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How Historic Revisionism Justifies Islamic Terrorism

October 31, 2013

by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com How important, really, is history to current affairs? Do events from the 7th century—or, more importantly, how we understand them—have any influence on U.S. foreign policy today? By way of answer, consider some parallels between academia’s portrayal of the historic Islamic jihads and the U.S. government’s and media’s portrayal of contemporary Islamic […]

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Islamic Doctrines Justify Sex Jihad (With Video)

October 21, 2013

by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com Note: A 15-minute video of men and women from various nations discussing their experiences with the sex jihad in Syria, translated from Arabic to English by my colleagues, appears beneath this article (you may need to click on “CC” (closed caption”) for the English subtitles to appear). As news of the sex

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Jihad vs Terrorism: Listen to What Islam’s Authorities Say

October 16, 2013

by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com A recent Arabic article appearing in Egypt’s Al Ahram newspaper titled “Is Terrorism Jihad?” written by Islamic law expert Dr. Abdul Fatah Idris offers important lessons—from the fact that jihad does involve subjugating non-Muslims to why the Western mentality is still incapable of acknowledging it. Share This

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The Failure of American Leadership

October 16, 2013

Obama’s foreign policy of appeasement has created a dangerous void in the international order. by Victor Davis Hanson // Defining Ideas The standard critique of President Obama’s foreign policy is now generally well-known—mercurial, paradoxical, and passive. “Leading from behind” seems at odds with the traditional American commitment to ensure—preferably with allies or, if need be, alone—the

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Surreal and Suicidal: Modern Western Histories of Islam

October 10, 2013

by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com The full magnitude of the modern West’s ignorance of its own past recently struck me while rereading some early history books concerning the centuries-long jihad on Europe. The historical narrative being disseminated today simply bears very little resemblance to reality. Consider some facts for a moment: A mere decade after

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Foreign Policy Magazine Covers Up Syrian Sex Jihad

October 3, 2013

by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com Foreign Policy magazine recently demonstrated why U.S. foreign policy, especially in the Middle East, is a disaster: because the establishment has a hard time factoring the foreign in their policies (more’s the irony). Put differently, whatever information doesn’t comport with modern Western epistemology—our subjective worldviews—must simply be false, unreal, to be discarded from

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Overseas Contingency Operations and Such

September 30, 2013

by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media On the occasion of the outreach from Iran, and the embarrassment in Syria, it is wise to remember why and how our leaders became so inept at dealing with Islamists. Share This

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Bloody Weekend: Trend of Muslim Rage Against ‘Infidels’ Continues

September 26, 2013

by Raymond Ibrahim // The Blaze Muslim slaughter of non-Muslim “infidels” saw an especially dramatic weekend in the nations of Pakistan and Kenya. Even so, these are simply the latest in a long list of jihadi attacks on the Christians of both nations. Share This

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Pregnant with AIDS: Tunisian Girl Recounts Her Sex Jihad in Syria

September 26, 2013

by Raymond Ibrahim // Jihad Watch The Arabic media has been full of interviews with some of the many Tunisian girls that went to the sex jihad in Syria. The other day Tunisian newspaper Al Sharaouk (“Sunrise) shed light on the horrific experiences of one of these girls. Her name is Lamia, and she’s 19-years-old. While in Syria, she had

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Watching the Middle East Implode

September 12, 2013

Only when we recognize the fundamental role Islam plays in the region can we begin to craft sensible policies that put U.S. interests first. by Bruce S. Thornton // Defining Ideas The revolutions against dictators in the Middle East dubbed the Arab Spring have degenerated into a complex, bloody mélange of coups and counter-coups, as have

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