The Stream Once again, Iran has inadvertently made clear why its true intentions can never be discerned — why its word can never be taken at face value. In February, 2024, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq al-Shirazi’s delivered a sermon, which was followed by a Q&A session. One of the questions submitted was whether it is permissible to break a fast early, “due … [Read more...]
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Are Muslim Converts to Christianity Sincere?
The Stream Muslim asylum seekers throughout Western Europe are increasingly converting to Christianity: 40 Muslim migrants aboard the Bibby Stockholm, a Barge in Portland Port in Dorset, England, have reportedly embraced Christ, are fervently attending churches, and being instructed by faith leaders. Another 20 Muslim migrants were baptized two weekends ago in Wethersfield, … [Read more...]
Hamas: Origins, Nature, and Goals
The Stream Although most in the West consider Hamas, which brutally massacred some 1,400 Israelis on October 7, 2023, to be anything from a terrorist to a nationalist organization, the group sees itself first and foremost as a religious—namely, Islamic—movement, dedicated to enforcing Muslim law (sharia), including through jihad. “Hamas” means “zeal” in Arabic and is an … [Read more...]
Pope Francis Defends Islam as ‘Religion of Peace’ in New Book
The Stream Pope Francis is at it again, relativizing about Muslim violence, suggesting that it has no ideological component, but is a “perversion” of true Islam, which is peace. In his new book, Non Sei Solo: Sfide, Risposte, Speranze (“You Are Not Alone: Challenges, Answers, Hopes”), which was published in Italian and released on Tuesday [Oct. 24, 2023], Francis calls on … [Read more...]
“Christians Must Die”: Jihad in Austria
Gatestone Institute Two young Muslims living in Austria recently confessed that they wanted to “kill Christians” and “restore the caliphate.” The two boys, aged 15 and 16, were arrested and tried at the Leoben Regional Court on July 16, 2023. They had made plans to massacre as many people as possible during an attack on the middle school attended by the 15-year-old, in Bruck … [Read more...]
The Islamic ‘Reformation’ Is Here, and You Won’t Like It
The Stream With the Protestant Reformation in mind, many Western thinkers continue to insist that Islam is in need of a similar “reformation.” Comparing apples and oranges, they overlook reality: In many respects, what is today called “radical Islam” is representative of the reformation of Islam. And it follows the same pattern of Christianity’s Protestant Reformation. The … [Read more...]
Muslims Want to Benefit from—Not be Friends of—Austrians (and All Other ‘Infidels’)
The good people of Austria are shocked—shocked I say!—to learn that the Muslims they’ve invited to live among and benefit from them hold to various divisive, if not downright hostile, doctrines. According to a May 10, 2023 article, “alarm bells are ringing” in Austria following the publication of a report on what Austrian mosques are teaching to Muslims. One of these … [Read more...]
The Great Lengths Some Muslims Go to Deceive (in Order to Murder) Infidels
Hindus are becoming more and more familiar with the Muslim doctrine of taqiyya. An article reports that, on two separate occasions, Muslims murdered two Hindu men by first deceiving them in an effort to get close enough to murder them. In one incident, Muslims entered the shop of their targeted Hindu victim and pretended to be customers -- before attacking and beheading him … [Read more...]
‘Get Off Your High Horse!’ Christians Must Not Complain When Muslims Butcher Them
The Stream A Muslim man butchered a Christian man in Spain, and, true to form, the establishment is responding by telling Christians not to “get on their high horse”—sound familiar?—but rather to do a little “introspecting” concerning the past and present crimes of Christians. On Jan. 25, 2023, a machete-waving Muslim migrant screaming Islam’s ancient war cry, “Allahu akbar,” … [Read more...]
Western Dissonance to Foreign Invasions: Armenia vs Ukraine
The following article, written for RaymondIbrahim.com by Trey Blanton, on location in Armenia, discusses an important question: Whereas the U.S. and other Western nations have been immensely responsive to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, they have showed zero interest in another, very similar provocation — Azerbaijan's invasion of Armenia. Trey Blanton, STEPANAKERT, Artsakh … [Read more...]