Raymond Ibrahim

The third and final critique of William Polk's book, 'Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War between the Muslim World and the Global North.'

In his book, 'Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War between the Muslim World and the Global North,' William Polk argues that the colonial era is the source of all problems between Islam and the West -- including terrorism. Here we examine and rebut this claim. This video is essentially Part 2 of a review of his book.

A review of the 2018 book, Crusade and Jihad, by William Polk. Although the book's subtitle is "The Thousand-Year War between the Muslim World and the Global North," it -- rather bizarrely -- essentially ignores the first thousand years. The video explains why.

What do we make of all those men -- who, while walking like and acting like, Muslim terrorists -- the media insists are actually "Christian" terrorists? Even before the truth came out, I wrote the following two articles on the two cases mentioned in this video (one from England, one from France), providing more evidence and arguments that the terrorists were Muslims all along:

https://www.raymondibrahim.com/08/07/2024/the-truth-about-the-muslim-murderer-of-three-british-children

https://www.raymondibrahim.com/06/09/2023/five-reasons-why-the-christian-child-stabber-in-france-may-really-be-muslim

Islam gets criticized for so many things; however, it's important for non-Muslims to differentiate between those many doctrines that affect Muslims only, and those much fewer doctrines -- three to be exact -- that affect the non-Muslim. It is only the latter (hate, jihad, and dhimmitude) that should ultimately concern the non-Muslim. Some articles with references to the doctrine of Love and Hate (or Loyalty and Enmity): https://www.raymondibrahim.com/01/17/2020/hating-and-loving-for-islam https://www.raymondibrahim.com/01/19/2016/hating-americans-is-official-saudi-and-qatari-policy https://www.raymondibrahim.com/09/18/2013/muslim-husbands-must-hate-non-muslim-wives

Excerpts and analysis of ISIS's message to the West, "Why We Hate You & Why We Fight You: https://www.raymondibrahim.com/08/18/2016/confirmed-islam-not-grievances-fuels-muslim-hate-for-the-west

A response to Karen Armstrong's claim that the Crusaders were the first Christian group in history to demonize Muhammad as a way to justify the First Crusade. My original written response (from 2007), as well as a link to Armstrong's article, here: https://www.raymondibrahim.com/05/07/2007/islamic-apologetics

A response to a ludicrous claim made by Georgetown professor, John Esposito, a widely acknowledged "expert" on Islam who is regularly consulted by U.S. intelligence and military agencies.

One year ago today, the Islamic State issued a directive for its followers and sympathizers to "kill the infidels wherever you find them" (Koran 9:5) -- including by plowing vehicles over them, especially on celebratory days, such as New Year's Day. Longer excerpts from the ISIS statement referenced appear here: https://www.raymondibrahim.com/03/04/2024/islamic-state-calls-for-beheading-and-burning-of-every-western-civilian

If Saladin was just as bad as every sultan, why did the West chose to extol him as a paragon of virtue? A follow-up or Part 2 to "The Fake History of Saladin."