CBN News interviewed me yesterday about my new article How U.S. Foreign Policy Made 2015 the "Worst Year in Modern History for Christian Persecution." The five-minute video interview follows: [adsenseyu1] … [Read more...]
How U.S. Foreign Policy Made 2015 the “Worst Year in Modern History for Christian Persecution”
Gatestone Institute 2015 was the "worst year in modern history for Christian persecution," according to Open Doors, a human rights organization that has been documenting the persecution of Christians since 1955. According to its latest data, more than 7,000 Christians were killed for their faith in 2015 — almost twice as many as in 2014. In addition, more than 2,400 … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on Newsmax: ISIS Aspirations and U.S. Strikes in Libya
Earlier today I was interviewed by JD Hayworth on NewsMax TV; Nonie Darwish was also on the panel. We discussed the recent U.S. airstrikes in Libya and ISIS's tentacles around the globe: … [Read more...]
ISIS: The Latest Phase of the Jihad
Hoover Institution’s Strategika The best way to understand the Islamic State (ISIS) is to see it as the next phase of al-Qaeda. All Sunni Islamic jihadi groups—Boko Haram, ISIS, Taliban, al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda, even Hamas—share the same motivations based on a literal and orthodox reading of Islamic history and doctrine: resurrecting a caliphate (which existed in various forms … [Read more...]
Mideast Christian Suffering and U.S. Denial
Gatestone Institute After a 1,400-year-old Iraqi Christian monastery was recently destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS) most of the world condemned the demolition -- except for spokesman for the U.S. military's Operation Inherent Resolve, Col. Steve Warren. “Thousands [of Iraqi Christians] have been killed, hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee,” noted CNN’s Wolf … [Read more...]