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

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.

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)

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

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.

Israel Moves to Disarm Iran

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.

Was Islam’s Ka’ba Always in Mecca?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 June 2025

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Abbasids, Abbasids Revolution, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Abdallah Ibn al-Zubayr, Abraham, Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam, al-Bayt al-Haram, Al-Bukhari, al-huruf al-muqatta’at, Al-Mahdi, Al-Mansur, al-Masjid al-Haram, Al-Naubakht, Al-Saffah, Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya, Al-Tabari, Anastasius of Sinai, Anastasius Sinaita, Angel Gabriel, Angel Yahoel, angelology, angels, Apocalypse of Abraham, Arab conquests, asbab al-nuzul, Baghdad, Black Stone, Byzantines, Byzantium, China, Christianity, Christians, Church Fathers, Church of Saint Lot, Constitution of Medina, Copts, Dan Gibson, Doctrina Jacobi, Dome of the Rock, exegesis, Gawr al-Safi, Gawr as-Safi, Gerald Hawting, Ghassanids, gnostic gospels, Gomorrah, Gospel of Basilides, Gospel of James, Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Hadith, Hagarenes, Hajar al-Aswad, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Prophets, Hijaz, Himyar, House of Wisdom, Huaisheng Mosque, Humayma, Ibn Hisham, Ibn Ishaq, Ibrahim al-Imam, Imam Ali, Imam Husayn, Infancy Gospels, Iran, Ishmaelites, Islam, Islamic Tradition, Israel, Jacob of Edessa, Jews, John of Damascus, John of Sedreh, John the Stylite, John Wansbrough, Jordan, Josephus, Judaism, Kaaba, ka’ba, Kitab al-Amwal, Kitab al-Tarikh wa al-Maghazi, Lakhmids, Late Antiquity, Levant, Lighthouse Mosque, Lot's Cave, Madaba Map, Madaba Mosaic Map, Marwah, Mashallah, Masjid al-Qiblatayn, Mecca, Mhaggraye, monks, monotheism, monotheists, Moses, Mosque of the Two Qiblas, Muawiya, muhajirun, Muhammad al-Ibrahim, mushrikun, Najran Massacre, New Testament, paganism, pagans, Palestine, para-Biblical, Patricia Crone, Persia, Petra, post-Biblical, Prophet Muhammad, Protoevangelium of James, Qibla, Qur’an, Revisionist School of Islamic Studies, Roman Empire, Romans, Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas, Sacred House, Safa, sahaba, Sahifat al-Medina, Saint Lot's Church, Saint Paul, sanctuary, Saracens, Sasanians, Sassanians, Saudi Arabia, Sebeos, sectarian milieu, shari’a, Sirat Rasul Allah, Sodom, Sunna, Tanakh, Teaching of Jacob, The Book About the Origin of the Blessed Mary and the Childhood of the Saviour, The Sacred City, theology, Timothy I, Tom Holland, Torah, Umayyads, umma, Virgin Mary, Yathrib, Zoroastrianism on June 11, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Ahmad al-Shara Met Donald Trump, and the Islamic State is Not Pleased

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abbasids, Abdul Jashari, Abraham Accords, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Qatada al-Albani, Ahmad al-Shara, al-malahim, al-mushrikun, al-Qaeda, al-wala wal-bara, Antisemitism, aqeeda, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Bible, Catholics, Chechnya, China, Dabiq, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, exegesis, foreign fighters, Hadith, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, History, HTS, idolatry, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, isnad, Israel, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jews, jihadists, manhaj, MBS, Millat Ibrahim, monotheism, Muhammad bin Salman, munafiqun, paganism, pagans, Persia, Prophet Muhammad, Protestants, Qur’an, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Roman Empire, Russia, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sahihayn, Saudi Arabia, shari’a, shirk, Sunnis, Syria, Tawhid, theology, TIP, Turkey, Turkistan Islamic Party, Umayyads, Uyghurs, Xhemati Alban on May 30, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Meeting Protestants in Ukraine

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Foreign Travel, Russia and tagged A Jesus Mission, atheism, Austria, Battle of Poltava, Bible, Bolsheviks, Catherine the Great, Cheka, Chekists, Christianity, Cold War, Communism, Crimea, Crimean Khanate, Dnipro, Donald Trump, Donbas, Donetsk, Ekaterina II, Enlightenment, Euromaidan, Evangelical Christianity, George Floyd, Germany, Gleb Kopalin, God, Golden Horde, Greek Catholic Uniates, GRU, Habsburgs, Hezbollah, Hitler-Stalin Pact, Hizballah, humanitarian aid, Ignatius Aphrem II, Igor Pilipyshka, Intelligence, Israel, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews for Jesus, KGB, Kharkiv, Kievan Rus, Kyiv Jewish Messianic Congregation, Latin Christendom, Lebanon, Left-Bank Ukraine, Little Green Men, Luhansk, Maidan Uprising, Mariupol, Mercy House, Minsk I, Minsk II, Mongols, NATO, Nazis, Nicodemites, Orthodox Christianity, Ottoman Empire, Poland, Protestantism, Protestants, Prussia, Reformation, religion, religious persecution, Right-Bank Ukraine, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Save One More Life, Second World War, secularism, siloviki, Soviet Union, spies, Stephen Smith, Syria, Twitch, Ukrainian Cyborgs, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, White Angels, Zaporizhiya on May 28, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

HAMAS Reportedly Admits To Being in Crisis

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Islamic Militancy, Israel and tagged Al-Aqsa Flood, Al-Qassam Brigades, Antisemitism, Asharq al-Awsat, Britain, disinformation, Donald Trump, Europe, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, humanitarian aid, Intelligence, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Resistance Movement, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Izzadeen al-Qassam Brigades, Kataib al-Shahid Izz al-Din al-Qassam, Khan Younis, Khan Yunis, LAF, Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanon, media, misinformation, Mohammad Shabana, Mohammed Sinwar, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Operation GIDEON’S CHARIOTS, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, PLO, political warfare, Qassam Brigades, Rafah Brigade, Saudi Arabia, Simchat Torah pogrom, United Nations, West Bank, Yahya Sinwar on May 24, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Dealing with the Conspiracy Theory that Islamic State “Never” Attacks Israel

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic State Terrorist Attacks, Israel and tagged 2007 Glasgow Airport attack, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Al-Andalus, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda Central, al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, Andalusia, Antisemitism, Arab nationalism, Atiya, Atiya Abd al-Rahman, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, Atiyya, Ayman Ighbariya, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Bayt al-Maqdis, caliphate, Communism, democracy, disinformation, Donald Trump, Fadi Al-Qunbar, Gaza War, HAMAS, Hamid al-Zawi, Ibrahim al-Badri, ideology, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi insurgency, Iraqi Islamic Party, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jamal al-Misrati, Jewish State, jihadism, jihadists, Jordan, Khaled Ighbariya, Lebanese Armed Forces, Mandate Palestine, Mecca, Medina, Mohammed Abu al-Kiyan, Moustapha Akkad, Muslim Brotherhood, Nashat Melhem, October 7 Pogrom, Omar Hadid, Osama bin Laden, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, pan-Arabism, PFLP, PFLP-GC, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, propaganda, radicalism, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, shari’a, Shi’a, Simchat Torah pogrom, Spain, Sunnis, Syria, Taha Falaha, Tanzim al-Qaeda fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, Umar Hadid, Usama bin Laden, USS Ashland, USS Kearsarge, Zionism on May 12, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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