Raymond Ibrahim's Blog, page 16

Obama Administration Bans Knowledge of Islam

The Obama administration's censoring of photographs of the late Osama bin Laden, lest they "offend" Muslims, is one thing; but what about censoring words, especially those pivotal to U.S. security? Weeks earlier, the Daily Caller revealed that "the Obama...

Muslim Sheikh Prays for Evil

Soon after publishing "Muslim Prayers of Hate"—which linked to an Arabic video containing various Muslim clerics invoking Allah to strike their enemies with pain and disease, including cancer—YouTube removed the video. Researching the web in connection...

Egypt: Female Political Candidate Says 'Women Deficient in Intelligence'

According to the Arabic newsite Donia Alwatan, a female, Salafi candidate running for Egypt's parliament, Mona Salah (pictured), asserts that "women are deficient in intelligence and religion," and that, in agreement with Sharia, it is impermissible for...

Grand Mufti Distorts Word 'Infidel' to Dupe Infidels

Soon after reporting that Egypt's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, had pronounced all Christians "infidels," I received several emails forwarding what looked like a response from Gomaa. Some websites—such as the ever-hysterical "American Muslim"—published...

Muslim Persecution of Christians: October, 2011

Egypt's Maspero massacre—where the military killed dozens of Christians protesting the destruction of their churches—dominates October's persecution headlines. Facts and details concerning the military's "crimes against humanity" are documented in this...

Saudi Arabia: Women Must Cover Provocative Eyes

According to a report that appeared on Al Arabiyya News, Saudi Arabia's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has confirmed that it will begin "interfering with" and "ordering" women to cover their eyes, "if they provoke fitna...

Muslim Brotherhood: Only "Drunks, Druggies and Adulterers" Reject Sharia

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood just made a few assertions that have ruffled the nation's secular and Christian populace. At a conference attended by some 5,000, Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader, Dr. Essam el-Erian, Vice President of the "Freedom and Justice"...

Conspiracy Theory Shuts Down Great Pyramid

According to the Associated Press, "Egypt's antiquities authority closed the largest of the Giza pyramids Friday following rumors that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11 A.M. on Nov. 11, 2011…. The closure follows a string...

Egypt: Women Herded and Tied Like Camels

This picture, taken at a recent protest in Egypt, has been making the rounds on various Arabic websites. Note the rope around the women, herding them like camels; note the man to the right holding the leash, walking them. I am told this is a common...

Egypt: Women Herded and Tied Like Camels?

This picture, taken at a recent protest in Egypt, has been making the rounds on various Arabic websites. Note the rope around the women, herding them like camels; note the man to the right holding the leash, walking them. I am told this is a common...