The Stream “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably a duck.” This is wise counsel whenever the media and “experts” insist that you not believe your lying eyes. Take this ongoing issue where men who perfectly fit the profile of “radical Muslims,” engage in the usual acts of Islamic terrorism, only for the “authorities” to tell us … [Read more...]
Video: A History of ‘Crusade and Jihad’ (with No Jihad)
A review of the 2018 book, Crusade and Jihad, by William Polk. Although the book's subtitle is "The Thousand-Year War between the Muslim World and the Global North," it -- rather bizarrely -- essentially ignores the first thousand years. The video explains why. … [Read more...]
Why Certain Non-Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Stream The ongoing revelations of Muslim “grooming gangs” targeting young white girls for sexual exploitation in the UK is as old as Islam itself, and even traces back to Muhammad. Much literary evidence attests to this in the context of Islam’s early predations on Eastern and Greek Europeans. According to Ahmad M. H. Shboul (author of Byzantium and the Arabs: The Image … [Read more...]
Did the Crusaders Spoil ‘Five Centuries of Peaceful Coexistence’ with Islam?
The Stream If Fake News is a “threat to democracy,” what about Fake History? Although more subtle — Fake History is certainly much harder to expose than Fake News — the former is every bit as dangerous, if not more so. Unlike the “news,” which is ephemeral, the presumed lessons of history are much more concrete and long-lasting. Take the historical writings of John Esposito, … [Read more...]
Video: Which Christian Group First ‘Demonized’ Muhammad?
A response to Karen Armstrong's claim that the Crusaders were the first Christian group in history to demonize Muhammad as a way to justify the First Crusade. (My original, nearly 20 year-old, written response here). … [Read more...]