Raymond Ibrahim's Blog, page 17

Muslim Prayers of Hate

Someone recently sent me an Arabic video that juxtaposes snippets of sermons delivered by Christian and Muslim leaders in the Middle East. The Christian preachers offer up universal supplications that include phrases like "O lord, lover of all mankind...

Egyptian Revolution in Pictures: Hijacked and Hobbled

This caricature recently appeared on the Egyptian political website Mashy.com; it speaks volumes. The bent over, golem-like figure represents al-thawra, or Egypt's "Revolution." Serving as a platform to the nation's "throne," this hijacked and hobbled...

Popular Sheikh: Christian Copts are "Infidels"; "Allah's Curse on Them"

Earlier we saw that Egypt's Grand Mufti, Ali Gomaa, the nation's second highest religious authority, categorized all Christians as "infidels" – a word that is much more complicated, and more damning, than the usual and casual translation of "non-believer...

Why Does the Crucifix 'Provoke' Muslims?

For a religion that is perpetually "misunderstood," the consistency of Islam is remarkable. Consider how ostensibly diverse issues—complaints of "human rights" abuses at an American university and murder in an Egyptian classroom—are interconnected....

Does the Crucifix 'Provoke' Muslims?

For a religion that is perpetually "misunderstood," the consistency of Islam is remarkable. Consider how ostensibly diverse issues—complaints of "human rights" abuses at an American university and murder in an Egyptian classroom—are interconnected....

Egypt's Massacre of Christians

Western media coverage of the recent massacre of Coptic Christians in Cairo, Egypt—in which the military killed dozens of Christians and injured some 300—was, as discussed earlier, deplorable. It merely repeated the false propaganda of the complicit...

Review of A Point in Time

David Horowitz's A Point in Time is at root an expose on the nature of Time, that double-edged sword which, by obliterating all in its path, highlights the precious from the superfluous in our lives. In structure, the book consists of Horowitz's...

Top Muslim Declares All Christians 'Infidels'

To what extent was Egypt's Maspero massacre, wherein the military literally mowed down Christian Copts protesting the ongoing destruction of their churches, a product of anti-Christian sentiment? A video of Egypt's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa (or...

Tunisian Elections and the Road to Caliphate

Tunisia, where the 2011 Arab uprisings began, remains an ominous model for where these uprisings will end. The nation's first round of elections are in, and, as expected, the Islamist party, al-Nahda, won by a landslide, gaining over 40% of the seats in...

Tunisian Elections and the Road to the Caliphate

Tunisia, where the 2011 Arab uprisings began, remains an ominous model for where these uprisings will end. The nation's first round of elections are in, and, as expected, the Islamist party, al-Nahda, won by a landslide, gaining over 40% of the seats in...