9/11: The Wake-up Call That Put Us to Sleep
If you were young at the time of the 9/11 attack, you might not remember the sense of panic that swept the country immediately afterward. If terrorists could simultaneously hijack four airliners, reduce two of the largest buildings in the world to rubble, and inflict...
Curiosity Killed the Cat
But Lack of Curiosity may kill the Catholic Church In his book, On Islam, Fr. James Schall, S.J. notes that ever since Vatican II, Church scholars have been more interested in dialoguing with Muslims than in questioning the truth of Islam’s claims. For example, says...
The U.S. Catholic Bishops Feed into the Muslims-as-Martyrs Myth
In my last piece I discussed the Church’s latest act of appeasement toward Islam—namely, the U.S. bishops’ guide to Islamophobia. The guide is, to say the least, poorly timed. At a time when most of the world is leaning over backward to avoid offending Islam, the...
U.S. Catholic Bishops Warn of the Greatest Threat We Face: Islamophobia
Talk about poor timing! On the same day that news broke of an Islamist attack on a Catholic Parish in the Congo that left 64 dead and many wounded, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published a 15-page booklet, “Islamophobia: A Guide for U.S. Catholics...
How Muslims Became Moderates Part II
Stealth Bombers vs. Stealth Jihad Faithful Muslims believe that the whole world must be subjugated to Allah. Is there anything that can be done to stop them? Yes, there is; and the first step in that direction has already been taken. Ironically, this potential turning...
How Muslims Became Moderates Part 1
The modern history of Islamic-Western relations is marked by two major turning-points, both of which resulted in far-reaching changes. We may now be at the beginning of a third major turning point—one of equal magnitude to the other two. But first, let’s look at the...
Is Islam the Strong Horse?
Osama Bin Ladin once said, “When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.” He was referring, of course, to Islam’s eventual victory over the Christian West — a victory that might be achieved militarily or by other means....
The Civilizational Struggle That No One Talks About
In a recent article, I made the point that the Israeli-Hamas war should be seen as part of a 1,400-year-long civilizational struggle between Islam and just about everyone else. As Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of Islam’s most popular and influential scholars, once told an...
If the Media Lies About Everything, Why Should We Believe Anything It Says About Israel?
Much of the world’s media now seems to agree that Israel is deliberately starving the people of Gaza. Many Catholic media outlets are saying the same thing. This is a very serious charge, and I think Catholics should be careful about jumping to conclusions about this...
Endless Wars
We hear a lot these days about “endless wars.” A short list of protracted wars since World War II might include the Vietnam War, the Israeli-Arab wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Lebanese civil war, the Soviet-Afghan war, the Iran-Iraq war, and the...
