by William Kilpatrick | Nov 6, 2025
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...
by William Kilpatrick | Oct 18, 2025
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...
by William Kilpatrick | Sep 9, 2025
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...
by William Kilpatrick | Jun 24, 2025
I wrote this piece five years ago, but due to current events in Iran, the questions it raises are more pertinent than ever. Suppose the Muslim world were to lose faith in Islam. Suppose that Muslims ignored the Koran, stopped going to mosque and dismissed Muhammad as...
by William Kilpatrick | May 20, 2025
In the late 1930s Catholic historian Hillaire Belloc wrote: ” It [Islam] is, as a fact, the most formidable and persistent enemy which our civilization has had and may at any moment become as large a menace in the future as it has been in the past…” It...
