by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
The revolutions against Arab autocracies — dubbed the “Arab Spring” — have been greeted in America with bipartisan celebration. Continue reading “The Arab Winter Approaches”
Tag: Religion
In the Jaws of Sharia: The Liberal and the Temptress
by Raymond Ibrahim
Private Papers
Editor’s Note: These postings were taken from Jihad Watch and Pajamas Media, internet journals in which the author posts frequently. Ibrahim’s observations below remind us of the depths of Dante’s Inferno where the three-headed devil masticates the worst criminals of Dante’s imagination: Brutus and Cassius are second only to Judas. Among Muslims, second only to Christians are women and secularists.
Muslim Brotherhood: Only “Drunks, Druggies and Adulterers” Reject Sharia
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood just made a few assertions that have ruffled the nation’s secular and Christian populace. Continue reading “In the Jaws of Sharia: The Liberal and the Temptress”
Islam’s Predictability: Apostasy, Execution, and Lies
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
As one ponders the fate of Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian pastor on death row for refusing to renounce Christianity, it is well to reflect that, for all the talk that Islam is perpetually “misunderstood,” it is actually immensely predictable and consistent; not only do its patterns cross time and space, but their manifestations are often identical. Continue reading “Islam’s Predictability: Apostasy, Execution, and Lies”
Top Muslim Declares All Christians ‘Infidels’
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
To what extent was Egypt’s Maspero massacre, wherein the military literally mowed down Christian Copts protesting the ongoing destruction of their churches, a product of anti-Christian sentiment? Continue reading “Top Muslim Declares All Christians ‘Infidels’”
Islam and Reason: New Book Shows Decline after the 10th Century
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
A review of The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis by Robert R. Reilly (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2011. 244 pp.) Continue reading “Islam and Reason: New Book Shows Decline after the 10th Century”
Destroying Churches, One at a Time: Muslim Brotherhood Wants “No More Churches”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Hudson New York
What clearer sign that Egypt is turning rabidly Islamist than the fact that hardly a week goes by without a church being destroyed, or without protesting Christians being attacked and slaughtered by the military? Continue reading “Destroying Churches, One at a Time: Muslim Brotherhood Wants “No More Churches””
The Egyptian Military’s Crimes Against Humanity
by Raymond Ibrahim
Hudson New York
Sunday, the Egyptian military opened fire on thousands of Christiansprotesting in Maspero, Cairo. Continue reading “The Egyptian Military’s Crimes Against Humanity”
Islam’s Uninterrupted History of Forced Conversions
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
Finding and connecting similar patterns of behavior throughout Islamic history is one of the most objective ways of determining whether something is or is not part of Muslim civilization. Continue reading “Islam’s Uninterrupted History of Forced Conversions”
Ten Years of Lessons Unlearned
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Ten years after 9/11 many politicians and pundits continue to misinterpret Islamic jihadism. Continue reading “Ten Years of Lessons Unlearned”
The Real Iran
by Raymond Ibrahim
Hudson New York
In a globalized world where debate and diplomacy predominate, there is one sure way to discern the sincerity of any particular government: see how it behaves at home, where it is in power; see especially how it treats its minorities. Continue reading “The Real Iran”