Note: The following article was published on PJ Media where it is supplemented with clips from various mafia-related movies like The Godfather to help demonstrate the ten similarities. Portions of this article were earlier serialized on FrontPage Magazine. During a debate on HBO’s Real Time last October, host Bill Maher declared that Islam is “the only religion that acts … [Read more...]
Who Colonized Whom?
Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an anonymous American teacher in the Muslim world. Shortly before I left Tripoli a few weeks ago, a co-worker (Marco) took me to Algeria Square, where we sat at an outdoor coffee shop to discuss the current issues facing the city since the Islamists took over in late August. As he was talking about the … [Read more...]
Islam: Victors Vanquishing Victims
Editor's note: The following book review of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians was written by Terry Scambray for the New Oxford Review (October, 2014 issue). Throughout the Muslim world, from Morocco to Nigeria to Indonesia — and even occasionally in Western Europe and North America — Christians are being harassed, tortured, and murdered. Reuters … [Read more...]
The Islamic State and Islam
PJ Media Danish What relationship does the Islamic State have to Islam? “Absolutely nothing” is the answer almost every Western politician gives. For example, U.S. President Obama adamantly stated in a televised speech that the Islamic State “is not Islamic.” This begs the question: How does one determine what is—and is not—Islamic? The traditional answer, the … [Read more...]
Muhammad and Islam’s Sex Slaves
FrontPage Magazine Once again, Islamic State Muslims are pointing to Islam in order to justify what the civilized world counts as atrocities. According to an October 13 report in the Telegraph, Islamic State jihadists have given detailed theological reasons justifying why they have taken thousands of women from the Iraqi Yazidi minority and sold them into sex slavery. A … [Read more...]