Gatestone Institute Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamic extremist group, has killed more people in the name of jihad than the Islamic State (ISIS), according to the findings of a new report. Since 2000, when twelve Northern Nigerian states began implementing or more fully enforcing Islamic law, or Sharia, "between 9,000 to 11,500 Christians" have been killed. This is "a … [Read more...]
Video: Raymond Ibrahim Discusses the World’s ‘Most Dangerous Ideology’
I am the featured instructor in the latest Prager University course: “Radical Islam: The Most Dangerous Ideology.” Since the video was published on YouTube less than 24 hours ago, it has been viewed almost 150,000 times. Watch the course below and share it on social media: … [Read more...]
Christian Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram Pressured to ‘Cut Throats of Christians’ in Nigeria
In Nigeria, Boko Haram escapees continue to testify to the brainwashing that the Chibok girls are facing at the hands of their captors -- girls being convinced to slit the throats of Christians and to carry out suicide attacks. More than 200 girls remain missing after Boko Haram stormed a government school in 2014, kidnapping scores of mostly Christian young girls. One … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on Sunni-Shia Violence
On March 24, I was interviewed on Issues, Etc., with Todd Wilken. Topics included the significance of ISIS attacks on Shia mosques in Yemen, ISIS and Boko Haram's "caliphatic" aspirations, and the motives behind their barbarity. Click here to listen. … [Read more...]
The Madness of Our Age
Truth is the new ‘Hate Speech,’ and True Islam is not Islam by Ralph H. Sidway In the ‘Sayings of the Desert Fathers’, that collection of the wisdom of the early Christian hermits, there is recounted a saying of St. Anthony the Great, founder of monasticism: Abba Anthony said that the time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will … [Read more...]