Articles by Raymond Ibrahim

Raymond Ibrahim, a Middle East and Islam specialist, is author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam???s New War on Christians (2013) and The Al Qaeda Reader (2007). His writings have appeared in a variety of media, including the Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Jane???s Islamic Affairs Analyst, Middle East Quarterly, World Almanac of Islamism, and Chronicle of Higher Education; he has appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN, PBS, Reuters, Al-Jazeera, NPR, Blaze TV, and CBN. Ibrahim regularly speaks publicly, briefs governmental agencies, provides expert testimony for Islam-related lawsuits, and testifies before Congress. He is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, a Judith Friedman Rosen Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum, and a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution, 2013. Ibrahim???s dual-background???born and raised in the U.S. by Coptic Egyptian parents born and raised in the Middle East???has provided him with unique advantages, from equal fluency in English and Arabic, to an equal understanding of the Western and Middle Eastern mindsets, positioning him to explain the latter to the former.

Islamic Fatwa: Husbands should abandon wives to rapists in self interest

This Islamic decree is not altogether surprising.

Raymond Ibrahim May 29, 2014

The New York Times??? propaganda war on Egypt

The Times simply cannot be trusted.

Raymond Ibrahim May 27, 2014

Islam: ???appalling and abhorrent??? in the eyes of a blind world?

An eight-month pregnant wife and mother was sentenced to death by hanging for refusing to renounce Christ and...

Raymond Ibrahim May 21, 2014

Nigerian ???sex-slaves??? disrupt Obama narrative on Islam

Islamic sanctioned sex-slavery does not perturb the Western world simply because the powers-that-be ignore it.

Raymond Ibrahim May 15, 2014

The ???brave German woman??? and Europe???s Islam question

Time will tell whether the powers-that-be will allow legitimate criticism of Islam to vent in Europe.

Raymond Ibrahim May 12, 2014

Christians ???Crucified Again??? for refusing Islam

Crucifixion is a prescribed form of punishment in the Koran.

Raymond Ibrahim May 6, 2014

???Sex Jihad??? fatwa permits incest in Syria

Sharia is only draconian and rigid for those who find themselves living under its jurisprudence.

Raymond Ibrahim May 2, 2014

Muslim Brotherhood rape boy for supporting anti-Brotherhood revolution

The Muslim Brotherhood continues exposing its true colors???at least to those not colorblind.

Raymond Ibrahim April 28, 2014

The ultimate source of Islamic hate for infidels

Who is ultimately responsible for the ongoing attacks on Christians and their churches throughout the Islamic...

Raymond Ibrahim April 21, 2014

How modernity ???radicalizes??? Western Muslims

Western principles articulated through an Islamic paradigm lead to abominations.

Raymond Ibrahim April 16, 2014

Taqiyya about Taqiyya

Deception???known under the broad term taqiyya???is permissible in Islam, above and beyond the limited issue...

Raymond Ibrahim April 11, 2014

Islamic fatwa urges homeless women to become sex-slaves

It seems there is no end to the attempts of some Islamic clerics to legitimize otherwise forbidden behavior.

Raymond Ibrahim April 4, 2014

Muslim Brotherhood slaughter Christian woman

Muslim Brotherhood supporters attacked the Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church.

Raymond Ibrahim March 31, 2014

Is ???moderate Islam??? an oxymoron?

Mainstream Islam offers a crystal-clear way of life.

Raymond Ibrahim March 28, 2014