The Stream Is Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, a “bridge” between Islam and Christianity? That’s what a major Muslim scholar, the Ayatollah Ahmad Moballeghi, recently insisted. On September 5, while addressing a conference on interfaith dialogue at the University of Pretoria, the ayatollah showered Mary, a revered figure in Christianity, with praise. Some of his remarks … [Read more...]
Why Islam Was, Is, and Always Will Be the West’s ‘Most Formidable and Persistent Enemy’
The Stream Nearly a century ago, Hilaire Belloc, a Franco-English writer, made a remarkably prescient observation concerning Islam that was dismissed as hyperbolic at the time: Millions of modern people of the white civilization — that is, the civilization of Europe and America — have forgotten all about Islam. They have never come in contact with it. They take for granted … [Read more...]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim on the Islamic Takeover of the Middle East
My speech from the Coptic Solidarity event that took place in June in D.C. … [Read more...]
The New Muslim ‘Conquest’ of Europe and the Role of Ribat
The Stream Muslims are apparently taking over parts of the United Kingdom. According to an August 22 report, “Mobs of armed Muslims, many waving Palestinian flags, took over swathes of Birmingham, England’s second city, on Monday, and pursued journalists from the areas under their control ‘for miles.’” One reporter on the ground, Fraser Knight, said he was “chased out of an … [Read more...]
Islam’s Forgotten Victims: Enslaved Child Soldiers and Suicide Bombers
PJ Media An old jihadist tactic meant to deplete the ranks of non-Muslims while simultaneously augmenting its own recently received minor media coverage. According to the report, “an ISIS-affiliated armed group in northern Mozambique is recruiting boys as young as 13 to participate in [armed] raids against Mozambican authorities and villagers in the region.” Not only is ISIS … [Read more...]