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...]
Living and Dying by the Sword of Jihad
PJ Media In a move reminiscent of “ancient history,” Saudi Arabia is building a 600-mile-long “Great Wall”—a combined fence and ditch—to separate itself from the Islamic State to the north in Iraq: Plans for the 600-mile wall and ditch Saudi Arabia will build with Iraq in an effort to insulate itself from the chaos engulfing its neighbors. Much of the area on the Iraqi … [Read more...]
Useful Video-Map of Crusades and Jihads
Speaking of the Crusades (as Obama recently did ), Dr. Bill Warner of the Center for the Study of Political Islam has created a nifty video (below) that maps out the location and amount of jihads throughout the centuries versus the location and amount of crusades throughout the centuries. The sheer volume and ubiquity of jihads radically dwarfs the much more maligned crusades … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on Fire Fatwas and the Sword of Allah
On February 12, I was interviewed on the Denice Gary Pandol Radio Show. Topics included the Islamic fatwas that justify burning people to death -- including one that mysteriously disappeared from a Qatar-run website -- and the "Sword of Allah." Click here to listen and fast-forward to around the 34:30 mark. … [Read more...]
The True History of Christendom and Islam
U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama’s recent condemnation of medieval Christian history to exonerate modern Islam is a reminder of how woefully ignorant (or intentionally deceptive) a good many people in the West are concerning the true history of Christian Europe and Islam. The problem is that those who condemn things like the Crusades—including “mainstream” academics, … [Read more...]