Tim Furnish pens a sober critique of Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America', and reveals how OBL's western supporters don't realize what they're cheering for.   A Letter to My Sons And Their College Classmates on Osama Bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ Or, Why My Sons Won't Buy TikTok's Bin Laden Worship By TIMOTHY FURNISH , The Stream Published on November 21, 2023 To my sons (and their fellow college students): By now you’ll have seen Osama Bin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to America” being promoted on TikTok. I don’t use that platform, so I learned of it from news stories. This ..read more

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (JN 15:13) Jerusalem Catholic Patriarch offers to be exchanged for Gaza hostages Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa made his comment in response to a question during a video conference with journalists in Italy. By The Jerusalem Post via REUTERS  |  OCTOBER 16, 2023 Pope Francis' representative in the Holy Land said on Monday he was willing to exchange himself for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas and held in Gaza. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, made his comment in ..read more

Here is an excellent primer on Hamas' bloody, barbaric Islamic Jihad terrorist attack against Israel, from noted Islam scholar and author Timothy Furnish: Hamas, Iran’s Bloodthirsty Sock Puppet By TIMOTHY FURNISH | The Stream | October 9, 2023 Hamas has murdered, so far, over 600 Israeli civilians in its new war. Only the War of Independence (1948-49) and the Second Intifada (2000-05) killed more non-combatants. In addition, over 400 Palestinians have died. Both sides are sure to lose more. Especially the Gaza Palestinians. Because Israel’s wrath is kindled. And with good reason. Hamas ..read more

From noted independent journalist Leo Hohmann: "This single event in Israel has triggered [Muslim rallies in support of Hamas] in America’s largest cities, New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Muslims are also celebrating in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran and Turkey (a NATO member), and they will launch more attacks on Jews and Christians around the world." "...It would be a mistake to view what happened in Israel as something 'over there'. It can and will happen here. In the U.S. and many European countries, the hordes are not standing at the gates, they’r ..read more

Several genocide watchdog organizations are accusing Azerbaijan of committing genocide against the 120,000 Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh. Read the below article on the horrific and multilayered background story of this genocide, and contact your congressman and senator to express support for the Armenians. Starvation: ‘The Invisible Genocide Weapon’ by Raymond Ibrahim, originally published at the Gatestone Institute The thousand-year-old genocide of Armenians at the hands of Turkic peoples has reached a new level. Several watchdog organizations—including the Associati ..read more

Raymond Ibrahim looks at recent Muslim protests against LGBT and Leftist/Democrat Groomers trying to sexualize and corrupt children, and asks: "Are Muslims, due to some 'inherent' conservatism, the natural leaders of any U.S. resistance to state-sanctioned sexual indoctrination? Or is there more to all this than meets the eye?" The answer is complicated and requires caution. Can We Ally with Muslims against the Sexual Indoctrination of Children? by Raymond Ibrahim, 7/10/2023, The Stream Muslims are clearly resistant to the indoctrination of children in sexual deviancy—a phenomenon that ..read more

Rod Dreher has done a tremendous service by using his enormous reach (over 1.3 million monthly readers according to a 2017 Washington Post article) to draw attention to the horrendous coverup of Pakistani Muslim rape gangs in the United Kingdom.   Why is this such a big deal? Because it can be traced directly back to the founder of Islam.  The example of Muhammad is held up for Muslim men to emulate. Yet his renown as a sexual predator (testified to in the Islamic hadiths, stories and sayings of Muhammad), pedophile and warlord inculcates admiration for and imitation of his vi ..read more

From noted Roman Catholic author and Tolkien scholar, Joseph Pearce, comes a sharp rebuttal of the fallacious belief that Islam is somehow compatible with, and even central to, Western Civilization. Excerpt: The seven pillars of Western Civilization are the edifying edifices which tower over the landscape of the centuries as a fortress of faith and a beacon of reason. Islam has served throughout the centuries as an outside force which has repeatedly laid siege to the fortress, seeking its overthrow. Islam and Western Civilization By Joseph Pearce| The Imaginative Conservative |January 28t ..read more

 "Perhaps the most disturbing trend is that, since the inception of the World Watch List, the persecution of Christians has nearly doubled..." The Never Ending ‘Pandemic’: 360 Million Christians Persecuted Worldwide by Raymond Ibrahim, 2/8/2023 originally published at Gatestone Institute In 2022, 5,621 Christian around the world were “killed for faith related reasons.”  Another 4,542 Christians were illegally detained or arrested, and 2,110 churches were attacked, many destroyed.  Over all, the global persecution of Christians remains higher than ever, with 360 million ..read more

Respected writer and Orthodox Christian priest, Fr. Lawrence Farley, has announced his new book on Islam: Exploring Islam: A Christian Perspective on the Life of Muhammad and the Qur'an, available now from Sebastian Press. Regular readers of this blog may remember Fr Lawrence from previous posts: Worshipping with Muslims? - "Our ultimate goal and divine mandate is not co-existence with Muslims but their conversion—as it is for all the children of men."  Saying 'AMEN' to the Canonization of the 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya In the article below, Fr Lawrence presents an intro ..read more