Facing Islam Blog
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Facing Islam Blog is managed by an Orthodox Christian struggler, who has felt an urgent need to write about the challenges posed by Islam against the West generally, and against Christianity in particular. The blog features articles on religion, Christians, Muslims, community challenges, religious beliefs, book reviews, and other related stuff.
Facing Islam Blog
5M ago
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
Facing Islam Blog
6M ago
"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
Facing Islam Blog
6M ago
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
Facing Islam Blog
6M ago
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
Facing Islam Blog
7M ago
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
Facing Islam Blog
10M ago
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
Facing Islam Blog
1y ago
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
Facing Islam Blog
1y ago
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
Facing Islam Blog
1y ago
"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
Facing Islam Blog
1y ago
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