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: Koran
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””
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”
Muslim Prayers of Hate
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
Someone recently sent me an Arabic video that juxtaposes snippets of sermons delivered by Christian and Muslim leaders in the Middle East. Continue reading “Muslim Prayers of Hate”
Top Muslim Declares All Christians ‘Infidels’
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
To what extent was Egypt’s Maspero massacre, wherein the military literally mowed down Christian Copts protesting the ongoing destruction of their churches, a product of anti-Christian sentiment? Continue reading “Top Muslim Declares All Christians ‘Infidels’”
The State Department’s Skewed Standards
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Earlier this month in the West Bank, “settlers attempted to burn two mosques, and vandalized an IDF base as part of the latest ‘price tag’ attacks. Continue reading “The State Department’s Skewed Standards”
Muslim Disloyalty to Americans: The Case of Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
To anyone familiar with Muslim doctrine, Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo’s actions — from refusing to deploy to Afghanistan lest he kill fellow Muslims, to plotting a terror attack to kill fellow Americans — make perfect sense and accord especially well with Islam’s dichotomous doctrine of wala wa bara, often translated as “loyalty and enmity.” Continue reading “Muslim Disloyalty to Americans: The Case of Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo”
New Saudi Fatwa Defends Pedophilia as ‘Marriage’
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Muslim “child-marriage” — euphemism for pedophilia — is making headlines again, at least in Arabic media: Dr. Salih bin Fawzan, a prominent cleric and member of Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council, just issued a fatwa asserting that there is no minimum age for marriage, and that girls can be married “even if they are in the cradle.” Continue reading “New Saudi Fatwa Defends Pedophilia as ‘Marriage’”
Appeasing Jihadists
A policy of guilt and flattery will not temper terrorists.
by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
In 1937, the London Times editor Geoffrey Dawson wrote to his correspondent in Geneva, “I do my best, night after night, to keep out of the paper anything that might hurt [German] susceptibilities . . . . I have always been convinced that the peace of the world depends more than anything else upon our getting into reasonable relations with Germany.” Continue reading “Appeasing Jihadists”
Muslim Jihad in Christian Ethiopia: Lessons for the West
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPageMagazine.com
Not only does recent jihadist rampage against Ethiopia’s indigenous Christians highlight the travails Christians encounter wherever Islam has a sizable population, but it offers several insights, including some which should concern faraway, secular nations with Muslim minorities. According to Fox News: Continue reading “Muslim Jihad in Christian Ethiopia: Lessons for the West”