Andrew Bostom has published a thought-provoking and wide-ranging review of my new book, [1] The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) in [2] The American Thinker:

Robert Spencer, a serious student of Islam for the past quarter century, and a devout Catholic, has revived this highly informative, unapologetic genre of writing in four recent books: [3] Islam Unveiled, [4] Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics, [5] Onward Muslim Soldiers, and [6] The Myth of Islamic Tolerance. His fifth, and latest effort, [7] The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) —true to the courageous spirit of the four earlier books—is a didactic, carefully referenced work, written in very accessible language.

Spencer explodes numerous apologetic canards about Islam—both its dogmas, and history—with a witty irreverence that is never mean-spirited, and always well-documented. Recurrent teaching tools the author employs effectively (and humorously) are the “Guess what?” bullets that open each chapter, four variants of text boxes (“Just Like Today”; seminal thinkers on Islam [for eg., John Quincy Adams; see below]; “Muhammad vs. Jesus”; and “A Book You’re Not Supposed to Read”), and the chapter subheading(s), “PC myth(s)”. Spencer’s utilizes these six motifs deftly to educate readers about disturbing, but quintessential truths regarding Islam...

Robert Spencer’s [8] The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) is a very readable, highly informed critique of living Islamic institutions and historical practices incompatible with modern constructs of human rights, and peaceful international relations. One hopes his trenchant observations will motivate the public to cajole media and policymaking elites into initiating a candid discussion of Islam—a discussion these elites have thus far scrupulously avoided. Such unapologetic analysis would facilitate efforts by willing Muslims to force open the “closed circle of Islam”—K.S. Lal’s bleak, but accurate characterization—and engage in the self-criticism of Islam required to eliminate Islamic doctrines that threaten all of humanity—including Muslims themselves.

Watch for Dr. Bostom's superb collection, [9] The Legacy of Jihad, coming soon.