Resorting to jihadist rhetoric, Esra, the daughter of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan—who just gained another five years as president—recently attacked the West and Christianity. In a tweet written, not in her native Turkish, but in Islam’s tongue, Arabic, the "first daughter" declared that “There is little left for the Islamic crescent to break the Western … [Read more...]
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Is Any ‘One Culture Superior to Others’?
Recently, while apologizing to “indigenous peoples” and denouncing Christians—without the all-important historical context—Pope Francis declared that “Never again can the Christian community allow itself to be infected by the idea that one culture is superior to others...” This—claiming all cultures are equal—is a very dangerous position, not least as it leads to … [Read more...]
‘Get Off Your High Horse!’ Christians Must Not Complain When Muslims Butcher Them
The Stream A Muslim man butchered a Christian man in Spain, and, true to form, the establishment is responding by telling Christians not to “get on their high horse”—sound familiar?—but rather to do a little “introspecting” concerning the past and present crimes of Christians. On Jan. 25, 2023, a machete-waving Muslim migrant screaming Islam’s ancient war cry, “Allahu akbar,” … [Read more...]
Talk of ‘Abrahamic’ Religions is an Ecumenical Farce
The Stream What if you had a deceased grandfather whom you were particularly fond of, and out of the blue, a stranger says: “Hey, that’s my grandpa!” Then—lest you think this stranger is somehow trying to ingratiate himself with you—he adds: “And everything you thought you knew about grandpa is wrong! Here, let me tell you what he really said and did throughout his life.” … [Read more...]
The Desperate Need for True Interfaith Dialogue between Christians and Muslims
The Stream A much touted conference in Bahrain, dedicated to promoting “interfaith dialogue” and “coexistence,” recently came to a close. Featuring many leading Christian and Muslim figures—including Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar—the conference’s purpose was “to build bridges of dialogue between leaders of religions, sects, thought, culture … [Read more...]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim on ‘Disarming Hezbollah’
I recently appeared in a brief documentary video by Church Militant titled “Disarming Hezbollah.” The transcript follows the video below: TRANSCRIPT Lebanon is spiraling into collapse, and the prime minister [Saad al-Hariri] asked Pope Francis Thursday, local time, for help. Hariri asked the pope to visit the beleaguered country, but Francis told the Sunni Muslim he … [Read more...]
The Muslim Appropriation of Mary
In "Vatican: Mary is Catholic-Muslim Bridge," Jules Gomes of Church Militant interviews me: VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Pontifical International Marian Academy (PAMI) is promoting the Blessed Virgin as a bridge reconciling Islam and Catholicism following the Abu Dhabi pact between Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb. On Thursday, the … [Read more...]
What Catholics Need to Know about Islam
Of the various strands of Christianity, historically, Catholicism was the chief enemy of Islam. It was the popes who called for the crusades; and it was Catholics who took the cross. Times have changed, radically. Today, the Catholic Church’s hierarchy stands among the greatest apologists for Islam. Europe’s top cardinal, Jean-Claude Hollerich, recently said, for … [Read more...]
Hagia Sophia and Cathedral of Córdoba: The Jihad Factor
What’s ours is ours; and what’s yours is ours, as well. This is one of the primary messages coming from Muslims following the recent decision to transform the Hagia Sophia museum—which was originally built, and for a millennium functioned, as a Christian cathedral—into a trophy mosque again. For starters, consider the recent and deliberate display of the symbols of conquest … [Read more...]
Systematic Discrimination: Christians Under Egyptian Rule
FrontPage Magazine Coptic Solidarity (CS), an international human rights organization devoted to ameliorating the plight of Egypt’s indigenous inhabitants—the Christian Copts—recently published a comprehensive report on why the Egyptian government systematically discriminates against its Christian citizens: in a word, shari‘a, or Islamic law. According to … [Read more...]