I was recently interviewed on Sky Watch TV's "Five in Ten with Derek Gilbert." The show description and video follow: While there is no evidence yet that the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral was deliberately set, Raymond Ibrahim, author of Sword and Scimitar, reports that Christian churches in France are being vandalized at the rate of two per day, often by young men … [Read more...]
European Churches: Vandalized, Defecated On, and Torched “Every Day”
Gatestone Institute Translations of this item: Czech DanishDutchFrenchGermanHebrewItalianPortugueseGreek Russian Spanish Swedish Countless churches throughout Western Europe are being vandalized, defecated on, and torched. In France, two churches are violated every day. According to PI-News, 1,063 attacks on Christian churches or symbols (crucifixes, icons, … [Read more...]
Video: “Daily Life for Christians in Egypt”
Earlier I appeared via Skype on Colliding Worldviews, a program on ABN’s Trinity Channel, hosted by Tony Gurule. Titled, “Daily Life for Christians in Egypt," the 30-minute interview follows. Discussions range from the distant past and the much misunderstood colonial era, to the present era, particularly in the context of the Muslim Brotherhood and President Sisi: … [Read more...]
Christian Martyrs under Islam: Religious Violence and the Making of the Muslim World
Christian Martyrs under Islam: Religious Violence and the Making of the Muslim World By Christian C. Sahner Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. 360 pp. $39.95.Reviewed by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East QuarterlySpring 2019 Sahner, associate professor of Islamic history at Oxford University, informs the reader that Christian Martyrs under … [Read more...]
Egypt’s Judiciary: Enabling the Victimization of Coptic Christians
Coptic Solidarity On Sunday, March 17, the ruling court in Minya, Egypt, recused itself and stepped down from two ongoing cases concerning the victimization and killing of Coptic Christians. Due to this unexpected move, both cases—which had already been at court three and six years—must now be retried anew, a process that will likely take several more years to … [Read more...]