Rudyard Kipling, Islam, and Empire
In Kipling’s mind, the relativizing of different traditions within the harmony of the common worship of God could be satisfactorily manifested in the British Empire.
In Kipling’s mind, the relativizing of different traditions within the harmony of the common worship of God could be satisfactorily manifested in the British Empire.
Perhaps we should coin the term ‘Christianist’ to explain all those suicide bombings committed to the cries of ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’?
The native population of Cyprus—with Turkish involvement—is currently facing demographic replacement by Muslim migrants.
We are facing the possible tragedy of Europe’s demographic transformation into little more than the northernmost outpost of Islam—a tragedy which Pope Francis seems all too happy to embrace.
I headed to the city of David on Christmas morning. Its streets were even more somber than those of Jerusalem.
Houellebecq may be decadent in his personal life, but no novelist sees Europe’s religious crisis with clearer eyes.
To advance the formation of a new government, Geert Wilders’ PVV party is scrapping proposed legislation calling for a ban on “expressions of Islam,” justified under the notion that Islam, more than just a religion, is a “hostile political ideology bent on conquest.”
The reaction to MP Aslan’s speech underscores the extent of the abuse faced by Assyrians and other Christians.
We must refute the myth that Muslim-occupied medieval Spain was a bastion of peace and multiculturalism.
Geert Wilders claims to defend Judeo-Christian heritage. Yet he adheres to the values of 1968, says Bart-Jan Spruyt.