The Stream Today in history, a battle that radical Muslims venerate took place between Muslims and Christians in Spain (known back then as al-Andalus). In 1085, Alfonso VI of Leon-Castile captured the Muslim city of Toledo, launching the Reconquista. Great was the lamentation among Muslims and the rejoicing among Christians. The Muslim emirs of al-Andalus — notorious for … [Read more...]
Why Canceled Christopher Columbus Sailed West (Hint: Islam)
The Stream Another Columbus Day — or as it is increasingly known, “Indigenous Peoples Day” — has come and gone, with more and more institutions ignoring it or worse, repeating the hackneyed allegation that the Italian explorer committed a “genocide” against the natives. One need look no further than to the current star of the “left,” Kamala Harris, for all the usual woke … [Read more...]
Today in History: ‘One Man Chased a Thousand, and Two Put Ten Thousand to Flight’
The Stream On October 21, 1094, a tiny force of Christian knights destroyed a massive Muslim horde in Spain, where the jihad and the Reconquista had been raging for years. For Christians, the leader of these knights had validated the biblical verse that “one man will chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight” (Deuteronomy 32:30). Background: Around 1085, the … [Read more...]
Coptic Christian Man Hacked to Pieces and Dumped in Cairo Canal
Coptic Solidarity A Coptic Christian man was recently murdered, hacked to pieces, and dumped into a canal in the Amiriya district of Cairo. On September 29, Mina Musa, 21, left his family home in Minya for a new job in Cairo. He was responding to an advertisement on social media to assist an elderly person in Cairo, for a generous salary, along with broader networking … [Read more...]
This Day in History: The ‘Elites’ Betray Christians to Muslim Slaughter at Own Nation’s Expense
The Stream One of history’s most terrible pitched battles between Christians and Muslims on European soil — which was waged over three carnage-soaked days — concluded on October 20, 1448. The Ottoman Turks had been invading and terrorizing the Balkans for several years. One of the staunchest Christian foes of the Muslims, John Hunyadi, governor of Hungary, decided enough was … [Read more...]