Until the advent of materialism and 19th c. dogma, Western Civilisation was superior to anything Islam had developed. Islam has not aided in the development of the modern world; in fact civilisation has only been created in spite of Islam. Proof of this resides in the 'modern' world and the unending political-economic and spiritual poverty of Muslim states and regions. Squatting on richer civilisations is not 'progress'. Islam is pagan, totalitarian, and irrational.
Measured by scale and severity, the 20th century stands as the darkest chapter of Christian persecution in history. Of the estimated 70 million Christians martyred across time, more than half lost their lives during the last century due to totalitarian regimes, ideological purges, and ethnic violence, with no part of the globe left untouched.
Despite the march of time, in the first quarter of this century, not much has changed.
Tucked deep within Egypt’s Sinai desert, St. Catherine’s Monastery has endured as the world’s longest-standing Christian sanctuary, offering uninterrupted worship for more than 1,500 years. Yet in May, an Egyptian court handed control of the monastery’s land to the government. The ruling threatens not just its autonomy but the very presence of the monastic community at this ancient spiritual oasis.
According to the Evangelical Fellowship of India, Hindu politicians are weaponizing anti-conversion laws to target Christian communities across India. The laws prevent Christian conversions and are used to harass pastors, disrupt worship services, and criminalize expressions of faith.
Last month, ISIS carried out a string of attacks on four Christian-majority villages in Mozambique. Homes were torched, Christians beheaded, and over 46,000 were driven from their towns. The violence triggered mass displacements, compounding an already critical humanitarian emergency. Also in Africa, genocidal murder of Christians in Nigeria has doubled since last year, with four months remaining.
Unlike overseas, the erosion of American religious freedom has taken a more gradual decline unfolding through legal, cultural, and institutional shifts. Faith-based organizations have faced pressure to conform to government mandates that conflict with their doctrinal autonomy and moral teachings for opposing abortion, contraception, homosexuality, and transgenderism.
Public expressions of faith, like prayer and religious symbols, have been restricted in certain schools, government spaces, and around abortion mills like Planned Parenthood. This backlash and marginalization raises concerns about freedom of expression and its future.
The Family Research Council reported 1,384 acts of hostility against churches in the U.S. since January 2018. You can add the “transgender” shooter who killed two children and injured 17 at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis this past Wednesday.
Last year, 383 churches endured 415 attacks across 43 states. There were 284 acts of vandalism, 55 incidents of arson, 28 gun-related attacks, 14 bomb threats, and 47 incidents of assault, disruption of services, and terroristic threats. California led the nation with 40 attacks, followed by Pennsylvania with 29, Florida and New York with 25, Texas with 23, and Tennessee and Ohio with 19.
Throughout American history, religious freedom has been the cornerstone of the nation’s character, enshrined in the Constitution’s First Amendment. The Founding Fathers understood the importance of protecting individual conscience and religious rights from government. Yet, this foundational right continues to be challenged from all walks of Left America. Christian business owners have been sued, high school coaches fired for praying, and Catholic hospitals forced to offer abortions.
Everyone paying attention realizes we are in the midst of an existential fight for our longstanding American values and way of life. We are at a tipping point and engaged in a spiritual battle for our nation’s soul. The radical Left’s agenda is not just political, it is poison to freedom, hostile to truth, and a direct threat to our God-given rights. Its grip is strangling our schools, courts, media, and government.
The Christian ethos is losing influence and respect in American life. The unchurched have increased by 12 percent over the last two decades and are indicative of the mounting cultural and spiritual crisis. The principle of religious liberty that was once a unifying ideal is now the center of polemical debate, raising somber concerns about the future of religious freedom in American life.
The Left’s hostility is about undercutting America’s biblical foundations. As cultural and political battles escalate, so too does the need for a vigilant and engaged Body of Christ to defend the moral pillars upon which our country stands.
If we fail to speak out, we risk surrendering the very ideals that once made America a symbol of hope and liberty. The moment for silence is behind us. Our voices must rise today and at the ballot box in defense of faith, family, and freedom.
When our foundation is cracking, straddling the fence is complicity.
Christians in Nigeria have faced sporadic persecution since the 1950s, but the past 25 years have seen a wave of violence that is swiftly becoming a slow-motion genocide. Despite that, the international community has for the most part turned a deliberate blind eye on the weekly killings; when pressed for comment, everything from conflicts over grazing land to climate change have been cited as the real reasons behind the ongoing persecution.
Persecution of Christians in Nigeria began to spike after 1999, when 12 northern states adopted Sharia law; the rise of the terrorist group Boko Haram in 2009 marked a dramatic escalation. Famously, Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls in 2014. Christian girls were targeted for forced conversion and marriage to Muslim fighters; 87 of the girls are still cited as “missing” 11 years later.
In addition to Boko Haram, attacks on Christians are carried out by the Islamic State West Africa Province and radicalized Fulani herdsman. According to one Nigerian NGO, over 50,000 Christians have been killed since 2009 alone – and not because of “climate change.”
On July 25th, Spain commemorates its patron saint, James, son of Zebedee. Known primarily as the elder brother of John the Evangelist, for more than a thousand years he was far better known as Santiago Matamoros — St. James the Moor (that is, Muslim) slayer — and was the embodiment of Spain’s holy war against Islam.
On this of all days, recalling his story seems not only appropriate but necessary.
No More Tribute
In the year 711, Muslims from North Africa poured into Christian Spain—a land many believe St. James himself evangelized after Christ’s death and resurrection.
First, not all of the Spanish peninsula was conquered; a remnant of Christians who refused to bow to Muslim rule retreated into the mountainous region of Asturias in the northwest.
Second, Muslim aggression continued against this fledgling Christian enclave until the late eighth century, when a fragile peace was struck on the humiliating condition that the Christian king of Asturias send 100 virgin girls each year to the emir of Córdoba.
This vile arrangement persisted for decades, until King Ramiro I (r. 842–850) ascended the throne and ended it.
Muslim retribution was swift and terrible. Ramiro’s defiance was viewed not simply as political rebellion but as a blasphemous insult to Islamic supremacy. In response, the emir of Córdoba dispatched a massive army northward to crush the impudent Christians once and for all.
Divine Visitation
According to the chronicles, the Muslim force numbered some 60,000 Arab and Berber warriors gathered from across al-Andalus. Ramiro could muster only 5,000 — a small force of Asturian and Galician warriors armed more with faith than with steel. The two armies met near the town of Clavijo in the rugged hills of La Rioja. The Christians steeled themselves for annihilation. As night fell, King Ramiro withdrew to his tent and prayed for divine aid.
That aid came in the form of a vision. St. James the Greater — apostle of Christ and evangelist of Iberia — appeared to the king: radiant, sword drawn, mounted on a white horse. He promised to ride with the Christian army into battle and crush the enemies of Christ.
Ramiro awoke transformed.
“Saint James fights for us!” he was heard crying before sunrise, as his confused men slowly began to gather. “Let the enemies of Christ fall beneath his sword!”
Blaze of Glory
As the sun broke over the hills on May 23, 844, Christian soldiers reported seeing a dazzling figure on horseback descending from the mountains. It was Santiago, clad in shining armor and slashing through Muslim ranks like divine lightning. With the rallying cry “St. James, and strike for Spain!” the Christians charged, emboldened by the presence of their heavenly commander.
What should have been a slaughter of Christians turned into a complete reversal. The Córdoban army was shattered and routed. Later accounts claimed that every last Muslim soldier was slain, their blood sanctifying the soil of Spain.
King Ramiro emerged victorious and swore eternal devotion to St. James. He vowed to raise churches in the apostle’s honor, to make a yearly pilgrimage to his tomb at Santiago de Compostela, and to revere him as the Patron and Protector of Spain. The tribute of 100 virgin Christian girls faded into memory.
Historical Hero
In time, Santiago Matamoros became the divine icon of Christian Spain, enshrined in countless works of art and sculpture: sword raised high, trampling Muslims beneath the hooves of his white charger.
“With Santiago leading us, we shall trample the Crescent beneath the hooves of our horses,” a Castilian noble declared before charging into battle centuries later.
At the pivotal battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, another chronicler exulted: “Santiago, destroyer of Moors, has descended from heaven with a burning sword! Praise be to God, who has shown us His champion!”
Muslim chroniclers, too, took note of this terrifying “apparition” and the fervent devotion it inspired among Christians. “The Franks call upon a dead apostle,” complained Ibn al-Khatib 500 years later, “and yet their banners advance while ours retreat.”
Raymond Ibrahim, author of Defenders of the West and Sword and Scimitar, is the Distinguished Senior Shillman Fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Judith Rosen Friedman Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
July 15th 1099
In the year 637 the Rashidun Caliphate conquered the Levant and the city of Jerusalem from the Byzantine Empire (whose people were often called Eastern Romans). After the conquest Jerusalem was closed to Christians and Christians attempting to make pilgrimages to the city ended up being killed or captured and forced into slavery by Islamic forces. In 1095 Pope Urban II received emissaries from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I asking for military aid against the Seljuk Turks who were conquering territory in Anatolia.
Pope Urban II viewed this as an opportunity to get the kings of Europe to stop fighting each other over what he viewed as petty land squabbles and unite for something greater. At the Council of Clermont Pope Urban gave a rousing sermon and a call to arms where he coined the term "Deus lo Vult" Latin for God wills it.
In November of 1096 a Crusader army of 100.000 or so men from various European nations arrived at Constantinople, where Emperor Alexios provided transport and naval escort across the Mediterranean sea. The Crusaders then landed in Anatolia and recaptured the city of Nicaea from the Seljuks. The Crusaders then pushed through Anatolia and recaptured many other cities for the Byzantine Empire. Along the Crusader's journey many Armenians who had a great hatred of the Turks joined the Europeans on their march to Jerusalem. On October 20th 1097 the Crusaders arrived in the Levant and laid siege to the city of Antioch.
In January of 1099 the Crusaders resumed their push into the Levant and marched on to Jerusalem and into the territory of the Fatimid caliphate. Iftikhar al-Dawla the governor of Jerusalem hearing of the Crusaders approach, forced all Christians living in Jerusalem to leave or be put to the sword. In addition he had all of the trees surrounding Jerusalem cut down so that the Crusaders would not have lumber to construct siege equipment.
On June 7th the Crusaders took the outlying villages of Jerusalem but their assault was delayed due to lack of lumber. On June 17 English and Genoese ships arrived at the port of Jaffa and the crusaders received lumber from them and began construction of siege equipment.
On July 14 30.000 Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon assaulted Jerusalem and after a day of fighting took the city. The Muslim-Jewish defence of the city, with the Jews openly aiding their Muslim overlords, resulted in the destruction of about 50.000 defenders and the killng of a further 3.000 or so citizens. As mandated by medieval warfare, the city was ransacked and appropriately, many mosques and synagogues were plundered and destroyed.
Muslims had done much worse to Christians and their cities as they slaughtered and raped their way from Arabia, through the Levant to Spain, southern France and throughout North Africa. It is estimated that some 30.000 churches were pulled down by Muslims in the 450 years since the Jihad had begun and millions of Christians over this time frame, forcibly enslaved, used as sex chattel or killed.
The current narrative of course sheds tears of anguish over the 3.000 or so Jews and civilians killed by the Crusaders after a brutal campaign of almost unimaginable toil and danger. Yet no tears or angst is emitted over the millions of Christian victims at the hands of the Muslim Jihadis, who over 450 years, desecrated, destroyed and annihilated civilisation.
After taking Jerusalem, a once Christian city, and the holiest of places for the Christian faith, the Crusaders then went on to establish the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Principality of Antioch and Counties of Edessa and Tripoli. Godfrey became the first king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Rape and Sex Jihad. One of the great drivers and enablers of the Mahometan War Jihad. Over 1400 years millions of White Christians taken, raped, enslaved and killed by the Muslim Jihad. So of course why not invite 15 million of them into the UK and see what happens.
Mr. Goodwin, in his analysis of UK demographic trends and the UK Rape Jihad occurring in the UK is optimistic. Rape Jihad Analysis
By 2040 most major inner cities in England will be dominated by the moon cult of Mecca and the carpet biting rapists and supremacists. See Lebanon, the Balkans, Nigeria, and North Africa for more information on how this will end up.
Muslims. Islam. Muhammadism. Always the same result. Before they destroy you, they rape your women.
(Was Bergoglio a Free Mason sympathiser, a St. Gallen-Mafia leader?)
Undoubtedly one of the worst Pope’s in history. Let us recount the error of the Globalist Frank’s ways.
1-An ardent, nescient and corrupt advocate for open borders and the destruction of once-White Christian nations. This is due to ‘liberal’ (i.e. illiberal, ignorant) theology and money. The CC is paid many millions in every state to support the invasion and provide succour for ‘refugees’ and ‘asylum seekers’, 80-90% of whom are young fighting age men from Muslim, Arab and African states.
2-Globaloneywarming apostle and Bishop of Climate-geddon. A non-science cult of abysmal and immoral corruption and fraud. Pope Frank was a proselytiser of the rabidly inane dogma that plant food causes ‘climate to change’. Humans might emit 4% of the total, which is 90% recycled. Gaia emits the rest. This is simply money laundering, fraud, corruption and power mongering. Nice morals Frank. As usual the CC is paid to play.
3-Pro-Muslim and pro-‘dialogue’ with the most Christophobic cult imaginable. 1400 years of Christianophobia and Frank et al can’t figure out that Muslims eradicate the Church wherever they are found. The pagan Arabian moon cult spread from Arabia to Europe, Asia and beyond by war and violence. Frank had nothing to say about the yearly Muslim slaughter of Christians, including, just in Nigeria, some 5.000 Catholics and Anglicans.
4-Frank was a high priest of the Corona plandemic and the non-science of virus-pandemics. If you believe that a bat emits a 0.3 nano sized ‘virus’ in Wuhan, which then infects patient 0 who then sneezes it around the world; congratulations, you are a moron. Further, the criminal industry of Pharma in alliance with their business partners called ‘government’ murdered people around the world with illegal injections. Some 30 million were killed and many more than that number injured or maimed.
Lockdowns and ‘protocols’ using midazolam, morphine and other ‘tools’ slaughtered millions more. Apparently, none of this happened. It was ‘the science’. This butchering, reminiscent of pagan Baal sacrifices in the OT, were fully supported by the corrupt Vatican and Frank. Not a single apology has ever been issued by the Vatican in their role in the greatest reduction of freedom and health in modern history.
5-Frank was also a condescending and illiterate preacher who denied the efficacy and necessity of the nation state. Without the nation state, the average person has no protection from powers who wish to control, war, kill, imprison or impose their totalitarianism. Frank had no problems with non-White, Muslim, Black or Asian states. He only had issue with majority-White states. So now anti-White racism is deemed ‘Catholic’.
6-The cult of queerity was also embraced by Frank. Frank was probably on the verge of eradicating the 2-gender basis of reality and imposing on the faithful female priests. This will render the CC as irrelevant as the Anglican Church of England. Embracing queer-trans fascism is not tolerant, it is just stupid. The queer-trans cult exists to annihilate the family and the Church. Given that 50% of priests and Bishops are queer, the CC in the near term will be faced with its own demise as the queer-cult within the Vatican accede to ever greater power and recognition. Once the CC accepts and endorses the main tenets of the queer-trans fascism it is over.
Frank was a Globalist puppet installed by the US Deep state in 2013 to further the ‘New World Order’. If the CC wants to remain a relevant counter poise to Globalist and governmental totalitarianism, it will need a revolution from the laity to install an orthodox and intelligent true Catholic to the Papacy – like the one we had in Pope Benedict XV before he was deposed by the anti-pope Bergoglio.
An in-depth analysis of Pope Leo XIV
“Overall he seems clearly orthodox on abortion, euthanasia, contraception, LGBT, the appointment of bishops and the ordination of women, while his stance on Communion for the divorced and remarried and priestly celibacy seem difficult to know with certainty. He also appears to hold to an orthodox understanding of the faith, being unchangeable and bishops being mere servants of it. His actual stance on migration appears somewhat moderate as well.”
Pope Francis was part of a criminal cabal intent on reshaping Global Economics and Politics and effacing the old Western traditions and installing the New World Order. There is no doubt that the Argentinian Pope was actively trying to destroy both the Church and European Christian cultural foundations. The Vatican and Churches in every country have almost without exception, accepted, promoted and distributed the false and pre-planned Corona pandemic narrative. Any Priest or Bishop who has not complied has been threatened with both re-education and defrocking.
We can conclude that Bergoglio was not really a Catholic or he was a Catholic who hated most of Catholic history and the institution of the Church as it was constructed just a short while ago under Benedict and John Paul II. But it is not just the support of the Corona Fascism which troubles and deranges. Bergoglio was a disaster on every subject including supporting non-existent climate change, the unfettered Muslim-African invasions of Europe, doing nothing to combat the Muslim Jihad against Christians raging in parts of Africa and Asia, appeasing the Chinese Communist Party by sacrificing Catholics and their rights and freedoms in China, reframing Catholic truths as options, stating that the Catholic Church is only one way to God and maybe not even the truest, emasculating the Catholic mass and getting rid of any who oppose his radicalisation. In short Bergoglio is an anti-Catholic, anti-civilisational Pope.
Bergoglio might well have supported Free Masonry, itself a bizarre anti-Christian Luciferian cult dedicated to ending nation states and Christianity. Whatever the real dynamics emanating from the Vatican, the facts are that the Catholic Church is criminally responsible for being a large and supportive partner in the Corona fascism and its attendant death, injury and destruction. It is likely that 30 million are now dead and injured from just the stabs.
Bergoglio and the Vatican were and are rotted with homosexuality and evil. We witnessed with Bergoglio the end of the Catholic Church as a moral force in the world. God is done and God is now denied. Bergoglio and the Corona cabal wanted a return to the age of Baal (moon deity, evil), or Luciferianism (sun worship, free masonry). An age of Darkness.
The ’Enlightenment’ which informed Bergoglio’s beliefs and materialism leading to ‘humanism’ (or communistic theologies) led us here. The ‘Enlightenment’ demanded only ‘one truth’, ‘one way’, ‘one system’, it screams ‘follow the science’ never asking what does that mean? It rejects free will, free speech, inquiry and reason. In this vein it sets up people to reject truth and reality and view ourselves as Gods. No natural law, no God given rights, no moral purpose, no repercussions. A Godless age is a Rona age. Murdering means saving, stabbing poisons into people against an IFR of 0.15% means health, data fraud is truth, individuality is immoral, freedom is selfish, intolerance is compassion and a ‘pass’ is about health and safety.
Bergoglio desecrated the Catholic Church and sided with evil. He went without God and rejected God and his Church. He demanded we submit to a New World Order premised on flu Fascism and intolerance and evil. This makes him and the Vatican criminal murderers and usurpers.
“When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing – they believe in anything.” – G.K. Chesterton
Genesis 6:5: “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Jeremiah 7:24: “But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.”
Ecclesiastes 1:2: "Vanities of vanities, all is vanity."
Nothing has changed over 2500 years.
And the vanity of being your own God leads to the chaos and evil of this age.
Western Civilisation was not built on tolerance. Christianity is not built on tolerance. Nothing worthwhile is built on tolerance. Only through intolerance, standards, absolutes, confidence and certainty do you build a civilisation.
The Fascist:
The Sinful:
The Government:
Gay/Tranny Fascism:
Fake Science:
Climate Fascism:
Freedom and Thinking:
Muslim Fascism:
Jews:
Evil:
You don’t tolerate and embrace your own destruction. There is nothing in Christianity nor in Western civilisational development where we are obliged to tolerate everything including our own demise. Quite the opposite. We didn’t tolerate the heresies. We didn’t tolerate Islam. We shouldn’t tolerate Jews and their quest for global control. We don’t tolerate plandemics and the murders of people in the G20 over a fake virus. We don’t tolerate the endless wars and money laundering. We don’t tolerate governmental corruption. We don’t bend our knees to the Jew.
It is beyond time to be intolerant.
In the UK, Muslims have raped 1 million White girls over the past 40 years. No one cares.
There are >2000 mosques in the country, up from 3 in 1970.
Sharia Law is found in various parts of the country, better named Sharia barbarism.
In reality Muslims comprise some 10% of the (real) 80 million population, well over 2 million in the Greater London area alone.
Muslims dominate many areas of British life - local politics, institutions, the Police, education, the BBC and other domains of influence.
'Tommy Robinson' branded by the fake news and fake science as a 'fascist' was 'radicalised' when as a teenager his 14 year old cousin was gang raped by Muslims in Luton which is now close to majority Muslim (north of London).
The Muslim UK population will double by 2040 to at least 15 million, probably closer to 20 millions. Most large urban areas, in their 'core' or centers, will be dominated by Muslims.
The UK is committing suicide. As simple as that.
If you are seeking muscular Christianity you need look no further than Tim Dieppe. In his new book, The Challenge of Islam, the head of policy at Christian Concern pulls no punches in confronting probably the greatest problem facing the Church and the country today.
This well-resourced book opens with a stream of statistics forensically illustrating just how rapidly Islam is growing as a social, cultural and political influence in today’s UK.
The statistics tell an alarming tale for our future as a society. At just under 4million in 2021, the Muslim population has grown by 44 per cent in a decade and now constitutes 6.5 per cent of the population. For the past six years Muhammed in its various spellings has been the most popular boys’ name. The average age of the UK population is 40 years whilst the average age of Muslims is 27 and the average age of Christians is 51. It is clear which way the tide is flowing.
The failure of multiculturalism leading to a dangerous lack of integration with its erosion of social cohesion and the rise in cultural tensions is made clear. As well as being harmful to Muslims themselves, holding back as it does the weakest in Islamic communities, the women and children, the lack of Muslim integration poses a significant danger to the wider society.
Worryingly, 3 per cent of Muslims say they support ISIS-style efforts to establish a caliphate. This may seem a small proportion but 3 per cent of 4million equates to 120,000 individuals. At a time when it is not physically possible to monitor all 40,000 known terrorist suspects, 24 per cent of Muslims say they would approve of violence in support of Islam.
There are 85 Sharia courts operating in the UK today, with their bias against women and non-Muslims, and 32 per cent of Muslims support the introduction of Sharia into British law. Nearly a third (31 per cent) think that a man should be allowed to have more than one wife.
The threat to our cherished freedoms inherent in the growth of the Muslim population is a real one. We are losing free speech when it comes to criticism of Islam or even critical examination of its regressive religious practices. Seventy-eight per cent of Muslims say there should be no freedom to publish pictures of Muhammed, while 87 per cent would deny us the freedom to make fun of their prophet. We should not forget the Batley Grammar School teacher who is still in hiding under threat of death for using pictures of Muhammed in a lesson.
This threat to free speech will become more draconian with the governing Labour Party promoting the All Party Parliamentary Group’s (APPG) flawed definition of Islamophobia. This definition has been supported by political parties and councils throughout Britain in an unthinking fit of eagerness to appear compassionate and progressive.
Islam is a religion and not a race, yet the APPG describes critical examination of Islam as a form of racism. This is no slip of the pen. It is so defined to get around Section 29J of the Public Order Act 1986. The Act prohibits racist speech but Section 29J, known as the Waddington Amendment, protects open critical religious discussion, proselytising and even the ridiculing of religion. If Islamophobia is defined as a form of cultural racism, critics of Islam will have no protection in law. As Dieppe reminds us, ‘Striking a Muslim is a crime, debating her religion is a right.’ That right must be defended.
Islam should not be accorded a privileged position in British society. If included in future legislation the APPG’s definition will become in effect a new blasphemy law, one rejected by every other religion in the UK. Most religions such as Christianity welcome open discussion; Islam does not. The APPG definition would also have a serious effect on anti-terror efforts which protect the public.
The Challenge of Islam looks at other aspects of Islam such as Islamic finance. Dieppe questions the oft-spoken claim that ‘Islam is a religion of peace’. He does not argue that most Muslims are not peaceful people. He does, however, make clear that its founder was not a man of peace, its history and spread is marked by violence and its teachings advocate suppression of other religions. There is a chapter on the deep anti-Semitism of Islam in its history and present actions. An ADL survey in 2019 found that 11 per cent of the UK population had anti-Semitic attitudes. Amongst Muslims the figure was 54 per cent.
Perhaps the most alarming aspect of this book is how it reveals the corrosive extent of fear amongst politicians and the media. There is a collective unwillingness to confront the problem and a readiness to cover up and apologise. Our establishment is even willing to sacrifice thousands of vulnerable young girls and women to Muslim rape gangs in order to preserve a non-existent community cohesion.
Dieppe not only criticises Islam, he gives ten pointers to a proper response. These include curbing the operation of Sharia courts, tightening up marriage visa rules, holding police accountable for treating all people equally under the law, robustly defending free speech and reducing overall levels of immigration.
This nation should be unashamedly identified as Christian. This does not mean a nation of Christians, rather accepting that our laws and culture are based on biblical teaching. Who we are as a people is bound up with Christianity; if we reject those ties we are no longer the people we once were and Britain is lost.
This book is important. As Dieppe says in his introduction, ‘At its root, this is a battle for the soul of the nation. It is a battle we cannot afford to lose.’ Christians cannot help but be anti-Islam, which is an utter negation of the Christian faith. That does not mean we should be anti-Muslim. As Dieppe says, ‘Muslims are redeemable, Islam is not.’ The only real antidote to radical Islam is radical Christianity.
One of the great military and medieval inventions was Greek fire. It remains a mystery.
Greek fire was a Byzantine incendiary weapon used from the 7th century onward.1 Greek fire saved Constantinople from Muslim navies many times from the 7th to 12th centuries. This complex technology was crucial in the Byzantine Empire's military successes, particularly in naval battles, where it was deployed to devastating effect against Mahometan ships.2
Key Features and History
Naval Weapon:
Greek fire was most famously used in naval warfare. It was projected from siphon-like tubes mounted on Byzantine warships, allowing them to spray a flammable liquid onto enemy vessels.
This weapon proved particularly effective in defending Constantinople against Arab sieges, notably in the 7th and 8th centuries.
Composition:
The exact composition of Greek fire remains a mystery, and this is why it cannot be replicated today.
Historical accounts suggest it contained a mixture of flammable substances, likely including:
Resin (from pine trees)
Sulfur
Quicklime
Possibly petroleum or naphtha
It is believed that the mixture ignited upon contact with water, making it especially dangerous at sea.
The use of Quicklime would explain the increase of heat when water was added.
Secrecy:
The Byzantines guarded the secret of Greek fire's composition very closely.
The formula was known only to a select few, and it was considered a state secret of the highest importance.
This secrecy contributed to the weapon's mystique and its effectiveness as a psychological deterrent.
Decline:
As the Byzantine Empire declined, the knowledge of Greek fire's composition was eventually lost.
By the later Middle Ages, the weapon was no longer in use.
Modern Attempts at Replication:
Despite numerous attempts by historians and scientists to recreate Greek fire, no one has been able to produce a mixture with the same properties as the original.
While various flammable mixtures have been created, none have matched the reported characteristics of Byzantine Greek fire, particularly its ability to burn on water and its intense heat.
The loss of the exact ratios of the ingredients, and perhaps even some of the ingredients themselves, is the reason it is impossible to recreate.
Sources:
1Wikipedia: Greek Fire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_fire
2Britannica: Greek Fire: https://www.britannica.com/technology/Greek-fire
Adrienne Mayor Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World, 2003
A short and certainly not an exhaustive list of Inventions and Technological Advancements during the medieval era (roughly 500 AD to 1500 AD, though the ‘Renaissance’ itself a Christian-medieval phenomenon, instigated by Byzantium’s decline and the Turkish Jihad, is sometimes and incorrectly considered a separate era from 1400-1550.
Inventions and Technological Advancements (Chronological Order)
Algebra (3rd Century): A powerful mathematical system using symbols to represent numbers and operations was developed (Dionysius, Greeks and Christians in Alexandria, has nothing to do with Muslims)
Bookbinding with Vellum (5th Century): Animal skins were treated to create a durable and smooth writing surface for books and manuscripts.
Astrolabe (Byzantine) (5th Century): This intricate instrument was used by sailors and astronomers to determine latitude and time.
Church Schools (7th Century): Formal institutions of learning were established by the Church to educate clergy and preserve knowledge.
Horse Collar (8th Century): This improved harness allowed horses to pull heavier loads more efficiently, revolutionizing agriculture and transportation.
Stirrup (8th Century): This simple invention provided riders with greater stability and control on horseback, transforming warfare and travel.
Mounted Knight (8th Century): Combining the stirrup and horse collar, the heavily armored mounted knight became a dominant force on the battlefield.
Watermills (Early Medieval): Harnessing the power of water, these mills were used to grind grain, power machinery, and perform other tasks.
3-Field Rotation Farming (Early Medieval, widespread by 9th century): This agricultural technique increased crop yields and improved soil fertility by rotating crops across three fields.
Improved Livestock Breeding (Throughout the period, with significant advancements by the High Middle Ages): Selective breeding practices led to larger, healthier, and more productive livestock.
Clearing of Marshes and Woodlands (Throughout the period, with regional variations): Land was cleared for agriculture and settlement, expanding the areas suitable for human use.
University (12th Century): Centers of higher learning emerged, offering formal education in a variety of subjects and fostering intellectual exchange.
Windmills (12th Century): These structures harnessed wind power to grind grain, pump water, and perform other tasks, particularly in areas with limited water resources.
Flying Buttresses (12th Century, Gothic architecture): These external supports allowed for taller, thinner walls and larger windows in Gothic cathedrals.
Pointed Arches (12th Century, Gothic architecture): This architectural element distributed weight more effectively, allowing for higher ceilings and more open spaces in Gothic buildings.
Stained Glass (Primarily 12th-13th Century, Gothic period): Vibrant colored glass windows were used to illuminate and decorate Gothic cathedrals, depicting religious scenes and stories.
Physics (at Chartres) (13th Century): The study of motion, forces, and energy advanced at the Cathedral School of Chartres, laying the groundwork for later scientific breakthroughs.
Euclid's Elements (translations) (13th Century): This foundational text on geometry was translated into Latin, making its knowledge accessible to European scholars.
Reclaiming the Sea using Windmills (Holland) (13th Century onwards): Windmills were used to pump water and drain land in the Netherlands, creating new agricultural areas and settlements.
Eyeglasses (13th Century): This invention improved vision and quality of life for many, particularly those with age-related vision decline.
Advances in Optics (13th/14th Century onwards): The study of light and vision progressed, leading to improved lenses and optical instruments.
Mechanical clocks (14th Century onwards): Priest Richard of Wallingford in St. Albans built the first mechanical clock in the world.
Shipbuilding Improvements (Throughout the period, with advancements in various centuries): Innovations in ship design and construction led to larger, more seaworthy vessels, enabling longer voyages and increased trade.
Sails and Rigging Improvements (Throughout the period, with advancements in various centuries): More efficient sails and rigging systems improved ship maneuverability and speed.
Blast Furnaces (14th/15th Century): These furnaces produced higher temperatures, enabling the production of stronger and more versatile iron.
Printing Press (1440): Johannes Gutenberg's invention revolutionized communication and knowledge dissemination by enabling the mass production of books.
Astronomical Observatories (16th Century): Dedicated facilities for astronomical observation were established, leading to more accurate measurements and a better understanding of the universe.
Improved Steel (Throughout the period, with advancements in various centuries): Techniques for producing stronger and more durable steel were developed, improving tools, weapons, and construction materials.
Improvements in Medicine (Throughout the period, with advancements in various centuries, eg. The use of willow bark was a development that was used throughout the entire period): Medical knowledge and practices advanced, including the use of herbal remedies, surgical techniques, and the study of anatomy.
We can also add the Jesuits and their great contributions to maths and science.
An incomplete and short list of notable Medieval personalities, inventors, philosophers, scientists, creators and society-changers.
These individuals explored the natural world, pushing the boundaries of scientific knowledge.
Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) (c. 946–1003): A scholar and pope who introduced Arabic numerals and mathematical knowledge to Europe.
Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) (c. 1170–1250): An Italian mathematician who popularized the Hindu-Arabic numeral system and introduced the Fibonacci sequence.
Johannes de Sacrobosco (c. 1195–1256): A scholar who wrote influential works on astronomy and mathematics.
Robert Grosseteste (c. 1175–1253): A bishop and scholar who emphasized the importance of observation and experimentation in science.
Roger Bacon (c. 1214–1294): A Franciscan friar and scientist who advocated for the importance of empirical methods.
Jean Buridan (c. 1300–1358): A philosopher and scientist who developed the concept of impetus, a precursor to the modern concept of inertia.
Nicole Oresme (c. 1320–1382): A bishop and scholar who made contributions to mathematics, physics, and economics.
Members of the Oxford Merton School (14th-century scholars): A group of scholars at Merton College, Oxford, who made significant contributions to mechanics and mathematics.
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642): An Italian astronomer and physicist who made groundbreaking observations with his telescope and supported the heliocentric model of the universe.
Johannes Kepler (1571–1630): A German astronomer who discovered the laws of planetary motion.
Isaac Newton (1643–1727): An English physicist and mathematician who developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
These artists and architects created works of enduring beauty and innovation.
Those involved in the Cathedral School of Chartres: Masters and builders who contributed to the construction and design of Chartres Cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture.
Byzantine mosaicists and icon painters: Anonymous artists who created the stunning mosaics and icons that decorate Byzantine churches.
Cimabue (c. 1240–1302): An Italian painter who bridged the gap between Byzantine and early Renaissance styles.
Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267–1337): An Italian painter and architect who revolutionized painting with his naturalistic style.
James of St. George (Late 13th Century): A master mason and architect who designed several castles in Wales for Edward I.
Caravaggio (1571–1610): An Italian painter known for his dramatic use of light and shadow (tenebrism).
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640): A Flemish painter known for his dynamic Baroque style and grand historical and mythological scenes.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680): An Italian sculptor and architect who was a leading figure in the Baroque movement.
Diego Velázquez (1599–1660): A Spanish painter known for his masterful portraits and realistic depictions of court life.
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c. 1656): An Italian Baroque painter known for her powerful depictions of women from history and mythology.
These figures played crucial roles in the development and preservation of Byzantine Christianity.
John Chrysostom (c. 349–407): Archbishop of Constantinople known for his eloquent sermons and his defense of the poor.
Justinian I (482–565): Byzantine emperor who codified Roman law and oversaw the construction of the Hagia Sophia.
Theodora (c. 500–548): Byzantine empress, wife of Justinian I, known for her influence and her support of women's rights.
Procopius (c. 500–562): A Byzantine historian who wrote about the reign of Justinian I.
John of Damascus (c. 675–749): A monk and theologian who defended the use of icons during the iconoclastic controversy.
Photios I of Constantinople (c. 810–893): Patriarch of Constantinople who played a key role in the Photian Schism.
Michael Psellos (1018–c. 1078): A Byzantine philosopher, historian, and writer.
Anna Comnena (1083–1153): A Byzantine princess and historian who wrote the Alexiad, a history of her father's reign.
Gregory Palamas (c. 1296–1359): A monk and theologian known for his defense of hesychasm, a mystical tradition of prayer.
These intrepid explorers ventured into the unknown, expanding geographical knowledge and establishing new trade routes.
Vikings (9th Century): Scandinavian seafarers who explored and raided across Europe and the North Atlantic.
Bartholomew Diaz (c. 1450–1500): A Portuguese explorer who was the first European to round the southern tip of Africa.
Christopher Columbus (1451–1506): An Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, reaching the Americas.
Vasco da Gama (c. 1460 or 1469–1524): A Portuguese explorer who discovered the sea route to India.
John Cabot (c. 1450–1499): An Italian explorer who explored the coast of North America for England.
Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480–1521): A Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
Jacques Cartier (1491–1557): A French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River and laid claim to Canada for France.
Martin Frobisher (c. 1535–1594): An English explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage.
Francis Drake (c. 1540–1596): An English explorer and privateer who circumnavigated the globe and challenged Spanish dominance at sea.
Henry Hudson (c. 1565–1611): An English explorer who explored parts of North America, including the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
Samuel de Champlain (c. 1567–1635): A French explorer who founded Quebec City and explored the Great Lakes region.
A very short incomplete list of individuals who shaped philosophical and theological thought from the early Middle Ages through the Renaissance.
John Scotus Eriugena (c. 810–877): An Irish philosopher and theologian who integrated Neoplatonism with Christian theology.
Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) (c. 946–1003): A scholar and pope who introduced Arabic numerals and mathematical knowledge to Europe.
William the Conqueror (William of Normandy) (c. 1028–1087): The Duke of Normandy who conquered England in 1066, transforming its political and social landscape.
Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033–1109): A philosopher and theologian known for his ontological argument for the existence of God.
Peter Lombard (c. 1100–1160): A theologian whose Sentences became a standard theological textbook.
Adelard of Bath (12th century): A scholar who translated Arabic scientific works, introducing important knowledge to Europe.
William of Conches (c. 1090–1154): A philosopher and theologian who emphasized the importance of natural philosophy.
Bernard of Chartres (12th century): A philosopher who emphasized the importance of studying the works of past thinkers.
Peter Abelard (1079–1142): A philosopher and theologian known for his dialectical method and controversial love affair with Heloise.
Innocent II (died 1143): A pope who asserted papal authority and dealt with various religious and political conflicts.
Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274): A Dominican friar and theologian who synthesized Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology.
Bishop Siger (Siger of Brabant) (c. 1240–1284): A philosopher who championed Aristotelianism, leading to conflicts with traditional theological views.
William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347): A philosopher known for his principle of parsimony (Ockham's Razor) and his contributions to logic and political thought.
Vincent Ferrer (c. 1350–1419): A Dominican friar and preacher known for his fiery sermons and apocalyptic prophecies.
René Descartes (1596–1650): A philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who is considered the father of modern philosophy.
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556): A Spanish nobleman who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), an influential religious order.
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These writers and poets captured the imagination and chronicled the events of their times.
Gregory of Tours (c. 538–594): A bishop and historian who chronicled the history of the Franks.
Bede (c. 672–735): A monk and historian known as the "Father of English History."
Alcuin of York (c. 735–804): A scholar and advisor to Charlemagne who played a key role in the Carolingian Renaissance.
Beowulf Poet (Unknown, c. 8th–11th century): The anonymous author of the epic poem Beowulf.
Marie de France (c. 12th century): A poet known for her short narrative poems about love and adventure.
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179): A Benedictine abbess, mystic, composer, and writer.
Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321): The author of the Divine Comedy, an epic poem about a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
Petrarch (1304–1374): An Italian poet and scholar who is considered one of the founders of humanism.
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400): The author of the Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by pilgrims on a journey.
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Don Pelayo (c. 685–737): A Visigothic nobleman who initiated the Reconquista in Spain.
Charles Martel (c. 688–741): A Frankish leader who defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours, halting their advance into Europe.
Charlemagne (c. 742–814): King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor who united much of Western Europe.
Alfred the Great (849–899): King of Wessex who defended England against Viking invasions and promoted education and literacy.
Edward the Elder (c. 874–924): King of the Anglo-Saxons who continued his father Alfred's work of unifying England.
Athelstan (c. 894–939): King of the Anglo-Saxons who achieved the first unification of England.
El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar) (c. 1043–1099): A Castilian nobleman and military leader who fought both for and against Christian and Muslim rulers.
William the Conqueror (William of Normandy) (c. 1028–1087): The Duke of Normandy who conquered England in 1066.
Godfrey de Bouillon (c. 1060–1100): A leader of the First Crusade and the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (Baldwin the Leper) (1161–1185): King of Jerusalem who, despite suffering from leprosy, successfully defended his kingdom.
Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199): King of England, known for his military exploits in the Third Crusade.
Saint Louis IX of France (1214–1270): King of France known for his piety and his leadership in the Seventh and Eighth Crusades.
Ferdinand III of Castile and León (1199–1252): King of Castile and León who played a major role in the Reconquista.
Alfonso X of Castile and León (1221–1284): King of Castile and León known for his patronage of learning and the arts.
Edward I of England (1239-1307): King of England who reformed English law and administration and conquered Wales.
Edward III of England (1312-1377): King of England who initiated the Hundred Years' War with France.
Henry V of England (1386-1422): King of England who achieved major victories in the Hundred Years' War.
Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431): A French peasant girl who led French armies to victory in the Hundred Years' War.
Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516): King of Aragon who, with his wife Isabella, unified Spain and sponsored Columbus's voyages.
Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504): Queen of Castile who, with her husband Ferdinand, unified Spain and sponsored Columbus's voyages.
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Benedictines (6th Century, founded by Saint Benedict): A monastic order known for its Rule, which emphasizes prayer, work, and community life.
Cistercians (11th Century, founded by Robert of Molesme): A monastic order that emphasized a simpler and stricter interpretation of the Benedictine Rule.
Carthusians (11th Century, founded by Saint Bruno): A monastic order known for its eremitical lifestyle, with monks living in individual cells.
Premonstratensians (12th Century, founded by Saint Norbert): A monastic order that combines elements of contemplative and active religious life.
Franciscans (13th Century, founded by Saint Francis of Assisi): A mendicant order known for its poverty, preaching, and service to the poor.
Dominicans (13th Century, founded by Saint Dominic): A mendicant order known for its intellectual tradition and its role in combating heresy.
Augustinians (13th Century, various groups unified under Augustinian Rule): A monastic order that follows the Rule of St. Augustine, emphasizing community life and apostolic work.
Jesuits (16th Century, founded by Ignatius of Loyola): A religious order known for its missionary work, education, and intellectual pursuits.
