“On May 2, 2019, a supporter of the Islamic State (ISIS) posted an archival screenshot of a report saying that the Vatican endorses the use of force against ISIS. Therefore, the post states, ‘The Crusaders’ churches are legitimate targets for ISIS.” The accusation against the Vatican and Christians is patently false. In fact, in 2017, […]
The Islamic State reveals why it hates us, and so do their Islamic supremacist cohorts
The article below discusses “Why We Hate you and Want to Fight You” from the ever untruthful, untrustworthy and unreliable Islamic State brutes, who delivered a message to the West in hopes that Westerners will actually take them at their word. Leftists actually do, and herein lies (no pun intended) the problem. The six reasons […]
Raymond Ibrahim: Seven Myths of the Crusades
Seven Myths of the Crusades by Alfred J. Andrea and Andrew Holt, eds. Cambridge, Mass.: Hackett Publishing, 2015. 248 pp. $54 ($19, paper). As the editors make clear in their preface, Seven Myths of the Crusades is presented as an antidote to the “outpouring of exaggerations, misperceptions, errors, misrepresentations, and fabrications” that proliferate in popular discourse about […]
Raymond Ibrahim: The True History of Christendom and Islam
[Frontpage Magazine via RaymondIbrahim.com] 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 […]
Raymond Ibrahim: Obama Says Christianity No Different From Islamic State
[Via FrontPage Magazine] As the world reacts with shock and horror at the increasingly savage deeds of the Islamic State (IS)—in this case, the recent immolation of a captive—U.S. President Obama’s response has been one of nonjudgmental relativism. Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 5, Obama counseled Americans to get off their “high horse” and […]
‘Egyptian-American Author Raymond Ibrahim Analyzes Fundamentalism’
Last November I was interviewed by Egyptian reporter Sherif Awad. The interview appeared in several Egyptian magazines and websites, as well as American ones, such as the Westchester Guardian, under the title “Egyptian-American Author Raymond Ibrahim Analyzes Fundamentalism.” The interview follows: Awad: Can you tell us about your family and their profession and how and why […]
Ibn Warraq: Walter Scott, The Talisman, the Crusades, Richard I of England and Saladin: Myths, Legends and History (Part 2)
Walter Scott, The Talisman, the Crusades, Richard I of England and Saladin: Myths, Legends and History by Ibn Warraq Part 2 Part 1 Sir Walter Scott, under the influence of the Scottish historian William Robertson, who had perpetuated the Enlightenment myth of the superiority of Islamic civilization, continued the theme of the vain and avaricious […]
Bible quotes on gun sights — it’s a Crusade!
Well, now that we know that some genius put Bible quotes on gun sights, the whole misbegotten enterprise in Afghanistan is revealed as a Crusade after all — isn’t it? Sure — if you already believed it was a Crusade. Islamic jihadists have always been intent upon characterizing their opponents as Crusaders (or Zionists, or […]
Zarqawi Says US Bombing Killed Al-Rashoud
“He responded to God’s call and was seeking his paradise and wanted glory for his religion.” From Arab News, with thanks to Eschwapp: RIYADH/JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 “” A statement posted on the Internet by the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi, said yesterday that Abdullah Al-Rashoud, one of the most wanted men […]
Latest Al-Zawahiri Video on Al-Jazeera: “Reform and Expelling the Invaders from the Lands of Islam will Only be Accomplished by Fighting for the Sake of Allah”
From MEMRI: On Friday June 17, 2005, Al-Jazeera TV released a tape of an address by Al-Qa’ida deputy leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri. The following are excerpts from the speech by Al-Zawahiri aired by Al-Jazeera: Al-Zawahiri: “True reform is based on three principles: “The first principle is the rule of Shari’a[Islamic law], because Shari’a, which was given […]
Dhimmitude in Vermont: School Changing Nickname, Mascot After Islamic Protest
From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: HINESBURG, Vt. — The Crusaders of Champlain Valley Union High are now history. The School Board in the Vermont community is selecting a new nickname and mascot for the school. The Islamic world has criticized the Crusades. Yes, and I have criticized Islamic jihads, but I don’t […]
Egyptian Historian on Saudi Iqra TV: The Vatican’s Mission of Destroying Islam was Delegated to the U.S. ““ Which Carried Out 9/11 on Assignment by the World Council of Churches
Osama bin Laden meets Jack Chick: the Vatican got the US to stage 9/11 in order to control the world! A beyond-parody article from MEMRI, with thanks to all who sent this in: The following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian historian Professor Zaynab Abd Al-Aziz, which aired on Saudi Iqra TV [1] on […]
The Crusades as a Lesson in Harmony?
From the New Duranty Times, with thanks to Jerry Gordon: SIR RIDLEY SCOTT’S new blockbuster, “Kingdom of Heaven,” could hardly be more topical. It shows Muslims resisting Christian invaders, battles raging in wind-whipped deserts, ancient cities under siege and civilians cowering. It even shows prisoners decapitated for their beliefs. O.K., so all this screen mayhem […]
Sudan group: Prepare to fight Western troops
Muhammad’s Army is at the ready in Sudan: the tiny minority of extremists alerts worshippers at the central mosque in Khartoum. From CNN, : Meanwhile a group calling itself Mohammed’s army called on Muslims to prepare to fight Western forces sent on any mission to western Sudan…. In its warning of action against western forces, […]