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.

Why the media doesn't cover Jihadist attacks on Middle East Christians

Very few Americans have any clue concerning what is happening to their coreligionists.

Raymond Ibrahim March 21, 2014

CIA Chief: Jihad a product of injustices, economics, and ignorance

This is all déjà vu.

Raymond Ibrahim March 17, 2014

The double-edged sword of Jihad

The Muslim Brotherhood and its many allies are accusing the Saudis of not being Islam enough.

Raymond Ibrahim March 13, 2014

Islamic Jihad and the doctrine of abrogation

Why the Koran and the Sword are inextricably linked.

Raymond Ibrahim March 5, 2014

The past and the future

An Egyptian journalist interviews Raymond Ibrahim.

Raymond Ibrahim March 4, 2014

Why are Christians the world's most persecuted group?

Christians are most likely to fall afoul of Islam???s blasphemy and proselytism laws.

Raymond Ibrahim February 28, 2014

Kidnapped nuns stripped of crosses

Christians and other non-Muslims are forbidden to show any signs or expressions of their ???polytheism.???

Raymond Ibrahim February 20, 2014

New York Times' biased coverage on Muslim persecution

The NTY has finally found a victim of Islamic aggression in Nigeria worth reporting on: homosexuals.

Raymond Ibrahim February 17, 2014

The Pentagon???s bow to Islamic extremism

The Pentagon has relaxed uniform rules to allow Islamic beards, turbans, and hijabs.

Raymond Ibrahim February 12, 2014

Why Arab dictators are wiser than western politicians

The U.S. government continues to aid and abet those who are continually exposing their ingrained hostility...

Raymond Ibrahim February 7, 2014

Al-Qaeda: Defender of Christians?

The jihadis try to protect their Achilles Heel.

Raymond Ibrahim February 4, 2014

Top Islamic leader calls on U.S. to wage ???Jihad for Allah???

Does Sheikh Qaradawi know something about U.S. leadership that Americans don???t?

Raymond Ibrahim February 3, 2014

Kerry boasts of ???pluralistic??? Syria once Assad gone

Not much ???pluralism??? there.

Raymond Ibrahim January 30, 2014

Confirmed: U.S. chief facilitator of Christian persecution

Nations where Christians are most persecuted receive heavy U.S. support.

Raymond Ibrahim January 27, 2014