February 2, 2020 — What drives Muslim animus for Israel: brotherly love for “oppressed” Palestinians or religious hatred for “infidel” Jews? A recent incident in Jerusalem goes a long way in answering this question. Hizb al-Tahrir—the “Liberation Party”—held a large, outdoor event near al-Aqsa mosque to commemorate the anniversary of the Islamic conquest of Constantinople (May 29, 1453). There, as …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
“Hating and Loving” for Islam
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
During a New Year’s Eve Islamic terror attack that took place in Russia minutes before the clock struck midnight, two Muslim men—Akhmed Imagozhev, 22 and Mikail Miziyev, 18—drove their car into and stabbed to death two police officers, one a married father of four. Other officers subsequently shot one of the jihadis dead, while hospitalizing the other. This is hardly …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
The Other Genocide of Christians: On Turks, Kurds, and Assyrians
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
One of the most refreshing aspects of Resolution 296—which acknowledges the Armenian Genocide, and which the House recently voted overwhelmingly for—is that it also recognizes those other peoples who experienced a genocide under the Ottoman Turks. The opening sentence of Resolution 296 acknowledges “the campaign of genocide against Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Arameans, Maronites, and other Christians.” And that …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Turkey: Reliving the Glory/Gory Days of Jihad
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Turkey’s little remarked on but ongoing mistreatment of historic churches is increasingly reflective of that nation’s growing sense of Islamic supremacism. Before the Turks invaded it, Anatolia (present day Turkey) was an ancient Christian region; a large chunk of St. Paul’s epistles were sent to or dealt with its churches, including the seven of the Apocalypse. With the Turks’ conquest, …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Ilhan Omar’s Anti-American, Pro-Islamic Polemic on the Armenian Genocide
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Last week the House voted overwhelmingly (405-11) in favor of formally recognizing the Armenian Genocide, which was perpetrated by Ottoman Turks. Among those miniscule few to vote “present,” thereby abstaining from voting, was Minnesotan Democrat, Ilhan Omar. Her logic was expressed in a tweet: A true acknowledgement of historical crimes against humanity must include both the heinous genocides of the …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Linda Sarsour and CAIR’s Disingenuous Campaign to Suppress Free Speech at US Army War College
By MEIRA SVIRSKY
Note: The following article, titled “Linda Sarsour & CAIR’s Disingenuous Campaign Against US Army War College,” and written by Meira Svirsky for the Clarion Project, appeared earlier today, June 11, 2019, and complements the one Raymond Ibrahim wrote yesterday. Linda Sarsour and her platform MPower Change has joined the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in an hysterical campaign to get Islamic scholar Raymond …
By MEIRA SVIRSKY
11 Christians Killed Every Day for Their Faith
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Last year, Christians were persecuted more than ever before in the modern era — and this year is expected to be worse: “4,136 Christians were killed for faith-related reasons,” according to Open Doors USA in its recently published World Watch List 2019 (WWL) of the top 50 nations where Christians are persecuted. “On average, that’s 11 Christians killed every day for their …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Jizya, “Military Exemption,” and Murdered Christian Soldiers
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
. Coptic Solidarity One of the staples of the Islamic whitewashing industry is the claim that jizya—the extortion money subjugated Jews and Christians were required to pay (a la Koran 9:29)—actually “entitled them to Muslim protection from outside aggression and exempted them from military service,” to quote Georgetown University’s John Esposito. By this widely held logic, Muslim invaders did not …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Why There Is Muslim Violence, But Not Christian Violence, In The Middle East
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Because Israel is stronger than its Muslim neighbors, the latter have always been presented as frustrated “underdogs” doing whatever they can to achieve “justice.” No matter how many rockets were shot into Tel Aviv by Hamas and Hezbollah, and no matter how anti-Israeli bloodlust was articulated in distinctly jihadi terms, that was always presented as ironclad proof that Palestinians under …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Raymond Ibrahim ‘Sets Record Straight’ on Hank Unplugged
I was recently interviewed on the Hank Unplugged podcast, with Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute. We discussed a number of important topics facing the world today, including how the West is actively undermining itself concerning the reality of Islam; whether the Judeo-Christian God is the same as the Muslim Allah; setting the historical record between Islam and …