Federico Gaon, a journalist for Infobae, an Argentine news website, recently asked me a number of questions which were translated and published here. A year ends and another begins, and the Middle East long could occur from year to year. So much so, that four years into the "Arab Spring", the expected wave of democratization among Muslim countries was swept by civil war and … [Read more...]
‘Muslim Reformers’: Forever Talking the Talk, Never Walking the Walk
FrontPage Magazine Due to its rarity, it’s always notable whenever a top Islamic leader publicly acknowledges the threat of Islamic radicalism and terror. And yet, such denunciations never seem to go beyond words—and sometimes not even that. Thus, in “An Arab Prince Denounces Islamism,” Daniel Pipes highlights “a remarkable but thus-far unnoticed address on Dec. 5” by … [Read more...]
Al Azhar Refuses to Denounce Islamic State as “Un-Islamic”
Jihad Watch For all its talk about “combatting radicalism,” Al Azhar University—perhaps Sunni Islam’s most authoritative voice—will not even denounce the Islamic State as “un-Islamic.” When pressed on it, an Al Azhar spokesman, Abbas Showman, recently said: “As an official entity, Al Azhar has never in all its history proclaimed anyone or any organization as un-Islamic …. … [Read more...]
Islamic State Breaks Another Church Cross
A good before and after photo of St. Ephrem Cathedral -- former seat of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese -- in Mosul. To the right is how it stood before the Islamic State took over in July. To the left is after -- with the Cross broken off the cathedral's dome. … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on TruNews with Rick Wiles
Last week I was interviewed by Rick Wiles on TruNews. Topics dealt with the Islamic State, Christian persecution, and the Obama administration. The interview can be heard below; it starts around the 9:30 mark: http://youtu.be/yJ9AONcOyoc?t=9m30s … [Read more...]