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VFTB 9/11/22: Defenders of the West

On: September 11, 2022

ON THIS DAY in 1683, the king of Poland, John III Sobieski led a cavalry charge that broke a two-month siege, saving Vienna from the army of the Ottoman Empire. Had Vienna fallen, the history of the last 350 years would be very different.Continue Reading

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VFTB 299: Dr. Timothy Furnish – Sects, Lies and the Caliphate

By: Derek

On: January 29, 2016

In: A View From the Bunker, Podcast

Dr. Timothy Furnish, a scholar of Islamic history, discusses his new book Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate: Ten Years of Observations on Islam, and he explains why the goals of the Islamic State are a return to the values of Muslim states prior to the fall of the Ottoman Empire.Continue Reading

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