With ongoing controversy surrounding Islam on a number of fronts, it is good to remind ourselves about a few realities, a few truths. While people…
There is plenty of misunderstanding about the nature of Islam – deliberate or otherwise. One only need turn to the speech US President Obama made…
H.G. Wells could write about The War of the Worlds, in which Martians and earthlings battled for supremacy. But the real battles today really come…
Living the Christian life in a non-Christian world is always tricky business. We must navigate our way through life, avoiding various extremes. We are called…
By now most of you would have heard about the outrageous proposal to build a mosque at Ground Zero. Late in May it was announced…
Various religious groups have particular dietary laws. One thinks of Kosher foods which Jews are allowed to eat, for example. In the Islamic religion there…
Do you think the school system in a Muslim-majority nation would happily embrace booklets informing Muslim students how great Christianity is, or Judaism? Do you…
It is often claimed by Islamophiles that the Muslim world contributed greatly to science and learning. As but one recent – and rather silly –…
Not a week goes by it seems when the American President does not say something or do something which seems to provide further evidence of…
Isaac Publishing, 2008. Sharia finance is meant to be an interest-free banking and finance system, and it now operates in various Muslim nations. Some Muslims…
All over the Western world governments are bending over backwards to accommodate sharia finance. This is an interest-free banking and finance system which Muslims want…
Here we go again: more “peace activists” – complete with knives, iron rods, and clubs. It all takes me back to my radical student days,…
Encounter Books, 2010. In the West we are involved in a war of worldviews. On the one side is the Judeo-Christian worldview. Opposed to it…
SaltRiver, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Are you looking for a riveting action thriller? An inspiring autobiography? An insider’s account of the Middle…
Multiculturalism, like so many modern nostrums, was always better in theory than in practice. Indeed, it can work when it is simply allowed to happen,…
The Netherlands is a nation long known for its emphasis on tolerance and liberal thinking. However those qualities are being put to the test at…
We are all aware of the obvious means by which Islamists are extending Islam throughout the world, and how they are attempting to establish a…
Should we be more concerned about terrorism today than, say, one year ago? Given what happened on the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas…
Isaac Publishing, 2009. Religious freedom is not exactly a hallmark of Muslim-majority countries. One of the most disconcerting features of Islam is the way “apostates”…
The enemies of freedom and democracy are always at work. Sadly they are often helped by those whom Lenin referred to as “useful idiots”. That…