PJ Media Speaking at the Council of Foreign Relations on March 13, CIA Director John Brennan said that “the Islamic State had ‘snowballed’ beyond Iraq and Syria, estimating that at least 20,000 fighters from more than 90 countries have gone to join the militant group, several thousand of them from Western nations, including the United States.” “Left unchecked, the group … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on The Glazov Gang: Jihad on the Offensive
I was on the Glazov Gang during the recent David Horowitz Freedom Center's West Coast Retreat. FrontPage Magazine's description of the panel, and the video of it, follow: This week’s Glazov Gang was joined by scholars Bruce Thornton (Freedom Center Shillman Fellow), Raymond Ibrahim (Freedom Center Shillman Fellow) and Robert Spencer (Director, JihadWatch.org). The three … [Read more...]
West Misses Point—and Lesson—of Buddhist Anti-Muslim Sentiment
PJ Media Ongoing reports decrying “anti-Muslim” Buddhists seem to miss the point: this antipathy did not appear out of thin air but rather in response to Islamic aggression—the same Islamic aggression the rest of the world is trying to cope with. A Financial Times editorial titled “Buddhist militancy triggers international concern” opens by describing the “traumatic … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim Interview on ISIS Abduction of Christians, Western Indifference, and More
I was recently interviewed on Reel Talk with Audrey Russo. Topics ranged from Western desensitization to Islamic atrocities (wrote about here), the recent abduction of Syrian Christians (now reportedly between 350-400 people), and the truth about Muslim reformers. Click here to listen to the 30-minute interview. … [Read more...]
Obama’s Self-Professed “Confusion” About Islamic Terror
FrontPage Magazine Portuguese During the National Prayer Breakfast earlier this month, U.S. President Obama tried to shield Islam from criticism by depicting Christianity as equally violent and intolerant (via comments about crusades, inquisitions, and “high horses”). Much lesser known is that he also tried to shield Islam by invoking Christian virtues. In many ways, … [Read more...]