The Stream Although the topic of this article is disgusting, that is not reason enough to be ignorant of it. It is not enough for Muslims to continuously attack, vandalize, and set churches aflame throughout Western European regions that hold a sizeable Islamic presence. Another, rather sordid, tactic is apparently on the rise: Churches are now routinely being desecrated and … [Read more...]
Audio: ‘Stop Apologizing for the Crusades, with Raymond Ibrahim’
My recent interview on the Christian Emergency podcast can be accessed here. Below is the official description of my episode: Christians by and large do not know Christian history. That is a lamentable fact we at the Christian Emergency Alliance strive to address. But one aspect of Christian history that is most suppressed today is that of muscular Christianity. Christianity … [Read more...]
Winston Churchill Gets the Last Word on Islam
Last month, police were deployed to form a ring of steel around the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London, to protect it from the hands of an irate pro-Palestinian “mob.” Surely there is something of an irony here: although Churchill is being targeted on the hackneyed view that he was a leading member of the White Patriarchy and therefore inherently evil — … [Read more...]
The Truth about the Koran and America
The Stream “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” Thus fumed the Hebrew prophet millennia ago (Isaiah 5:20). Of the many things that today conform to his lament — and they are increasingly legion — is the mainstream presentation of Islam. Consider, as just one … [Read more...]
Another Church ‘Catches Fire’ in ‘Radical’ Region of Egypt
Coptic Solidarity Yet another Coptic church recently “caught fire” in Muslim Egypt. On Sunday, Mar. 24, 2024, a fire broke out in the Church of St. George in Akhmim, Sohag governorate. With the help of church youth and locals, civil authorities managed to quench the blaze. Mass was held in the church earlier that day, and the building was empty when the conflagration began. … [Read more...]