Raymond Ibrahim

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  Apr 20, 2015

  ISIS Slaughters Ethiopian Christians, Vows to Slaughter Western Christians

  Approximately two months after the Islamic State published a video depicting its members slaughtering 21 Coptic Christians in Libya, on Sunday, April 19, the Islamic jihadi organization released another video of more Christians in Libya being massacred, this time for not paying jizya—extortion money demanded of the "People of the Book" according to Koran 9:29.

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  Apr 15, 2015

  Obama's Faith: Could It Be a Political Tool to Silence Christians?

  Here in the United States, where Americans are used to hearing their president always invoke Christianity as a way to silence Christians, United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron's recent Easter message was moderately refreshing.

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  Apr 9, 2015

  Egypt, Syria, Kenya: Easter Under Islam, Churches Under Attack

  As millions of Christians around the world were celebrating Easter Sunday, the Christians of the Muslim world were again under attack.

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  Mar 27, 2015

  Obama Trusts 'Word' of Ayatollahs in Nuclear Negotiations

  As Iran continues edging closer to developing nuclear weapons—a major threat to the entire Mideast region, especially longstanding U.S. ally Israel—U.S. President Obama has come to the aid of the Islamic Republic, by citing an Islamic fatwa no less.

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  Mar 17, 2015

  Why CIA Chief John Brennan Represents All That Is Wrong With U.S. Thinking on Jihad

  By constantly projecting Western standards on Islamic jihadist, CIA head John Brennan has come to epitomize the U.S. intelligence community's intellectual failures concerning the true sources of the jihad.

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  Feb 27, 2015

  Obama Invokes Christian 'Humility' to Exonerate Islamic Terror

  During the National Prayer Breakfast earlier this month, U.S. President Obama tried to shield Islam from criticism by depicting Christianity as equally violent and intolerant (via comments about crusades, inquisitions, and "high horses"). Much lesser known is that he also tried to shield Islam by invoking Christian virtues.

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  Feb 19, 2015

  Slaughter of 21 Christians Ushers Rise of Islamic State in Libya

  The disputed fate of the 21 Coptic Christians abducted in Sirte, Libya is now clear and visible for all to see on video: while holding them down, Islamic State members shove their fingers in the Christians' eyes, crane their heads back, and slice away at their throats with knives—all in the name of Allah and Islam, all as the slaughtered call out on the "Lord Jesus Christ."

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  Feb 17, 2015

  The Dark History of Islam and Christendom

  U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama's recent condemnation of medieval Christian history to exonerate modern Islam is a reminder of how woefully ignorant (or intentionally deceptive) a good many people in the West are concerning the true history of Christian Europe and Islam.

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  Feb 10, 2015

  Obama: Get Off Your 'High Horse' and Stop Criticizing Islamic Terror

  As the world reacts with shock and horror at the increasingly savage deeds of the Islamic State (IS)—most recently the immolation of a captive—U.S. President Obama's response has been one of nonjudgmental relativism.

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  Jan 28, 2015

  The West: Desensitized to Islamic Violence

  While Islamic gunmen were massacring "infidels" in Paris, "everyday Muslims" in Europe were engaging in less dramatic, but no less significant behavior.