While monuments to heroic Americans of a former age—including abolitionists who died fighting slavery—get toppled and dishonored, a land-grabber, mass-slaver, terrorist, and pedophile—Ottoman sultan Muhammad II—was recently honored by the president of Turkey. During his recent public address celebrating the July 10, 2020 decree to transform the Hagia Sophia, which for a millennium had functioned […]
“I’m Saddened by the White Man’s Emasculation”: An African Sets the Record Straight
Michele Antaki—a former UN interpreter, journalist, and translator who has contributed before to RaymondIbrahim.com—has written and sent me another exclusive summary of a recent speech given in French by Ernest Tigori, an Ivorian intellectual and political activist, exiled in France, and winner of the 2017 Nelson Mandela Prize for Literature. In his new book “L’Afrique […]
Another Ignored Genocide of Christians Plagues Burkina Faso
Gatestone Institute On Sunday, December 1, 2019, Islamic terrorists raided a Protestant Christian church during service and massacred 14 worshippers in Burkina Faso. The pastor and several children were among those killed. This is but the latest of many lethal attacks on the Christian minority of the small nation located in West Africa, a region […]
CBN News Video: R. Ibrahim on Turkey’s Alleged Role in Nigerian Slaughter of Christians
Late last week I appeared on CBN News to discuss potential terror ties between Turkey and Nigeria, in the context of my recent article, “Turkey: Arming Genocide of Christians in Nigeria?” The video and CBN’s official description follow: “Egyptian TV News Report Alleges Turkey Supplying Weapons to Nigeria’s Boko Haram,” by Steve Warren, 11/14/2019: Raymond […]
Denied Justice: The Legal Plight of Egypt’s Christians
Coptic Solidarity Last week the Egyptian court system denied justice to Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christian minority by again postponing judgment on two notorious cases that have been at court for years. The first concerns Soa‘d Thabet, a 70-year-old Coptic grandmother. On May 20, 2016, a mob of some 300 Muslim men descended on her home, stripped […]
Ibrahim on Steel on Steel: Christian Persecution, Mexican Border, Political Correctness, and More
I was recently interviewed on Steel on Steel with John Loeffler. “Coptic Christian persecution in Egypt, Islamic terrorists at our southern border, the different perceptions of moderate and radical Muslims, and the political correctness that keeps us from getting at the truth,” were among some of the topics we discussed in the 30-minute interview, which […]
Ten Congressmen Express “Grave Concern” and “Extreme Disappointment” over War College’s Surrender to “Terrorist-Tied” CAIR
In a recent letter, written and delivered to the Commandant of the US Army War College, ten members of Congress shared their “grave concern” that the USAWC “capitulated to the unfounded claims of CAIR [concerning me and my book], and thus damaged the academic freedom and integrity of the high esteem in which the USAWC […]
Powerline, Providence, Others Denounce War College’s “Spineless Surrender” to Islamist/Leftist Bullying
A number of other notable websites and publications continue to expose the US Army War College’s submission to CAIR. Excerpts from and links to some follow: Powerline: In “Army War College Surrenders,” Scott Johnson succinctly summarizes the entire fiasco — including how, in their smear campaign, the Islamists presented me (an ethnic Egyptian) as a […]
Challenging Opinions: “Raymond Ibrahim on Islam and the West”
William Campbell of Challenging Opinions recently interviewed me on a number of topics revolving around Islam and the West. True to the show’s name, Campbell never seems to miss a chance to “challenge” my views. To listen to the interview/debate, click here and fast-forward to the 8:42 mark.
Q&A on War College/CAIR Fiasco
Note: A number of media that have reported on the US Army War College’s capitulation to CAIR — most recently Breitbart and the College Fix — have asked me questions, many of which I answered at length. As there was not enough space to publish my full responses, I post them below, the questions I […]