslim-American Politicians
Earlier today I appeared on Glenn Beck TV. We discussed Islamic tactics of deception and subversion in the context of U.S. politicians, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. We also discussed similar patterns throughout history in the context of my recent book, Sword and Scimitar, which Glenn called “a great book,” adding, “I recommend it, highly, […]
Sincere Dialogue with Islam: Its Wages and Benefits
PJ Media What is—or rather should be—the purpose of interfaith dialogue? When the Vatican and Pope Francis announce, as they recently did, that they are engaged in interfaith dialogue with leading Muslims, what exactly are they conveying to the world? What are they accomplishing? The answer to these questions is the difference between what true […]
Jihad: Violent and Cultural, Past and Present
I was recently interviewed on Secure Freedom Radio with Frank Gaffney. Descriptions of and links to the two segments (as they appear on SFR) follow: RAYMOND IBRAHIM, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute and Author of Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War Between Islam and the West (PART ONE):• The history of Islamic […]
Islamic Necrophilia: Or, “Every Hole Is a Goal”
PJ Media A Muslim-background man who sexually violated a number of corpses was recently sentenced on February 1 in the UK. According to the report: A warped “monster” who broke into a funeral parlour before having sex with a woman’s corpse has been jailed for six years. Kasim Khuram, 23, forced his way into a […]
Islam: The West’s “Most Formidable and Persistent Enemy”
American Thinker At the height of Western dominance over Islam in the early twentieth century, the European historian Hilaire Belloc made a remarkably prescient observation that may have seemed exaggerated at the time: Millions of modern people of the white civilization—that is, the civilization of Europe and America—have forgotten all about Islam. They have never […]