Frank Gaffney, of the Center for Security Policy, recently interviewed me on his program, Securing America. Below is the official description, followed by the full, nearly hour-long interview separated in five parts:
RAYMOND IBRAHIM, Author of Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam, is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, a Judith Rosen Friedman Fellow at the Middle East Forum, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute
- What is the textbook definition of “Sharia”?
- Enmity within Islam
- Are some moderate Muslims viewed as dissidents?
- Is America Islamophobic?
- What premise was the Muslim Brotherhood founded on?
Raymond, regarding Your following statement during the highly informative interview with Frank Gaffney’s Securing America, Quote “. I am not trying to say there are no moderate Muslims” Unquote. As an individual who has lived in a middle eastern country for a long time, I would like to explain: –
(1) During the , sixties, seventies, eighties till the mid nineties, many Muslims were fully convinced seculars who enjoyed drinking alcoholic beverages, in fact during those years drinking was the norm and not the exception, they were critics of stringent Islamic parties like the Muslim Brotherhood, some were members of the Y.M.C.A. and /or social family clubs with members of diversified religions , would allow their female family members swim in pools or recreational centers wearing regular beating suits. A good number were supporters, even members of secular political parties.
In contrast and by the nineties, most of the off springs of those same people became stringent diehard Islamists.
(2) Around the mid-nineties, even many of the above convinced seculars started withdrawing, isolate themselves, give up their colorful life and embrace the same practices which they used to criticize just years before, some were even radicalized.
(3) The proximate cause for the Saudi streamlining support for authoritarian practices and spread of radical Islam, lies in the fact that, the same Muslim Sunni entities that were originally created and/or backed by the Saudis have become so extremely radicalized to the point that, even the Saudis did not conform nor full fill their definition of Islam. In other words, The Saudis sensed that “The chickens have come home to roost”, causing them to shifted gear.
The Lord Bless You both Raymond and Frank
Thank you both so much for your bravery in declaring these ugly truths about Islam’s hate-filled doctrine to the Western/Christian world! May more people realize the peril of ignoring radical Islam and how it is still trying to retake its temporarily-“lost” 14 centuries of past global control that diminished just a little after World War I. May the true God defend and give you strength to continue this essential education, because I suspect that soon we will see a revival of their power, even in the Western world.