by Raymond Ibrahim
As Egyptians of all factions prepare to demonstrate in mass against the Muslim Brotherhood and President Morsi’s rule on June 30, the latter has been trying to reduce their numbers, which some predict will be in the millions and eclipse the Tahrir protests that earlier ousted Mubarak. Continue reading “Obama to Egyptian Christians: Don’t Protest the Brotherhood”
by Raymond Ibrahim
While unrest in Turkey continues to capture attention, more subtle and more telling events concerning the Islamification of Turkey — and not just at the hands of Prime Minister Erdogan but majorities of Turks — are quietly transpiring. Continue reading “Christendom’s Greatest Cathedral to Become a Mosque”
by Raymond Ibrahim
The Islamic jihad against Christians in Nigeria is proving to be the most barbaric. Continue reading “Muslim Persecution of Christians: March, 2013”
by Raymond Ibrahim
www.raymondibrahim.com
The lost history of Christians forced to convert to Islam—or die—is reemerging, figuratively and literally. Continue reading “Islamic Forced Conversions – Past and Present”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
There are good reasons to go into Syria, but far better ones to stay out [1]. Continue reading “Count Me Out on Syria”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Frontpage Magazine
As the Islamic world, in the guise of the 57-member state Organization of Islamic Cooperation, continues to push for the enforcement of “religious defamation” laws in the international arena — theoretically developed to protect all religions from insult, but in reality made for Islam — one great irony is lost, especially on Muslims: if such laws would ban movies and cartoons that defame Islam, they would also, by logical extension, have to ban the religion of Islam itself — the only religion whose core texts actively defame other religions. Continue reading “‘Religious Defamation’ Laws Would Ban Islam”
by Bruce Thornton
Frontpage Magazine
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is under attack for speaking an important truth about the Arab-Israeli conflict. At a fundraiser in Jerusalem on Monday, Romney made the obvious, even banal, point about the economic disparity between nations. Continue reading “Romney and the Palestinian Culture of Destruction”
by Bruce Thornton
Frontpage Magazine
The New York Times headline on Secretary of State Clinton’s visit to Egypt said it all: “US Is in a Quandary.” That’s putting it mildly. Better words for this administration’s foreign policy are “confused,” “contradictory,” and “delusional.” Continue reading “The Democracy Delusion and Obama’s Failed Mideast Policy”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Gatestone Institute
Sheikh Ali Wanis, an Egyptian parliament member and prominent figure in the Nour Party — the Salafi party which preaches a return to early Islam based on Muhammad’s practices — was recently caught in a “compromising position” with a female other than his legal spouse(s). Continue reading “Salafi Sex Scandals”
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPage Magazine
Ostensibly dealing with a building, a recent report demonstrates how Turkey’s populace — once deemed the most secular and liberal in the Muslim world — is reverting to its Islamic heritage, complete with animosity for the infidel West and dreams of Islam’s glory days of jihad and conquest. According to Reuters: Continue reading “Greatest Church Soon To Be Mega Mosque?”