Robert Spencer’s book on Muhammad is banned because he, Robert Spencer, sets out Qur'anic passages, stories from the Hadith, and the facts of Muhammad's life as they are presented by the most authoritative, early, Muslim biographers. He provides the very facts or "facts" that are presented to Muslims as constituting the life of Muhammad, and devoutly believed, and at times proudly emulated -- for Muhammad is uswa hasana, al-insan al-kamil.
He is banned because he quotes from the canonical texts. He is banned, as he shows clearly in his comments here, because he quotes or refers to hadith in one of the two most authoritative collections of Hadith, the Sahih Bukhari. He is banned, as he shows clearly in his comments, because he quotes or refers to hadith in the other of the two most authoritative collections of Hadith, the Sahih Muslim. He is banned because he dares to quote from some of the most famous commentators on the Qur'an and jurisconsults, and writers on Islam, including Ibn Kathir, Ibn Juzayy, the jurist As-Suyuti, and such modern writers who have had great influence, such as Qutb and Maududi.
And Spencer quotes from General Malik, a Pakistani whose own book on Jihad as the relevant doctrine for the Pakistani military is of such obvious significance, and of such importance for Infidels to understand the living doctrine of Jihad -- as applied by a Muslim general not a thousand years ago, but today, and not in some tiny and remote and insignificant sheikhdom, but in Pakistan, with 150 million people and nuclear weapons. This is a country which has for decades been one of the largest recipients of American military aid, aid which started, incidentally, long before America started to send such aid to Israel (that began only after the 1967 war). Long before that, it was supplying the Pakistani generals with all kinds of things.
So what is Robert Spencer guilty of, and why is he being banned? He is guilty of knowing too much. He is for Pakistan The Man Who Knows Too Much. But, of course, what he knows and attempts to disseminate is what others can also come to know -- and that is why he is engaged in such dissemination. Islam is not a secret; the contents of the texts, and the attitudes and atmospherics to which those texts naturally give rise, are known to hundreds of millions of Muslims. They are discussed openly all over the Muslim lands and among Muslims, on Muslim television stations, in khutbas, in books. Free for all of us to find out about. And we are free, too, to find out about the history of Jihad-conquest, and about the remarkably similar treatment meted out by Muslims to those non-Muslims whose lands they conquered, and whom they subjugated -- when they did not kill or convert them -- by enforcing a status of humiliation, degradation, and physical insecurity.
Many people are now engaged in finding out what Islam is all about -- and it simply cannot be hidden or disguised much longer, no matter how many armstrongs, espositos, akbar-ahmeds, or noah-feldmans (to go from lowest to highest in the hierarchy of apologetics) come along. We can find out what Muslims are taught and what so many of them apparently are perfectly willing to believe about the 1350-year history of Muslim Jihad-conquest and of the subjugation of Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Buddhists, and indeed of every kind of non-Muslim -- a subjugation that across time and space can be shown to have been similar in its effects.
And as more and more Infidels engage in a vast act of auto-didactism, finding out about Islam not vaguely but in detail, they render themselves stonily immune to the apologists and the hissing-snakes of taqiyya (smiling Tariq Ramadan comes slitheringly to mind). For the truth is quite unlike the bush-blair-scott-appleby-new-duranty-times view of Islam. And so we become a danger, an offense, worrisome to Muslim governments and to Hizb ut Tahrir, and to CAIR, and to so many others. But banning Spencer will do little. The book is there. And other books. And what is more, the knowledge of what Islam is all about is contained in the texts of Islam itself, and on the very websites of Muslims who are attempting to disseminate the message of Islam to Muslims, but are unable to keep non-Muslims from eavesdropping on what they say and hearing those recorded sermons, and reading what al-Qaradawai or Sheik al-Azhar Tantawi have written and have said.
No, it's all there. And such knowledge cannot be prevented.
So what exactly did Spencer do? He wrote what Muslims wrote. Or rather, he wrote, "This is what Muslims teach, write, believe." But he did not write as a Muslim, full of admiration and acceptance. He wrote as an Infidel. He is not a Believer. He does not endorse. He does not agree with what he presents. Had that book, had any of Spencer's books, been signed by him as a Muslim convert, had he written about the contents of Islam exactly as he had written, only written as a Believer, approvingly, of the intolerance and inculcated hate, that would have been fine.
It's all, as the Screenwriter's Guild would tell us, in the POV.
Robert Spencer just has the wrong POV.
And now it is time for many others to make the time, in order to become Men Who Know Too Much.
Thank you Robert 'Pandora' Spencer!
The father of lies (iblis) hates to be mocked. They are afraid of the truth.
How can we thank Robert and of course Hugh enough for their contribution to the defence of Western Civilization. I predict Knighthood's in the comming years, but obviously after the Islamic influence/cancer has been vanquished from the Sceptred Isle.
(pending) Sir Spencer & Fitzgerald, I salute you!
I guess you just know way too much, there, Bob.....Remember, to those who are banning you, the TRUTH HURTS!!!!!!!!.....
The truth will set you free.
Are "truth" and "free" part of muslim vocabulary?
He is banned because he dares to quote from some of the most famous commentators on the Qur'an and jurisconsults, and writers on Islam, including Ibn Kathir, Ibn Juzayy, the jurist As-Suyuti, and such modern writers who have had great influence, such as Qutb and Maududi.
He is banned because he is arming his readers with knowledge -- and that is threatening to the mullahs since they will be unable to dupe the critical Westerners with their lies.
Those that remain in their drunken stupor of ignorance regarding mohammand remain so out of political conviction in the sad case of liberals; and out of economic loyalities in the case of the neo-conservatives.
The normal thinking human beings (once unglued from the sports channels) will be gratefully informed.
Congratulations Mr. Spencer, on a job well done!
He is banned because he prints the truth........and simply uses Islams own words....The Muslims should be happy to see their own words......DUHHH.
Objectional material to Islam is always the same. It is objectional because it happens to be true. The fact is, 'the truth hurts'. The unvarnished truth about Mohammad is very painful to those who cling to the delusion that he was the 'perfect man'.
The light of truth, illuminates the true character of Islam, and Its submitters...soon, there will be lots of men who know too much. Allah, the bringer of the dark, cant ban everything forever...The 'light' will soon extinguish him...
No matter what we do, it seems the government is deaf, blind and stupid to the facts of the jihad. I've sent a dozen copies of "Th Truth About Mohammid" and "Islam: What the West Needs to Know" with notes to please read and internalize the information to congress critters and the President but it seems they just blythly go about the usual stupidity. I'm starting to think the gene-pool in DC needs to be chlorinated, badly.
It's a bit too late to whitewash exposes like this, at least for those who have open minds and just want the facts. There is plenty of taboo power and censorship still out there, but it is way too late to stop the questioning regarding Islam or any dogmatic ideology for that matter.
Congratulations to Mr. Spencer for putting the snake oil merchants in Pakistan on the defensive.
km: How can we thank Robert and of course Hugh enough for their contribution to the defence of Western Civilization.
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Hugh writes: "Many people are now engaged in finding out what Islam is all about -- and it simply cannot be hidden or disguised much longer..."
There is still the problem of connecting the dots between
1) the damning data about
a) Islamic texts
b) Islamic history
c) Islamic news (behavior today)
and
2)
a) Islam itself
b) the majority (let alone totality) of Muslims.
We see, time and time again, in our personal encounters as well as in writings and in the news, that for too many people the amount of data that proves sufficient for us Jihad Watchers to have had our epiphany remains insufficient to budge those non-Jihad Watchers from their PC Multiculturalist axiom, whereby:
Islam and the vast majority of Muslims are to remain pristinely innocent of all bad things perpetrated by Muslims, the latter of which are always to be imputed to a "small minority of extremists who are trying to hijack Islam".
With this axiom in place, and with the larger, sociopolitically dominant and mainstream PC Multiculturalist matrix from which that axiom, in turn, derives its sociopolitical prevalance, almost no amount of data will be sufficient to connect the dots between #1 and #2 above -- short of a terrible catastrophe far, far worse and more widespread than 9/11.
Kudos to Robert and Hugh.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is the only tool, which if disseminated far and wide, can wake up this nation, Israel and Western Europe. In addition, knowledge about Islam and Muhammad can help liberate the Muslim from the yoke of Islam.
Unfortunately, too many Muslims - while not being even closet jihadists - refuse to review Islamic scripture ojectively and think independently. They appear to be caught in the 'gravitational pull' of "cultural Islam." I am speaking about peaceful Muslims whom the Qur'an labels as hypocrites.
Robert's comments about why his book is banned in Pakistan - and Hugh's comments - should be forwarded to all of the major TV and cable news outlets as well as all of the major U.S. dailies.
The truth about Islam and Muhammad is imperative to know. It is a case of life and death!
"the hissing-snakes of taqiyya (smiling Tariq Ramadan comes slitheringly to mind)"
Superb use of language imagery.
Of course, Hugh's entire piece is to be commended as is Robert Spencer's untiring effort to awaken the benighted.
S-l-o-w-l-y, ever so slowly, the rock* is being pushed up the steep hill . . .
. . . then over the top . . .
. . . to come crashing down on the writhing mass that threaten our existence.
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*truth
So, when can I expect the Hollywood Blockbuster on Robert and his life? The Man Who Knew Too Much? I don’t think that has been done before. It could be very damaging… let me tell you!
Naughty naughty for exposing Mohammed as a murdering, greedy pedophile and making modern Muslims have to try and deal with this.
Is very amusing the thought of Pakistani thought police reading this book in their musty dusty offices and their eyes getting huge as their brains sprain as they issue "No read Mr. Spencer's book.......and the Koran". lol
allat,
Dar Al Harb. Yep, learned that here. I am still learning/catching up so I know how you feel.
Heres a link to a site run by I believe, Apostates of islam. Very informative and worth the time.
http://www.islam-watch.org/
This is all part of the internet-inspired mass pedagogy to educate humanity about Islam.
Pre-internet, these weighty and idiotic tomes (like the ahadith and Sira) sat on the shelves of "clerics" (so-called religious experts) who could read Arabic and relate learned tales about the fiend Mohammad and other nonsense.
Now, the hadith are grist for the humour mill of izlamophobics.
Never forget: BULLSHIT IS BULLSHIT, BUT THE STUDY OF BULLSHIT IS SCHOLARSHIP.
ROBERT-We commend your "scholarship." It's a dirty job,but somebody's gotta do it.
Many thanks to you Mr. Spencer.
I've personally looked for your book in 4 libraries in my metro area and only found one copy available. The others had "gone missing". So either the Muslims are enforcing a practical ban of their own, or people that need to know love your work.
Ever thought of going on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart?
That I'd like to see.
Keep up the valuable work, and thanks again.
I'm sending my cousin articles about the goings on re. islam, and there are islamic words she doesn't know.
Pls let me know if my list of terms is correct:
koran is the "sacred" book
-PBUH - means "peace be unto him" - after mo's name
kafir is a dirty non-moslem
madrassas- are koranic schools for boys
-taquiya means lies or dissimulation
-jihad is the war against non-moslems
-dhimmi is a submissive non-moslem
-jizya is a tax on non-moslems
-haddith is a verse in the koran
-sura also means verse
-sharia is koranic laws
-mecca is the sacred city in Arabia
-haj is a the annual pilgrimage to mecca
-hijab or burka or abaya is the black robe (trapos=rags) women wear (word depends on which -islamic country they're in)
-halal is something acceptable under islam
-haram is something tabboo
-shaitan is satan
-iblis is satan
-ramadan is the month when moslems fast during the day
-Hafizs’—the Qur’an memorisers
-Allahu Akbar- Great is allah ?
islam means submission
Dar al-Islam are countries under islamic rule
Dar al-Harab - outlaw countries outside islam
tafasir are koranic commentaries
mullahs - a teacher
imam- a cleric
I missed these:
Qibla?
azan
sunni
shi'ah
Are they any other words to know?
Thanks,
From the above article:
kindly tell, what is:
"uswa hasana, al-insan al-kamil."
and "POV"
Tanx
tgusa and zonie kafir - thanks:
Now, fr. one of the posts above, what's a
naji ?
zonie kafir:
"sunni- violent whack job nut case
shi'ah- somewhat heretical violent whack job nut case"
heheheh!
uswa hasana -- the exemplary model of conduct
See 33.21, where the phrase is applied to Muhammad. The same phrase occurs twice more in the Qur'an, applied to Abraham.
al-insan al-kamil -- the Perfect Man
For more on both phrases, simply google. When you run across a few Muslim websites, read around. Be amazed. Be horrified.
Zonie Kafir,
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014763.php#c332359
ROTFL. :)
Hello Zonie Kafir,
Considering the fact that I have not laughed so much in days, I look forward to a brilliant attempt at humor from your side. Thank you, but I think what would make us JWers happy is when they launch some things at islamabad, karachi, hyderabad, lahore and rawalpindi simultaneously. That would take care of a lot of problems worldwide. Have a nice day. :)
P.S. naseem, too.
Hadith? recorded teachings of the prophet mOhammed outside of the Qur'an. P.B.U.H.? Plagued By Unconditional Hate...
Where is Robert Spencer's booked banned. Several people and written in to say they've bought and read the book. WHERE IS IT BANNED ????