Published in Pajamas Media Translations of this item: Danish French Portuguese In 2006, when Pope Benedict quoted history deemed unflattering to Islam, Christians around the Muslim world paid the price: anti-Christian riots ensued, churches were burned, and a nun was murdered in Somalia. That was then. Days ago, when a Christian in Egypt was accused of dating a … [Read more...]
Muslims Project Islam’s Worst Traits onto Israel and the Jews
Published in Hudson New York Sometime back, I noted that Muslims have been projecting the worst aspects of Islam(ism) onto the Copts, Egypt's Christian minority. This raised more questions: Is Islamist projection onto the Copts a unique phenomenon? Do Muslims project against other non-Muslims? Is there a trend? To answer this question, it seemed logical to begin with how … [Read more...]
The Incontrovertible Dead-End of Islam
by Edward Cline Family Security Matters Raymond Ibrahim, associate director of the Middle East Forum, recently published an article, "Offensive Jihad: The One Incontrovertible Problem with Islam," in the Middle East Forum and on Pajamas Media(October 30th). This excellent article for the first time (known to me, at least) addresses one of the fundamental problems of and with … [Read more...]
Quieting Talk of Offensive Jihad
Investigative Project on Terrorism A report issued by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) in September shed light on a new approach in the discourse about jihad. Saudi writer Khaled Al-'Ghanami wrote an op-ed in the al-Watannewspaper and 'Abdallah Al-Naggar wrote one in the Egyptian al-Gomhouriyya that call for suppression of calls to violent jihad. They both … [Read more...]
Christian Exodus from Middle East Continues
by James Heiser The New American Over seven years have passed since President Bush declared victory in Iraq, and two months have now passed since Obama declared that same conflict to be over, but for Christians in the Middle East, such talk of victory is hollow. For centuries, Christians living under Muslim domination have endured cycles of persecution and tolerance, but now … [Read more...]