The Stream In an editorial titled “Jihad in Congo,” this summer ISIS boasted of its “recent operations, in which the blood of dozens of Christians was shed, and where many fled, leaving behind their money to be seized as spoils or to be ruined by fire set by the mujahideen.” The Islamic terror group also offered “good news” to the Christians of the Democratic Republic of … [Read more...]
Hoori or Whore? How Islam’s ‘72 Virgins’ Inspire Muslims to Suicidal Violence
PJ Media A recent report highlights what must surely appear as “fake news” to Western sensibilities: the fact that “marrying” supernatural women in Islamic paradise — the notorious hooris — actuates young Muslim men in general, Palestinian suicide bombers (“martyrs”) in particular. The examples offered by the report are many. In one video, the mother of dead terrorist Abd … [Read more...]
Video: ‘The Muslim Influence in America with Raymond Ibrahim
A recent interview on the Self-Evident Podcast: … [Read more...]
‘Celebrity Endorsements’ and the Death of Democracy
The Stream Now that the dust of the 2024 presidential election is settling, I’d like to take a moment to discuss what I found to be one of its most distasteful aspects — one that, when closely analyzed, suggests that the “democracy” we’re all supposed to be trying to “preserve” has apparently already gone the way of the dodo. I’m referring to so-called “celebrity … [Read more...]
Introducing Egypt’s New Anti-Christian Grand Mufti
Coptic Solidarity Proof of Egypt’s official endorsement of “radical” policies that promote intolerance for the “other”—in this case, Christians—continues to mount. Recently we saw how Al Azhar and its Grand Imam, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, allowed for the publication and dissemination of a book that called for the destruction of all churches in Egypt. Now, on the recommendation … [Read more...]