The Stream Now that the dust of the 2024 presidential election is settling, I’d like to take a moment to discuss what I found to be one of its most distasteful aspects — one that, when closely analyzed, suggests that the “democracy” we’re all supposed to be trying to “preserve” has apparently already gone the way of the dodo. I’m referring to so-called “celebrity … [Read more...]
Introducing Egypt’s New Anti-Christian Grand Mufti
Coptic Solidarity Proof of Egypt’s official endorsement of “radical” policies that promote intolerance for the “other”—in this case, Christians—continues to mount. Recently we saw how Al Azhar and its Grand Imam, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, allowed for the publication and dissemination of a book that called for the destruction of all churches in Egypt. Now, on the recommendation … [Read more...]
Today in History: The Battle of Varna (or, ‘May Allah Exterminate Them All!’)
The Stream The adventures of John Hunyadi — the Hungarian governor and scourge of Muslim Turks, loved by peasants and hated by the elites — all but climaxed in a horrific way on this date in history. Following his epic “Long Campaign,” which terrorized the aggressive Ottomans during the fall and early winter of 1442, Hunyadi’s “name struck such fear into the enemy that, when … [Read more...]
A ‘Pure Genocide’: Christians Slaughtered in Nigeria and the Great Press Cover-Up
Gatestone Institute The “pure genocide” of Christians in Nigeria, as it has been characterized by several international observers, is reaching unprecedented levels, according to two separate reports. “Countering the myth of religious indifference in Nigerian terror (10/2019 – 9/2023),” a comprehensive, 136-page report published by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in … [Read more...]
Audio: ‘Updates on Religious Hatred with Raymond Ibrahim
On 10/31/24, Fr. Robert McTeigue of the Catholic Current interviewed me. The nearly hour-long audio and its official description follow: We welcome back Raymond Ibrahim to discuss Columbus Day, Islam, and the real life horror movie of current Christian martyrdom. Why do some scholars continue to cling to the myth of the so-called golden era of Islam, and what's the true … [Read more...]