by Raymond Ibrahim Hudson New York In light of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s ongoing trial, Western readers may be surprised to learn who some of Mubarak’s staunchest defenders are: Salafi Muslims, that is, those Muslims who practice the 7th-century Islam of Muhammad, often referred to as “radicals.” Share This
by Raymond Ibrahim Jihad Watch Few things in Islam are as liable to provoke passion and violence as the issue of conversion. The health hazards involved in converting out of Islam — apostatizing — are well known. Share This
by Raymond Ibrahim Hudson New York Things are looking good for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the grandfather of all Islamist groups. Share This
by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPageMagazine.com Two teenage Coptic girls, cousins, were recently kidnapped and then “sold” in Minya, Egypt — the same region where a Coptic church was recentlyattacked and desecrated. Share This
by Bruce S. Thornton Advancing a Free Society Apart from celebratory statements applauding what looks like to us democratic “people’s revolutions” against tyrannous autocrats, the uprisings sweeping across the Muslim Middle East have created great uncertainty for policy-makers as they try to calculate a response. Share This
by Raymond Ibrahim Hudson New York As we ponder the significance of Osama bin Laden’s death, it is well to reflect that Islamists are not the cause of hostilities; they are but symptoms of a much greater cause. Share This
by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPageMagazine.com Days ago in Egypt, throngs of Muslims (henceforth, “Islamists”), estimated at 3,000, fired guns and rifles and hurled Molotov cocktails at Coptic churches, homes, and businesses in the Imbaba region near Cairo: Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Across the Middle East, millions are rebelling against their poverty and lack of freedom, blaming their corrupt leaders, who have ransacked their countries’ treasuries and natural wealth. Share This
Raymond Ibrahim FrontPageMagazine.com Last week an Iraqi Muslim scholar issued a fatwa that, among other barbarities, asserts that “it is permissible to spill the blood of Iraqi Christians.” Share This
by Raymond Ibrahim Hudson New York President Obama’s recent explanation for militarily engaging Libya is yetanother example of how US leaders increasingly rationalize their policies via sentimental and idealistic platitudes, rather than reality or the long view — or just plain common sense. Share This