Raymond Ibrahim

Obama’s Puzzling Approach to the Muslim World

by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media President Barack Obama and I have one thing in common shared by few Americans: we were brought up by at least one parent — biological or step is irrelevant — who was born and raised in an Islamic milieu. Intimately aware of the inevitable effects of this, I must question […]

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Continuity: St. Francis of Assisi, Fr. Zakaria Botros, and Islam

by Raymond Ibrahim Jihad Watch While not formally connected, two books I recently finished reading — St. Francis of Assisi and the Conversion of Muslims and Defying Death: Zakaria Botross, Apostle to Islam — complement each other very well, specifically by establishing continuity between medieval and modern Islam, and, in so doing, demonstrating that Islamic intolerance has a long

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Criticism and Conciliation

by Raymond Ibrahim National Review Online Though he early indicated that this would be an honest, heart-to-heart talk — “we must say openly the things we hold in our hearts, and that too often are said only behind closed doors” and “let me speak as clearly and plainly as I can about some specific issues

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Are Judaism and Christianity as Violent as Islam?

by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East Quarterly (Summer 2009) “There is far more violence in the Bible than in the Qur’an; the idea that Islam imposed itself by the sword is a Western fiction, fabricated during the time of the Crusades when, in fact, it was Western Christians who were fighting brutal holy wars against Islam.” Share

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Respecting the Faithful vs. Respecting the Faith

by Raymond Ibrahim Jihad Watch During the pope’s recent Mideast visit, the media reported that he has “deep respect for Islam.” That exact phrase appeared in the Associated Press, AFP,BBC, Jerusalem Post, Washington Times, and Al-Jazeera. Share This

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Textbook Lies About Islam

by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media In recent House hearings dedicated to examining Islamic extremism, I stressed that the fundamental stumbling block to effective policy-making is educational and epistemological. Share This

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