Last week I appeared on the Glazov Gang discussing Pope Francis' increasingly strange remarks: This special edition of The Glazov Gang presents The Raymond Ibrahim Moment with Raymond Ibrahim, a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He discussed The Pope Who Gained the World, But Lost His Own Soul, unveiling Pope Francis’ Jihad on Christianity. Don’t miss … [Read more...]
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Pope Francis gestures upon arrival for a prayer vigil with hundreds of thousands of young Catholic pilgrims attending World Youth Day (WYD), at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on July 27, 2013, during his week-long visit to Brazil. AFP PHOTO / LUCA ZENNARO-POOL (Photo credit should read LUCA ZENNARO/AFP/Getty Images) … [Read more...]
Christians Burn While Pope Worries about ‘Worldly’ Matters: Muslim Persecution of Christians, June 2015
Gatestone Institute Indifference to the plight of persecuted Christians around the world was highlighted in June when Pope Francis released his first independent encyclical. Although the Pope warned against things like global warming and issues dealing with the environment, he did not mention the plight of persecuted Christians—even though he is well acquainted with it … [Read more...]
Where’s the Pope’s Encyclical on Christian Persecution?
Pope Francis recently released a new encyclical. Portions of it deal with environmentalism, global warming, and climate change. Naturally, this has prompted controversy. It’s noteworthy that Francis didn’t merely make a passing comment on global warming during this or that sermon, but that he issued a papal encyclical on the matter. Encyclicals are much more formal and … [Read more...]
‘The Real Bomb Is in Islam’s Books’
FrontPage Magazine During his visit to Egypt last week, “Pope Francis visited al-Azhar University, a globally respected institution for Sunni Islamic learning,” and “met with Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the imam of the government-run Al-Azhar mosque and an Islamic philosophy professor.” This has been reported by several media, often with much fanfare. Unfortunately, however, … [Read more...]
Egypt’s Top “Moderate” Cleric: Apostasy a “Crime,” Punishable by Death
Coptic Solidarity The line between “moderate” and “radical” Muslim continues to fade. On the question of apostasy in Islam—whether a born or converted Muslim has the right to abandon Islam for another or no religion—the radical position is well known: unrepentant apostates are to be punished with death. Yet one of the Muslim world’s greatest authorities, the Grand Sheikh … [Read more...]
Humility and Hubris
Crisis Magazine By William Kilpatrick Much has been written about the Pope’s humility, and he himself has often spoken about the need for humility. Yet it is possible to detect a certain amount of hubris in the positions he takes on political and scientific matters. For example, it takes a certain level of hubris for a man to take a public stand on the threat of global … [Read more...]
But Why Saladin? The West’s Low Standard Bar for Islam
The Stream We recently discussed the concept of Fake History in the context of Saladin (1137-1193), the Muslim hero who conquered Jerusalem from the Crusaders. We saw how, on the one hand, Westerners have long presented him as a paragon of virtue, moderation, and magnanimity; on the other — and in reality — he was the quintessential “Muslim extremist”: Saladin oppressed and … [Read more...]
‘It’s All about Humiliation’: The Muslim Persecution of Christians, September 2024
Gatestone Institute The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of September 2024. Pakistan: Forced Conversion and Rape of Christians On Sept. 12, a Muslim man and two accomplices kidnapped a 16-year-old Christian girl, forced her to convert to Islam, and marry him. Her parents were away at the time, but when they … [Read more...]
Egypt Publishes Book Calling for the Destruction of Churches
Coptic Solidarity Islamic schizophrenia—or merely two-facedness—is making the news again, in Egypt. At a time when President Sisi and the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayeb, are publicly claiming, especially to the West, that Islam does not prohibit the construction of churches, an Arabic language book calling for the destruction of churches was recently exposed … [Read more...]