Raymond Ibrahim's Blog, page 13

Egyptian Presidential Candidate Says No Freedom in Islam

In a recent TV interview, Hazim Abu Ismail, a candidate for Egypt's presidency with affiliations to both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis, made clear that the hijab, or veil for women, would be enforced under his leadership. More importantly, along...

Who Defames the Prophet?

I do not believe that cartoons, books, or movies can defame any religion or affect the faith of its adherents and true believers. Those who defame the Prophet are they who slaughter and bomb innocent people all over the world—in New York, Madrid, London,...

U.S. Accused of Running Over Egyptian Civilians

How many are the lies that Egypt's military regime has forwarded concerning its role in attacking and killing Egyptian demonstrators since it usurped power a year ago? There were, for instance, the lies concerning the Maspero massacre, where the military...

Muslim Persecution of Christians: Context and Continuity

I recently spoke at a conference sponsored by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), held at the Sheraton hotel in Framingham, Massachusetts. Titled "The Persecuted Church: Christian Believers in Peril in the Middle...

Jihad: When Elections Fail

The Obama administration supports "democracy" and "self determination" in the Middle East—two euphemisms that, in the real world, refer to "mob-rule" and "Islamic radicalization," respectively. Yet, as Jimmy Carter recently put it: "I don't have any...

Why The President Should Speak Out Against Religious Persecution

On January 24, during his State of the Union Address, the president of the United States has a chance to expose the plight of religious minorities living in Muslim majority nations. Doing so would not merely shed light on one of the most ignored...

How Circumstance Dictates Islamic Behavior

Has there ever been a time when one group of people openly exposes its animosity for another group of people—even as this second group not only ignores the animosity, but speaks well, enables, and legitimizes the first group? Welcome to the 21st century,...

Christmas Under Islam

Earlier I discussed how mosques, some of which breed radicalization and serve as terrorist bases, flourish in America, while churches are increasingly targeted and destroyed in the Muslim world, especially the Middle East, the cradle of Christianity....

Nigerian New Year: Christian Slaughter

The New Year's resolution for "Sunnis for Da'wa [Islamization] and Jihad"—also known as Boko Haram, or "Western education is forbidden"—is to create a Christian-free Nigeria, beginning, naturally, with the north, where Muslims outnumber Christians. Right...

Muslim Brotherhood Declares 'Mastership of World' as Ultimate Goal

Although many Muslim leaders openly articulate their efforts as part of a larger picture—one that culminates in the resurrection of a caliphate adversarial by nature to all things non-Muslim—many Western leaders see only the moment, either out of context...