The following article was written by Joachim Osther …there was a much larger but wholly forgotten backstory…the recollection of which can revolutionize the way the West understands its past, and thus its present, with Islam. – Raymond Ibrahim, Sword and Scimitar After two Swedes were targeted and murdered by a radical Islamist in Brussels last Fall, Swedish Prime Minister … [Read more...]
In Recognizing Palestinian State, Spain Displays Historical Amnesia, Enables Islamic Terrorism
The Stream Responding to Spain’s recent recognition of a Palestinian state, a few weeks ago Israel Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz tweeted: If this ignorant, hate-filled individual [Spain’s deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz] wants to understand what radical Islam truly seeks, she should study the 700 years of Islamic rule in Al-Andalus — today’s Spain. What could Katz … [Read more...]
The West’s Twin Enemies: Islam and Paganism
The Stream “What was will be; what was done before will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun.” So wrote the author of Ecclesiastes — and truer words have seldom been spoken. Muslim hostility for Christian civilization is one obvious example of that truth: It has been part of an unwavering continuum that stretches back to the foundations of Islam in the seventh … [Read more...]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim on the Bryce Eddy Show
My recent appearance on the Bryce Eddy Show: Episode 448: Bryce Eddy is joined by Raymond Ibrahim to discuss his books as well as the historic conflict between the West and Islam. They also discuss the oppression of Christianity by Islam in ancient and recent history. Putting the "MAN" back in … [Read more...]
Why Pope Francis’s Claim that the Virgin Mary ‘Unites’ Christians and Muslims Is Wrong
LifeSiteNews Catholics may be surprised to learn that the Vatican is exaggerating the similarities between the Virgin Mary and the figure of Mary, Mother of Jesus, as she appears in the Koran and Muslim hadiths (traditions about Muhammad, the founder of Islam). On May 18 this year, Pope Francis paid a visit to detainees at Verona’s Montorio Prison, and upon bestowing an icon … [Read more...]