In what follows, John Zmirak interviews me for The Stream: Raymond Ibrahim has written two books about the nearly 1,400-year struggle between the Christian world and Islam, Sword and Scimitar and Defenders of the West. Both of them would make terrific Christmas gifts, especially for teenaged boys and young men who need heroes. The Stream’s John Zmirak interviewed the author … [Read more...]
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‘Death to Blasphemers!’ Islam’s Ancient War on Critics of Muhammad
The Stream Last Friday, a Muslim man lunged at and repeatedly stabbed Salman Rushdie as he was preparing to deliver a speech on a New York stage. Prosecutors said the author was stabbed 10 times, suffering a neck wound, liver damage, a severed nerve in his arm, and may well lose an eye. Thankfully, reports Sunday morning indicate Rushdie is off a ventilator and able to … [Read more...]
Washington Times: “Global Jihad’s Information Warfare Campaign”
Note: The following Washington Times article (Jun 18) was written by Joseph C. Myers, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who specializes in counterterrorism and insurgency issues. He served in Afghanistan and as a Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, and authored the important essay, "The Quranic Concept of War." The mission statement of the U.S. Army Heritage and … [Read more...]
Western Journal: “Did Army College Just Cave? Islam Expert Postponed After Muslim Activists’ Uproar”
Note: The following report by Ryan Ledendecker appeared on the Western Journal's Conservative Tribune on June 15. It also has a poll asking readers if the War College should have caved in to CAIR or not (in a red box half way through the article here). An earlier report titled "US Army War College Drops Speech by Terror Expert, CAIR Cites ‘Anti-Muslim Racism’" also appeared … [Read more...]
William Kilpatrick: “Islam’s Thousand Year War on Christendom”
Editor's note: Author and former Boston College instructor, William Kilpatrick, has just written the first review of my book, Sword and Scimitar, which was released yesterday. Published by Crisis Magazine and titled, "Islam’s Thousand Year War on Christendom," Kilpatrick's review follows: At a time when Catholic youth are taught that Islam means peace, pilgrimage and … [Read more...]
The Butterfly Effect: Obama, Climate Change, and Islam’s War against the World
If even the wings of a butterfly have weight and shared causality, then what of the teachings and example of a seventh century desert prophet? By Ralph H. Sidway, an Orthodox Christian researcher and writer, and author of Facing Islam: What the Ancient Church has to say about the Religion of Muhammad. He operates the Facing Islam blog. President Obama, during his recent … [Read more...]
War for American hearts and minds rages over Islam
Terror threat or peaceful religion? Both sides fight it out on small battlefields around US by Kari Huus MSNBC EVERETT, Wash. — Where Islam is discussed, controversy follows. Though the 9/11 attacks by Islamic extremists are almost 10 years past and al-Qaida boss Osama bin Laden is dead, the American debate over Islam is still raging, as evidenced by numerous conflicts over … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim to speak at college in Washington State, Hamas-linked CAIR howling
by Robert Spencer Jihad Watch They always howl when someone exposes the truth about the global jihad and Islamic supremacism. The Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) consistently opposes anti-terror measures, has misrepresented the political and supremacist nature of Sharia in efforts to combat anti-Sharia legislation, and more. CAIR is an unindicted … [Read more...]
Top Muslim Cleric Qaradawi Urges Western Muslims to ‘Liberalize’ (Outwardly, Anyway)
Published in Pajamas Media Translations of this item: Dutch A recent episode of the popular Arabic show al-Sharia wa al-Haya (Law and Life), which airs weekly on Al Jazeera and features renowned Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, addressed the important yet little known Muslim concept of taysir (pronounced "tey-seer"). Qaradawi, who is touted by the likes … [Read more...]
How Taqiyya Alters Islam’s Rules of War
Middle East Quarterly French Portuguese Islam must seem a paradoxical religion to non-Muslims. On the one hand, it is constantly being portrayed as the religion of peace; on the other, its adherents are responsible for the majority of terror attacks around the world. Apologists for Islam emphasize that it is a faith built upon high ethical standards; others … [Read more...]