Raymond Ibrahim is a Middle East and Islam specialist who has been widely published in a number of publications, including the New York Times, CNN, and more. He has also written two books which include The Al Qaeda Reader and, his most recent book, Crucified Again: Exploding Islam's New War on Christians. Raymond talks to Jason Hartman about extremest Islamic religious groups, US and Western intervention, and more on today's Holistic Survival show. 
 
Key Takeaways:
1:30 – We have the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and  now ISIS, what's the difference between the three? 
7:00 – These groups are all identical, because they're all based on the Islamic ideology. 
11:15 – Islamic teachings by its nature creates dictators, not presidents or parliaments. 
13:25 – Why isn't ISIS attacking Israel? 
16:20 – Raymond talks about the Western definition of a moderate versus extremist Muslim. 
18:45 – Christians seem to be heavily penalized by their own community if they kill someone. Why do Muslims not do the same thing? 
26:45 – The president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. said, “We as Muslims have to stop being a source of misery and terror for the rest of the world.”
 
Mentioned In This Episode:
Crucified Again by Raymond Ibrahim
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