The Cordoba Mosque in New York Members Public

The Cordoba Mosque in New York “A Symbol of the Islamic Conquest of Christian Lands” مسجد قرطبة في نيويورك: رمز للغزو الأسلامي للمسيحيين By Jacob Thomas On 18 May, 2010, the Arabic-language online daily Elaph posted an article by an Arab Muslim, in which he decried “The Cordoba Mosque”

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True Freedom of Religion Is a Two-Way Traffic Members Public

True Freedom of Religion Is a Two-Way Traffic Jacob Thomas In Islam freedom of religion implies that members of other faiths are encouraged to Islamize; on the other hand, a Muslim may not convert to another religion. Early in the history of Islam, this radical position became solidified against

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The Consequences of America's Failure to Understand Islam Members Public

The Consequences of America’s Failure to Understand Islam By Jacob Thomas Soon after the murderous attack on the enlisted men and women at Fort Hood, Texas, the picture of the officer who mounted that carnage was flashed on the television screen. It revealed the physiognomy of a Mideastern man!

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Women in the Light Of the Qur'an Members Public

Women in the Light Of the Qur’an By Jacob Thomas It is rather puzzling that some liberal Muslim writers, who are active in defending women’s rights, claim that the discriminatory traditions regarding women’s inferiority to men are not derived from the Qur’an! A famous Muslim women’

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The Intolerable Life of Dhimmis In 19th Century Damascus Members Public

The Intolerable Life of Dhimmis In 19th Century Damascus By Jacob Thomas My interest in the life of Dhimmis (Christians and Jews) under Islam goes back to my childhood. I am an Eastern Christian from the Levant and I was a Dhimmi. As soon as I became aware of my

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Concerning a New Definition of Non-Muslims Members Public

Concerning a New Definition of Non-Muslims By Jacob Thomas Back in September 2005, I came across an article in the daily Arabic online Al-Sharq-al-Awsat with this headline: “On Defining ‘al-Akhar’ (the Other): A Discussion between Two Generations at a Preparatory Session of the National Dialogue

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Al-Quseimi: From Defender of the Faith to Defector from the Faith Members Public

From Defender of the Faith To Defector from the Faith من الاعتقاد إلى الإلحاد By Jacob Thomas in Collaboration with June Engdahl Abdallah al-Quseimi (source) In mid-March, 2010, an article appeared in the online Arabic-language website, kwtanweer entitled “From Defender of the Faith to Defector from the

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The Christianization of Algeria Members Public

The Christianization of Algeria By Jacob Thomas This year has witnessed an intensification of the struggles throughout the Islamic world. The civil war in Syria has increased in its ferocity and is claiming hundreds of casualties among the population. In Egypt, the Islamists have increased their grip on the government,

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