Anti-Semitism
The New, New Antisemitism
The old antisemitism was more a right-wing than a left-wing phenomenon—perhaps best personified by the now-withered Ku Klux Klan. A new antisemitism followed from the campus leftism of the 1960s. It arose from and was masked by a general hatred of Israel, following the Jewish state’s incredible victory in the 1967 Six-Day War. That lopsided …
Exclusive: The Ultimate Source of Islamic Hate for Infidels
by Raymond Ibrahim // CBN Who is ultimately responsible for the ongoing attacks on Christians and their churches throughout the Islamic world? Focusing on one of the most obvious nations where Christians are regularly targeted—Egypt’s Coptic Christians—one finds that the “mob” is the most visible and obvious culprit. One Copt accused of some transgression against Muslim …
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The Are Slaughtering Us Like Chickens’: Muslim Persecution of Christians, December 2013
by Raymond Ibrahim // Gatestone Insitute As happens at Christmas every year throughout the Muslim world, Christians and their churches were especially targeted—from jihadi terror strikes killing worshippers, to measures by Muslim authorities restricting Christmas celebrations. Some incidents follow: Share This
Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’
by Raymond Ibrahim // PJ Media A jihadi group occupying the Syrian town of Raqqa recently gave Christian minorities living there three choices: 1) convert to Islam, 2) remain Christian but pay tribute and accept third-class subject status, or 3) die by the sword. According to the BBC, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria issued …
Why the Media Doesn’t Cover Jihadist Attacks on Middle East Christians
by Raymond Ibrahim // The Torch “To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to public disgrace”—Hebrews 6:6 The United Nations, Western governments, media, universities, and talking heads everywhere insist that Palestinians are suffering tremendous abuses from the state of Israel. Conversely, the greatest human rights tragedy of …
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The Past and the Future
by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com Last November Raymond Ibrahim was interviewed by Egyptian reporter Sherif Awad. The interview appeared in several Egyptian magazines and websites, as well as American ones, such as the Westchester Guardian. The interview follows: Awad: Can you tell us about your family and their profession and how and why they decided to migrate …
Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?
by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com Why are Christians, as a new Pew report documents, the most persecuted religious group in the world? And why is their persecution occurring primarily throughout the Islamic world? (In the category on “Countries with Very High Government Restrictions on Religion,” Pew lists 24 countries—20 of which are Islamic and precisely where the overwhelming …
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