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Tag Archives: Islam
PJM: “Vatican Betrays Virgin Mary for Prophet Muhammad”
PJ Media reports something really alarming. Vatican Betrays Virgin Mary for Prophet Muhammad by BY RAYMOND IBRAHIM (serious guy) The same folks to bring you “Abrahamism”—the idea that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are intricately connected—have narrowed their sights on promoting … Read More
St. Francis and the Sultan: What really happened in 1219 in Catholic Muslim dialogue?
The Islamic/Catholic Fraternity document has caused a stir. I wrote about a neuralgic point in it, yesterday, and some people had a spittle-flecked nutty. There is more to say about that document. I’ll get to it again, soon. I suspect … Read More
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Is the Church weak and defenseless? Is it over?
On a related note, see the end. From the appropriately named Crisis: Can the Church Recover Its Fighting Spirit? WILLIAM KILPATRICK The Islamic world is waging—and winning—a war on Judeo-Christian civilization. With 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, the Catholic Church is potentially … Read More
7 Oct – Polish bishops urge 1 Million Poles to pray Rosary at border in honor of historic defeat of Islam
The other day in Madrid, I got to see the Juan of Austria’s personal pendant which flew on his ship at the Battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571. That victory, under the aegis of the Mother of God, was a … Read More
The Religion of Peace 102: Dawa
Today at The Catholic Thing there is useful information about Islam and its tenets. Is “Dawa” in your vocabulary? So, what do you know about dawa? You know what jihad is, and what sharia is. That is Islamic vocabulary 101. … Read More
More love from the Religion of Peace
From Jihad Watch: Mexico: Muslim stabs priest at the altar of Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral […] “A French Muslim stabs a priest in the cathedral of Mexico,” translated from “Un musulmán francés apuñala a un sacerdote en la catedral de México,” … Read More
DENMARK: Man prosecuted under old blasphemy law for burning a Koran
From Breitbart: Danish Man who Set Fire to Quran Charged with Blasphemy A man who burned the Islamic holy book in his backyard has been charged with blasphemy, in a move his lawyer speculates was driven by fear of Muslim … Read More
RELIGION OF PEACE: ISIS video of child “soldiers” shooting people as targets, drill
Today Pres. Trump had a meeting at the Pentagon with the JCs and others about ISIS. He wants plans. Today I saw this at Clarion Project: ISIS Graphic Video: Kids’ Shooting Exercise With Living Targets As if all the other … Read More
Coming to a neighborhood near you?
How would you feel were your parish church to be vandalized and desecrated? Yes, yes, I know that many of them already were, by the vandals within the Church who wreckovated so many beautiful churches and who build so many monstrosities … Read More
‘They’ll lynch us!’, Catholics beg for assistance in evicting illegal migrants
A dire notes as the year begins. First, from Express about Catholics under siege at a parish near Milan. ‘They’ll LYNCH us!’ Church PLEADS with police for assistance in evicting migrants A CHRISTIAN priest has pleaded for help in evicting … Read More
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US admits Muslim Syrian refugees but bars Christians?
From Spero News: The U.S. bars Christian, not Muslim, refugees from Syria The title of this blog post–The United States Bars Christian, Not Muslim, Refugees From Syria–will strike many readers as ridiculous. But the numbers tell a different story: The … Read More
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Benedict XVI’s Regensburg Address: 10 years later
Has it been 10 years already? Job 7:6! John Allen at Crux reminded me of the anniversary. Ten years ago Benedict XVI delivered his famous Regensburg Address which sparked huge controversy over his inclusion of the example of Islam … Read More
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UK: Clergy warned not to wear distinctive collars
It’s coming to a neighborhood near you. Via Express: Vicars told ‘don’t wear dog collars in public’ over fears jihadists are planning attacks Worries knife-wielding ISIS jihadists will target churches were raised by experts and revealed by churchmen. New counter-terrorism … Read More
Italian Islamic leader wants legal recognition of polygamy
Now that “gay” (I hate that word now) rights are secured, thanks to a feckless few unelected justices on the SCOTUS, the next barriers to be broken down are, first, polygamy, and then pedophilia. I saw at Crux … Italian … Read More
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Swetland v. Spencer: Is Islam a “Religion of Peace” – a hot debate
UPDATE: As a follow up, John Zmirak at Stream weighs in on Swetland’s position that you, dear readers, as Catholics must accept that Islam really is “Religion of Peace” because, he says, Vatican II and other documents, says so. If you don’t … Read More
“Sandwiched between two forms of dhimmitude: Koran or Agenda-driven”
At the online site of the excellent Regina magazine there is a good piece about the rock and the hard place, the Scylla and Charybdis, the fire and the frying pan, the deep blue sea and the devil, betwixt which … Read More
“The shortcut to handling the crisis is to deny that it exists.”
From Fr. Rutler at LifeZette: A Christian Duty in the Face of Terror After another devastating ISIS attack in France, this time against a priest in his 80s while he was saying Mass, the answer isn’t just, “Do nothing.” As … Read More
