Land Dispute or Jihad?
The Coptic monastery raid revisited by Raymond Ibrahim Jihad Watch Even though Dhimmi Watch admirably noted the recent attack on the Abu Fana Coptic monastery in Egypt, after just watching a graphic video detailing the affair on the Arabic satellite program Hiwar al-Haq — which makes clear that the raid (ghazwa) was far from being motivated by a “land dispute,” as …
Islam’s War Doctrines Ignored
by Raymond Ibrahim MESH (Middle East Strategy at Harvard) At the recent inaugural conference for the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), presenter Ltc. Joseph Myers made an interesting point that deserves further elaboration: that, though military studies have traditionally valued and absorbed the texts of classical war doctrine — …
No Country for Old Liberals
by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers According to liberals, they are tolerant, open-minded, sensitive to complexity and nuance, and wary of simplistic explanations. So why is a column by the liberal Michael Hirsh, in the liberal newsweekly Newsweek, so intolerant, close-minded, simplistic and bigoted? Share This
Islam’s Public Enemy #1
Coptic priest Zakaria Botros fights fire with fire. by Raymond Ibrahim National Review Online Though he is little known in the West, Coptic priest Zakaria Botros — named Islam’s “Public Enemy #1” by the Arabic newspaper, al-Insan al-Jadid— has been making waves in the Islamic world. Share This
Real Talk?
The Saudi king ought to stop killing non-Muslims first. by Raymond Ibrahim National Review Online According to the Associated Press, Saudi King Abdullah, in an unprecedented move last week, “made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians, and Jews” — going so far as to refer to the latter two as “our brothers.” Share This