Over at Gatestone Institute, via RaymondIbrahim.com, I continue with the latest from my monthly “Muslim persecution of Christians” series: The endemic rise of Christian persecution in the Middle East was noted in November when Pope Francis declared “We will not resign ourselves to imagining a Middle East without Christians” and stressed the importance of “the universal right […]
Why Muslim Aversion for Valentine’s Day is Problematic
Another Valentine’s Day is here, and another Islamic fatwa condemning it has appeared. Popular Egyptian Salafi preacher, Sheikh Abu Ishaq al-Huwaini, said yesterday that the celebration of Valentine’s Day is “forbidden according to Sharia.” He would be one of countless Islamic clerics to condemn that day in recent times. During his televised show, Huwaini said […]
The Pentagon’s Bow to Islamic Extremism
“Caving to pressure from Muslim groups, the Pentagon has relaxed uniform rules to allow Islamic beards, turbans and hijabs. It’s a major win for political correctness and a big loss for military unit cohesion,” said a recent article. This new relaxation of rules for Muslims comes at a time when the FBI is tracking more than […]
‘Army of Muhammad’ calls for mega jihad to create caliphate
The Army of Muhammad (Tanzim Jaysh Muhammad), one of the Sunni jihadi organizations operating in Syria and which is named after the prophet of Islam, has just called for the creation of an Islamic, jihadi army of at least 800,000 fighters, composed of all Muslim nationalities, from Europe, Africa, and Asia. Its stated purpose would […]
Exposed – The Muslim Brotherhood/Al-Qaeda Connection
[Via CBN News] As former Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi’s trials continue, it’s enlightening to consider what is likely to be one of the centerpieces of the trial: longstanding accusations that Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood party worked with foreign terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda, against the national security of Egypt. Based on these accusations of high […]
Al-Qaeda — Defender of Christians?
Muslim persecution of Christians is the “Achilles Heel” of the global Islamic movement’s image—the surest way of exposing its supremacist and intolerant elements and one of the main reasons the major media and establishment rarely report or address it. The logic (fully explained here) can be summarized as follows: Islamic and jihadi attacks targeting […]
Morsi to Zawahiri: ‘You are our partners in the governance of Egypt’
According to an Egyptian journalist, Dr. Lamis Gabar, one of many covering the Morsi trials, the deposed president and Muslim Brotherhood member once said to the Egyptian-born, former Muslim Brotherhood member and current al-Qaeda leader, Ayman Zawahiri: “You are our partners in the governance of Egypt.” Yet one more claim to be added to the many […]
Egypt wars with latest jihadi group
The clashes took place in the region of Sheikh Zawid, where earlier reports had said militant groups were terrorizing the civilian population and using women and children as human shields. Sources also said that several weapon caches were destroyed or seized. Six of the eight slain were members of the jihadi organization Ansar Bayt al-Muqadis, an […]
Top Islamic leader calls on U.S. to wage ‘jihad for Allah’
A video of Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi calling on the U.S. government to wage jihad for Allah in Syria is currently making the rounds on Arabic media and Facebook, to mockery and dismay. In the recorded speech, Qaradawi—one of the most influential Islamic clerics in the world, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, author of over 100 books […]
The Existential Elephant in the ‘Christian Persecution’ Room
Open Doors USA recently released its widely cited 2014 World Watch List—a report that highlights and ranks the 50 worst nations around the globe persecuting Christians. The one glaring fact that emerges from this report is that the overwhelming majority of Christian persecution around the world today is being committed at the hands of Muslims of all […]