Editor's note: The following is the most comprehensive interview to date concerning my forthcoming book, Sword and Scimitar. It was conducted earlier this week by Frontpage Magazine's Jamie Glazov. Frontpage: Raymond, welcome to Frontpage interview. Ibrahim: Good to be back Jamie, thank you. FP: Congrats on your new book coming out. Introduce us to it. Raymond … [Read more...]
Islam’s Erasure of Christianity
FrontPage Magazine A recent article titled “Passages from the Bible discovered behind Qur'an manuscript” is a reminder that for centuries Islam has been literally and figuratively erasing Christianity. The report tells of how an eighth century Koran was found to be written over a Christian book, possibly the Bible: “French scholar Dr Eléonore Cellard … noticed that, … [Read more...]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim on ‘Muslim Persecution of Christians: Past and Present’
Earlier this week I appeared on Ratio Christi's "Truth Matters," hosted by Tony Gurule. The topic of discussion revolved around the episode's title, “Muslim Persecution of Christians: Past and Present,” and was connected to my latest book, Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West. The 30-minute video follows: … [Read more...]
“Go to Hell!” Egypt Responds to French Call to Revise Koran
PJ Media Recently I explained how, by Muslims’ own (inadvertent) logic, various Koran verses stand to be banned on the basis that they defame and incite violence against non-Muslims. Two days later, the French newspaper Le Monde published a letter signed by some 300 French public figures across the party lines including former president Nicolas Sarkozy. In it, they “ask … [Read more...]
Islam’s Impact on the West’s Identity
PJ Media What role if any did Islam play in shaping Europe’s identity, both in the past and the present? Akbar Ahmed, Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, Washington, DC, and author of the new book, Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Identity, claims that Islam had a largely positive impact on Europe’s identity (including by invoking the Myth of the … [Read more...]