The forbidden history of radical Islam | Raymond Ibrahim

The Brendan O'Neill Show

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🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app: https://www.thetimes.com/radio Raymond Ibrahim – historian and author of Sword and Scimitar – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Brendan and Raymond discuss the inherent radicalism of Islam, Islam’s history of violent conquest, the truth about the Crusades, and why some fears of Islam are justified. Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name's Mark and this is my NHS story. The sensation in my neck was painful all the time.
0:07.3	Once I spoke to my GP, they referred me to my CDC. They got me in very, very quickly.
0:12.1	The amount of pain I went through for something so easy, why hadn't I done this four months before?
0:16.9	The government is opening new community diagnostic centres with many already available 12 hours a day, seven days a week, so the NHS can be there for all of us when we need it. Find your closest one at gov.uk.com slash NHS fit for the future. Available England wide. Everything's so expensive. Going from A to B. Crane prices. Keep going up. Bus there in bag. £11, £16. A meal deal, I won't get one free. Man, I'm gonna be... Have I got my lessons plan? Direct that on before the store.
0:40.2	They're spending too much stress. prices. Keep going up. Bus there in £11. £11.15. A meal deal. I won't get one free. Man, I'm going to be...
0:37.7	Have I got my lessons planned?
0:38.8	Direct that on before the store.
0:40.1	I'm spending too much stress.
0:41.5	One big exprising is this worth it? Just want to think less about money. New government policies are making every day easier. like freezing train fares, which could save some commuters over £300 per year.
0:53.5	This is just one of the ways the UK government is tackling the cost of living.
0:57.5	See more at gov.com. which could save some commuters over £300 per year. This is just one of the ways the UK government is tackling the cost of living.
0:57.5	See more at gov.uk.uk slash cost of living help.
1:01.0	My name is Kathleen and this is my NHS story.
1:04.5	Having a persistent cough is quite socially embarrassing.
1:08.1	So I went to see a respiratory nurse who sent me off for an x-ray at my
1:12.6	local CDC and they were offering Sunday appointments and evening appointments, which was great.
1:16.6	The government is opening new community diagnostic centers, with many already available 12 hours a day, seven days a week,
1:22.6	so the NHS can be there for all of us when we need it. Find your closest one at gov.
1:26.6	.uK slash NHS fit for the future future available England wide. The issue with Islam is this particular religion
1:33.3	has a worldview and expectations of its adherence, its followers, the Muslims, that completely
1:40.2	contradict what Western law and culture and society deem normal.
1:45.0	Jihad. You're supposed to expand Islamic hegemony by force, by violence.
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