FrontPage Magazine Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (above), the head or “caliph” of the Islamic State, is finally dead. This is certainly welcome news—if only because someone like al-Baghdadi deserves his fate; and President Trump deserves much credit for eliminating this diabolical leader of ISIS. But while we can all celebrate this monster getting his just deserts, […]
Trump Admin. Calls Out Pro-Islamic Bias, Corruption in Middle East Studies
Gatestone Institute The Trump administration recently called out and threatened to cut federal funding for the Consortium for Middle East Studies (CMES), a program run by Duke University and the University of North Carolina. It was accused by the U.S. Education Department of misusing a federal grant to advance “ideological priorities” and unfairly promote “the […]
The Saudi Stink of Hypocrisy
FrontPage Magazine Saudi Arabia continues to demonstrate why it is the “world’s greatest hypocrite.” After Australia recently condemned the Islamic kingdom of human rights abuses, the latter launched an “extraordinary” tirade. Saudi ambassador, Abdulaziz Alwasil, projected everything his nation does onto Australia. He claimed that minorities, migrants and Muslims face “horrific violations of human rights” […]
Islam’s Erasure of the Mideast’s Judaic and Christian Heritage
FrontPage Magazine The Muslim world is at war with history. It needs to be, if it hopes to change the narrative concerning how it came into being and, more importantly, how no one but Muslims has any right to any land claimed by Islam. Most recently, the Palestinian Authority’s minister of culture, ‘Atif Abu Sayf, […]
“Kiss My Feet!” Islam’s Demand of Jews and Christians
FrontPage Magazine Few things are as reliably consistent as Muslim behavior—particularly the sort we are regularly assured has “nothing to do with Islam.” Otherwise, why does one find the same “disquieting” behavior in regions that widely differ in both time and space? Consider this new report from Australia: A 12-year-old Jewish student was forced to […]
Sword and Scimitar: “A Compelling Reminder of the Terrifying Dynamic which Continues to Drive the Islamic World”
Note: The following book review of my Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West was written by Terry Scambray and first appeared in the Sept. 2019 issue of the New Oxford Review: We judge individuals by what they say and what they do. We judge cults, religions and ideologies the […]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim Lecture at CPAC: The Past and Present Persecution of Christians
On September 13, I spoke at CPAC-West in Reno, Nevada. My 25-minute presentation, which follows, was titled “The Persecution of Christians: Past, Present, and Future”:
Glazov Gang Video: Islam, a “Slut,” and a “White Whore”
Jamie Glazov, of the Glazov Gang, recently interviewed me on the topic of an article I recently wrote, titled “Nothing More than a Slut, a White Whore!” The 20-minute video follows: Glazov Gang: Islam, a ‘Slut’ and a ‘White Whore’. Raymond Ibrahim (Shillman Fellow, Freedom Center) —————————————————————– Please support The Glazov Gang because we are […]
Trump: “I Defeated the Caliphate”
FrontPage Magazine On September 20, Donald Trump asserted that “I defeated the caliphate…. I defeated the caliphate — ISIS. ” Is this true? Considering that Trump can passingly say that the sky is blue before the media and various “experts” rush to insist otherwise, naturally various elements deny this latest claim as well. The facts, however, […]
Islamic Jihad: Why No Life Is Safe
FrontPage Magazine On September 11, 2019—the eighteenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror strikes on U.S. soil—al-Qaeda leader Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video praising that “blessed raid” and inciting Muslims for more like it, particularly against American, European, Israeli, and Russian targets. One of the more interesting aspects of the video is that the 68-year-old […]