by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Review of Militant Islamist Ideology: Understanding the Global Threat by Youssef Aboul-Enein (Naval Institute Press, 2010. 288 pp.). Continue reading “Far from the Madding Islamists’ Ignoble Strife”
Tag: Islam
Islam’s Slave-Soldiers Return to Egypt
by Raymond Ibrahim
Stonegate Institute
The myths of a “patriotic” or “altruistic” Egyptian military carefully protecting the “rights” of its citizenry — the narrative of the mainstream media of the January 25 Revolution — are long gone. Continue reading “Islam’s Slave-Soldiers Return to Egypt”
Lessons on the Long Road to Hijab
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
A caricature, which first appeared on CagleCartoons.com, has been making the rounds on the Arabic blogosphere, and points to how democratic elections are serving to Islamize Egypt: average women enter the ballot box — “overseen” by the Muslim Brotherhood — only to emerge thoroughly veiled, thoroughly Islamized. Continue reading “Lessons on the Long Road to Hijab”
Diplomatic Supping with Jihadist Devils
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
While Western diplomats wring their hands over trivial insults to Islam, a slow-motion genocide of Christians has been unfolding in the Muslim world. Continue reading “Diplomatic Supping with Jihadist Devils”
Collective Punishment: “Wherever You Can Reach Them”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Hudson New York
During a recent altercation in Egypt, a Christian inadvertently killed a Muslim. This incident, according to an AINA report, “turned into collective punishment of all Copts in the majority Christian village.” Continue reading “Collective Punishment: “Wherever You Can Reach Them””
Muslim Brotherhood Confessions: Ex-Member Exposes Subversive Tactics
by Raymond Ibrahim
Hudson New York
The online version of the long-running Arabic journal Ruz al-Yusif carries anexclusive interview with Sheikh Osama al-Qusi entitled, “Former Salafi: Salafis Have Distorted Islam.” Continue reading “Muslim Brotherhood Confessions: Ex-Member Exposes Subversive Tactics”
Grand Mufti Distorts Word ‘Infidel’ to Dupe Infidels
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
Soon after reporting that Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, had pronounced all Christians “infidels,” I received several emails forwarding what looked like a response from Gomaa. Some websites — such as the ever-hysterical “American Muslim” — published it, providing the following additional information: Continue reading “Grand Mufti Distorts Word ‘Infidel’ to Dupe Infidels”
The Arab Winter Approaches
by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
The revolutions against Arab autocracies — dubbed the “Arab Spring” — have been greeted in America with bipartisan celebration. Continue reading “The Arab Winter Approaches”
The American Way of War
by Victor Davis Hanson
Defining Ideas
William Shawcross, the British journalist, historian, and human rights advocate — once a fierce critic of the Nixon-Kissinger years, now a defender of the West’s struggle against radical Islam — has written the best book yet on the dilemmas Western governments face in dealing with Islamic terrorists.1 Continue reading “The American Way of War”
Islam’s Predictability: Apostasy, Execution, and Lies
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
As one ponders the fate of Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian pastor on death row for refusing to renounce Christianity, it is well to reflect that, for all the talk that Islam is perpetually “misunderstood,” it is actually immensely predictable and consistent; not only do its patterns cross time and space, but their manifestations are often identical. Continue reading “Islam’s Predictability: Apostasy, Execution, and Lies”