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There is No Certainty About the Casualty Numbers in Rwanda

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History and tagged activism, African World War, Allan Stam, Arusha Accords, Bambuti pygmies, Bosnia, Bosnian War, Christian Davenport, Civil War, crimes against humanity, David A. Armstrong II, Democratic Republic of the Congo, disinformation, ethnic war, First Congo War, genocide, Human Rights Watch, Hutu Power, Hutus, IBUKA, Interahamwe, international law, Juvenal Habyarimana, Mobutu Sese Seko, Paul Kagame, propaganda, RPF, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Science, Second Congo War, Soviet Union, statistics, Tutsis, Uganda, United Nations, war crimes, Zaire on July 26, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Surviving HAMAS and Getting the Other Israeli Hostages Out: Omer Shem Tov Speaks

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 25 July 2025

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This entry was posted in British Politics, Islamic Militancy, Israel and tagged Al-Aqsa Flood, Antisemitism, assassination, Eden Ben Zaken, Eliya Cohen, Gaza, HAMAS, Home: Omer Shem Tov Speaks, hostages, IDF, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Israeli Defence Forces, Itay Regev, Jews, Maya Regev, Nova Music Festival, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, Shir Hama’alot, starvation, terrorism, torture, Yoram Zak, Zion on July 25, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

How Much Responsibility Does the Syrian State Have for the Alawi Massacres?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 July 2025

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abu Ahd al-Hamawi, Abu Jaber al-Khattabi, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmed Qurfays, Ahrar al-Sham, Al-Klazyia, al-Qaeda, Alawi coast, Alawis, Alawites, Arza, Baniyas, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Chechens, crimes against humanity, Donald Trump, Efrin, Emmanuel Macron, European Union, felool, felul, foreign fighters, fulul, General Security Service, GSS, Hama, Hamza Division, Hassan Abd al-Ghani, Hassan Abdel Ghani, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Homs, Houla Massacre, HTS, human rights, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Islamists, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jableh, Jaysh al-Ahrar, Jaysh al-Islam, Jaysh al-Izza, jihadism, jihadists, Khattab, Kurds, Latakia, looting, Ministry of Defence, Othman Brigade, pogroms, sectarianism, SNA, SNHR, Sonobar, Sultan Sulayman Shah Brigade, Sultan Suleiman Shah Brigade, Sunnis, Syria, Syrian National Army, Syrian Network for Human Rights, Tartus, TIP, Turkistan Islamic Party, Unit 400, United Nations, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, war crimes on July 17, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Roman Eastern Foederati and Arab Monotheism Before Islam

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Alexander Severus, amici populi Romani, Arabia Petraea, Arabs, ascetics, Aurelian, Balkans, Battle of Adrianople, Bosra, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Chalcedonian, Christianisation, Christianity, Christians, cives, Constantine, Constantine the Great, Council of Chalcedon, Diocletian, Dumat al-Jandal, Eastern Roman Empire, Elagabalus, Emessa, Ethiopia, Fertile Crescent, foederati, Germanic peoples, Germans, Germany, Ghassanids, God, Gothic War, Goths, Great War, Hegra, heresy, Hijaz, Himyar, holy man, Homs, Ioudaismos, Irfan Shahid, Islam, Jerusalem, Jews, Judaism, Kindites, Lakhmid Kingdom, Lakhmids, Late Antiquity, Levant, Limes Orientalis, limitrophe provinces, loca sancta, Marcus Julius Philippus, Mavia, Mawiyya, Mesopotamia, monastics, monks, Monophysites, Monophysitism, Moses, Nabatean Kingdom, Nabateans, Najran, Negev, Nicene Creed, Oriens, orthodoxy, paganism, pagans, Palaestina, Palestine, Palmyra, Palmyrene Empire, Palmyrenes, Persia, Persian Empire, Philip the Arab, plague, Qaryat al-Faw, Queen of the Tanukh, Qur’an, Rhine, Romaioi, Roman Empire, Roman Republic, Romanisation, Romanitas, Romans, Saint Simeon, Salihids, Sasanians, Semitic people, Severus Alexander, Sinai, Syria, Tanukhids, Theodosius I, Valens, Western Roman Empire, Yemen on July 5, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

No Name, No Past, No Trace: The Strange Case of “Peter Bergmann”

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Australia, Londonderry, mystery, Northern Ireland, Peter Bergmann, Republic of Ireland, Rosses Point, Sligo, Somerton Man, true crime, United Kingdom on July 3, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Assessing the Historicity of Abu Bakr, Islam’s First Caliph

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Abd al-Malik, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Abd al-Razzaq al-San’ani, Abraham, Abu Bakr, Arab conquests, Battle of Ajnadayn, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Christianity, Christians, Doctrina Jacobi, Doctrina Jacobi Nuper Baptizati, Early Islam, exegesis, Hadith, Holy Land, Imam Ali, Ioudaismos, Ishmaelites, Islam, Islamic Tradition, Israel, Jews, John of Damascus, Ka'ba, Kaaba, Levant, Millat Ibrahim, Moses, Muawiya, Musa, Musannaf, Palaestina, Palestine, Persian Empire, Promised Land, Prophet Muhammad, Qur'an, Rashidun Caliph, Roman Empire, Roman Syria, Sebeos, Syria, Syriac, Teaching of Jacob, The Secrets of Rabbi Simon ben Yohai, theology, Thomas the Presbyter, ulema, Umar I, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Umar II, Uthman, Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, Zayd ibn Thabit on July 1, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Review: “The Sacred City” (2016)

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 June 2025

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This entry was posted in Film Review, History of Islam and tagged Abbasid Revolution, Abbasids, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Abd al-Malik, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, Abu al-Faraj, Adur Gushnasp, Aeneid, al-Bayt al-Haram, al-Masjid al-Haram, Al-Muwahhidun, Al-Qifti, Al-Tabari, Almohads, Amr ibn al-As, Arab Empire, Bakka, Banu Qurayza, Battle of Yamama, Becca, Bible, Christianity, Christians, Constantine the Great, Dan Gibson, Emperor Constantine, Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimids, Gethsemane, Golgotha, Gregory Bar Hebraeus, Hadith, Hebrew Bible, Hijaz, Holy Land, Iberia, Ioudaismos, Ishmaelites, ISIS, Islam, Islamic extremism, Islamic history, Islamic State, Islamic Tradition, Ismailis, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jews, Kaaba, ka’ba, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Kufa, Library of Alexandria, Livy, Mecca, Medina, Millat Ibrahim, Minha, Mongols, monotheism, myth, Ottoman Empire, pagan temples, paganism, pagans, Petra, Prophet Muhammad, Qibla, Qur’an, Rashidun Caliph, Revisionist School of Islamic Studies, Ridda Wars, Romulus and Remus, Sacred House, Sacred Place of Prostration, Saint Paul, Saladin, Saudi Arabia, Second Fitna, Spain, Syriac Orthodox Church, Tanakh, Tarikh al-Hukama, The Sacred City, Umar I, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyads, Virgil, Wahhabis, Wahhabism, Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrians on June 26, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

America Shows There Is No Need To Fear Iran

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 June 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Iran Deal and tagged bunker busters, centrifuges, Donald Trump, Fordow, Iran, Isfahan, Islamic imperialism, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Islamism, Israel, missile programs, missiles, Natanz, nuclear weapons, terrorism, Tomahawk cruise missiles, United States, uranium enrichment on June 22, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Has Alternative Suggestions for the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah. It’s Jihad.

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 June 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abraham, al-Bayt al-Ateeq, al-Bayt al-Atiq, al-Bayt al-Haram, Al-Bukhari, al-Masjid al-Aqsa, al-Masjid al-Haram, al-Naba, Arab Empire, Bakka, Bayt al-Maqdis, caliphate, Dhul Hijjah, Eid al-Adha, hajj, House of God, Inviolable House, Iraq, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Jerusalem, jihad, jihadism, John Wansbrough, Kaaba, ka’ba, Mecca, Millay Ibrahim, mujahideen, Muslims, Prophet Muhammad, Qur’an, Sacred House, Saudi Arabia, shari’a, Sunna, Sunnah, Syria, taqwa, tawaf, Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah, terrorism, Yawm al-Arafah on June 16, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Moves to Disarm Iran

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 13 June 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Iran Deal and tagged anticipatory self-defence, ballistic missile program, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Europe, Fordow, Gaza War, Gholamali Rashid, Hossein Salami, Intelligence, international law, Iran, IRGC, Isfahan, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Mohammad Bagheri, MOSSAD, Natanz, nuclear weapons, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Operation RISING LION, pre-emptive war, preventive war, terrorism on June 13, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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