I was recently interviewed on The Steve Deace show. Topics of discussion included Medieval history between Islam and Christendom -- and why it matters for today -- the wiping out of entire peoples and languages under Islam, and more. Click here and fast-forward to the 8-minute mark to listen to the interview. … [Read more...]
Egypt: Muslim Man Stabs and Drowns Coptic Christian Woman
A Muslim man stabbed a Christian woman with a knife multiple times and then threw her body into a canal last week in Egypt. The Coptic Christian woman, Gamila Basilious, was 48-years-old and married, living in the Ibrahmiya region of Minya. According to police reports, the man, Mahmoud Hassan Abdulhamid, came to her door inquiring about her husband. When he discovered her … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on the Islamic State’s War on Christians
I recently appeared on Ave Maria Radio’s “Kresta in the Afternoon.” Topics discussed included the slaughter of some 30 Christian Ethiopians, the true meaning of "jizya" (it's not "poll tax"), and how Christians are dying for no other reason than refusing to renounce their faith -- and not just at the hands of the Islamic State. The 12-minute interview can be heard by clicking … [Read more...]
Muslims Attack Christians for Mocking ‘Un-Islamic’ ISIS, Copts Arrested for ‘Contempt of Religion’
Earlier this month in Egypt, Gad Yunan, a Coptic Christian teacher, and some of his Coptic students were arrested on the charge of "contempt of religions." Their crime was to have made a 30-second video on Yunan's iphone poking fun at the Islamic State -- which Egypt's Muslims and authorities apparently equate with making fun of Islam, even as Muslims in the West insist ISIS … [Read more...]
The Islamic Genocide of Christians: Past and Present
Portuguese Last Friday, April 24, we remembered how exactly 100 years ago the last historic Muslim caliphate, the Ottoman Empire, tried to cleanse its empire of Christian minorities — Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks — even as we stand by watching as the new caliphate, the Islamic State, resumes the genocide. And in both cases, the atrocities were and are being committed … [Read more...]