RAYMOND IBRAHIM (
RaymondIbrahim.com) is a widely published author, public speaker, and Middle East and Islam expert. His books include
Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians (2013) and
The Al Qaeda Reader (2007). His writings, translations, and observations have appeared in a variety of publications, including Fox News, Financial Times, Jerusalem Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times Syndicate, United Press International, USA Today, Washington Post, Washington Times, and Weekly Standard; scholarly journals, including the Almanac of Islamism, Chronicle of Higher Education, Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, Middle East Quarterly, and Middle East Review of International Affairs; and popular websites, such as American Thinker, the Blaze, Bloomberg, Christian Post, FrontPage Magazine, Gatestone Institute, the Inquisitr, Jihad Watch, NewsMax, National Review Online, PJ Media, VDH's Private Papers, and World Magazine. He has contributed chapters to several anthologies and been translated into various languages.
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Raymond Ibrahim
The Islamic State recently
opened a market where it sells the possessions it robbed from Christian churches and homes in Mosul--in accordance with Islamic teachings that permit plunder, or
ghanima. Aptly called, the "Spoils of the Nazarenes" (or
Nasara, Islam's term for Christians), among other everyday items, the IS store sells televisions, refrigerators, microwave ovens, furniture and artwork.
- Wednesday, February 4, 2015