From the email:

Plagiarizing for money and inflated synthetic ego is a wrong turn in relation to the laws of Cause and Effect (Karma) .

What religion is this person?

Posted by: Eschwapp at December 18, 2005 8:32 PM

"There are forces and repercussions at work that are beyond your present day comprehension.

BE WISE."
Hey Robert:
Have you considered that this message was sent by the devil? I am sure that he can not be very happy with you fighting the spread of his kingdom over the hearts, the bodies and souls of humanity.

The idea of you writing a biography of Mohammed is a matter of cost-benefit analysis. It is a great undertaking that could take month on end of dedicated work. Also, you may need more sources as writer in the English language. For example, you may need certain portions of Islamic sources translated for your own use. I have not yet found an entirely satisfactory translation of an Islamic source. I believe that you may need to have new translations of the works or El-Tabari, Ibn-Hisham, and Ibn Kathir to capture some of the subtle insights into Mohamed’s mind.

Posted by: have_mercy at December 18, 2005 8:47 PM

Eschwapp, as an Indian, I don't see any need for you to pick on the concept of Karma. Taking cheap shots has nothing to do with winning the war on Islamic fanaticism.

Speaking of Karma, has anyone heard the news about Sharon suffering a mild stroke? Well, I hate to pick on a man when he's down, especially given his overall track record. But still, I think this latest turn of events is going to keep Israel out of the fire, even if it still has to stay in the frying pan for some time yet.

With this new twist happening at the last minute, it's going to affect the election outcome. Maybe the man's own body is rebelling against him, just like the body politic.

If Likud wins the elections, then I expect things to heat up diplomatically for Israel in the short term, but get better for the longer term.

Posted by: sanman at December 18, 2005 8:54 PM

Robert's anonymous advisor advises: BE WISE.

It is advice well taken. Write your bio of Mo, Robert, it is a timely and needed subject. But what is really needed is a brutally honest film treatment of the life of the great man -- in all it's gory detail. That the West can barely conceive of such a project, let alone bring it to fruition, is a measure of our defeat.

Imagine what an awesome, fearless act of bravery it would be to depict Mohammad on film! And what an engrossing subject it would be, even as a film that simply dramatized the known facts, that told the truth as accepted by Muslim scholars and documented in their histories.

Were I writing that script it would be an unsparing portrayal of a megalomaniacal fraud -- a man who manipulated, lied, and terrorized for the sake of power. My god, what a wonderful thing it would be to see such a movie come to pass! But no American producer/director/studio has the wisdom, wit, or sheer balls it would take to do such a thing. Not today.

But maybe tomorrow. Write your book, Robert, and keep part of your mind's eye seeing the words you write as action on a screen. Cinema is the great art of our age -- and nothing needs portraying on film so desperately as the life of this monster who murders from beyond the grave.

Books are fine and necessary, but a good film could help drive a stake into Mohammad's heart.

Posted by: Zeno at December 18, 2005 8:55 PM

This person used the word "karma".

A term which explicitly denotes one of Hindu or Buddhist extraction, or both.

However, this person may be a Sikh. A follower of a syncretic religion combining both Islam and Hindu.

Posted by: Eschwapp at December 18, 2005 9:02 PM

sanman says,

"...as an Indian, I don't see any need for you to pick on the concept of Karma. Taking cheap shots has nothing to do with winning the war on Islamic fanaticism."

Where or where did I pick on the concept of Karma?

Read my post again, my friend. Most of it is quoted.

Posted by: Eschwapp at December 18, 2005 9:05 PM

"...as an Indian, I don't see any need for you to pick on the concept of Karma. Taking cheap shots has nothing to do with winning the war on Islamic fanaticism."

I personally find your use of the term karma disturbing as you're picking on slashdot readers :P

Posted by: maobi at December 18, 2005 9:14 PM

Robert,

Don't write it because you can or should, write it because you must.

JP

Posted by: JohnnyUno at December 18, 2005 9:15 PM

Dear Robert
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND WRITE THIS BOOK! Suggest for
title call it 'MOHAMMED : THE ORIGINAL JIHADIST'. A brutally frank expose of Mo's life and investigation of such things as promise of 72
virgins/boys in Allah's Brothel in the sky would be worth all the troops & military hardware U.S has in Iraq - if it makes MUSLIMS THINK. This book is BEGGING to be WRITTEN by ROBERT SPENCER.
Follow your Writer's instinct and don't be put off by threats anonymous or otherwise, criticism,
abuse, controversy or advice from wannabe authors. Even better, I should like to see it as a movie and doing the rounds on the world stage.
All the Best

Posted by: Morgane at December 18, 2005 9:21 PM

I would hope that you could find the time to write a biography of Muhammed. Each biographer of a famous person sheds new light on that character. Perhaps you could write his story, with in-depth detail of his relationships with the women/little girls in his life and his relationships/treatment of those who did not convert to his message, the first dhimmis. Emphasis on these areas of his life might help explain the continued modern, Islamic-sanctioned abuse in the Muslim world of women and non-Muslims. You are an excellent writer and could certainly connect the dots. However, I do have a word of caution. I would love to see an artist's drawing of Muhammed on his wedding day with his six year old bride (in a tiny white hijab??) on the front of the book. But, the book itself may seriously put you and your family in great danger. So, you probably shouldn't have any illustrations of that despicable old man. Take care as you decide about this writing project.

Posted by: maryrose at December 18, 2005 9:26 PM

"A term which explicitly denotes one of Hindu or Buddhist extraction, or both"

---'Karma' word is so used and overused in America !! esp. Hollywood types ! And most of them, if not all, are not Hindus or Buddhists. Karma is a concept similar to the Christian 'You reap as you sow'.

Posted by: lazysusan at December 18, 2005 9:36 PM

I hope you do write this biography. The cause of freedom needs it. Far too many in the West are completely ignorant of the truth about the Prophet. And I think the previous poster Zeno makes an excellent point about keeping the idea of an eventual cinema production in mind. This is an audio-visual world, after all.

I think you know what you're letting yourself into, the forces working to make Islam the law of the world will redouble and retriple their efforts to silence you. Given their track record, I'm afraid anything could happen.

On that score, the threat is real. Be very careful.

Posted by: ProudInfidel at December 18, 2005 9:38 PM

I will certainly read your book on Muhammad. You are a gifted writer who is not afraid of telling the truth to your audience, a rare quality in today's world.

It is true that our world is desperately in need of a balanced and well written book about Muhammad, a strange, yet very influential man who was no prophet of God.

Posted by: Johnathan at December 18, 2005 9:45 PM

Robert,

Write the book. If you do, I promise to buy a copy for all my family members and good friends, who are many. Mel Gibson would probably do the movie for you. He also has no fear.

I also promise to pray that God keeps you safe, starting now and everyday until your last day on earth, or mine. In hard times God always raises up leaders to help us. You are a man for all seasons. Don't be afraid. The person who sent you the veiled threat has no power over you. In the name of Jesus Christ, Satan begone!

Posted by: Isabellathecrusader at December 18, 2005 9:45 PM

"Plagiarizing for money..."
-- from the accusatory and monitory words in the article above

Robert -- have you been "plagiarizing for money"? If so -- and how many ways can one quote from Qur'an, Hadith, and Sira anyway -- you sure had me fooled. Could you let us in on what and where and how, so that some of us could do it as well, by plagiarizing the plagiarizer? Sounds like a touch of enganador enganado quevedesqueria from the Siglo de Oro, so let's call it "The Plagiarist Plagiarized, or El burlador sospechoso."

Posted by: Hugh at December 18, 2005 9:54 PM

If you do write it ,I hope you do it in the style of Dr.Seuss.That'll put their bomb-belts in a twist...

Al-lah I am,
Al-lah I am,
"I do not like The Jews or Ham",
Said Al-lah,
Al-lah I am.

...may all infidels be put in piles naked and laughed at!!

Posted by: anonamustafa at December 18, 2005 9:56 PM

The person praises your work here... It seems more like a warning to me.

Anyway's, anything said about "Mohommed" is heresay and speculation, including from the koran and other texts. There's no proof that he even existed as far as I know.

Posted by: kentim at December 18, 2005 10:08 PM

Anonamustafa,

Oh-my-gosh! You are hilarious!!

And that's another point...if Islam is victorious, none of us will ever smile or laugh again. : (

Posted by: Isabellathecrusader at December 18, 2005 10:19 PM

Robert, I hope this only encourages you with respect to the need for this book to be written. You and the folks at Jihad/Dhimmi Watch, as well as Little Green Footballs and the other anti-jihad sites are in my prayers, for protection against crackpots like the one who wrote that menacingly incoherent threat.

I'll buy the book as fast as you can fire it off the presses.

Posted by: Shinoliite at December 18, 2005 10:31 PM

I'll pray for your safety Robert. Only the truth will help, either good or bad, in shining the light on Islam. In the end, there will be conversion... away from Islam and to Christianity.

Posted by: Conde at December 18, 2005 10:34 PM

Robert,

Please go ahead and write the book. You're a man of courage -- that's evident by your daring efforts so far. But a book on Muhammad would stir up even more rage and hatred from Muslims although I believe that there are many others just waiting to hear the truth. Such a simple word, "truth," -- but so many are afraid of it because it might disturb their written-in-stone world view.

What better incentive to take on any project than to receive a veiled threat and a warning not to do so?

The writer of the warning hints at the supernatural: "much larger than you understand" and "beyond your comprehension." I think he uses these allusions because he knows the garden variety death threats so typical of disgruntled Muslims will be to no avail.

Go for it, Robert. We're behind you all the way.

Posted by: Jen at December 18, 2005 10:41 PM

Robert you must write it. It will change the world by exposing the source of this evil ideology.

Zeno you are so right, a film would the best weapon we might have to fight this war.

If only Mel Gibson would do it.

Posted by: El Cid at December 18, 2005 10:46 PM

Robert: Congratulations on receiving such early "hate mail". When you have accumulated enough of them, you can publish them as yet another book. I suggest the title: "Islam Speaks" (even tho this guy appears to be some other flavor).

Oh, and put me down for a first edition of your biography of Big Mo.

Merry Christmas from the Lone Star State.

Posted by: texan at December 18, 2005 10:46 PM

BTW, plagiarizing for money is probably a bad idea, but plagiarizing for Allah is evidently permitted and encouraged.

Posted by: texan at December 18, 2005 10:50 PM

Robert, by all means ignore the fatwa threatening scumbag who typifies the well-known censorship of Islam.

One of the more ludicrous things about Islam is that its adherents think that they KNOW religion because they discuss it. But they can only parrot it within the closed structural bounds of the Qur'an, Hadith, Sunni etc. This is akin to counting angels on the head of a pin and about as useful.

Because of the closed, fixated nature of Islam the closest they can come to originality and a fresh approach in any area is whether to saw off a victim’s head from the right or the left. This blindness to the invisible bars of their own Islamic prison is their greatest weakness and the true cause of their economic, cultural and now spiritual decay.

Go ahead and write your life story of Muhammad who created in his imagination a God whose orders so closely correlated with his own needs that you would have to be a fool to believe in him.

When you do this, place the Qur’anic sura of the time on the opposite page so that you can illustrate the political or military convenience of them and why not some of the hadith there also?

They are incapable of a fresh look at even their own religion and like their innate fear of women, try to repress what they fear and to persecute those who dare show it in the open..

I regard that note as threat and I would make it known to the police even if this latter is more symbolic than useful.

Remember they have no hesitation in killing anyone anywhere and at any time, if their twisted abortion of a religion can justify it, so be exceptionally careful.

Posted by: Zathras at December 18, 2005 10:51 PM

I have an artist friend who is willing to draw some ideas I have:

Mohammad raping a nine year old girl
Muslims killing Christians, Jew, Hindus, Buddists
Muslims setting bombs
Mohamad cutting off a persons hand
Mohamad raping women
Mohamad stoning women do death
Mohamad and followers gang raping women,,

and then posting them on the internet.

Muslims should really be forced to see what they do, and we should all bear witness to the evil they commit.

Posted by: Tom at December 18, 2005 10:56 PM

Robert,

I'm sure you don't need me to tell you, but please don't take these threats lightly.

I'm confident you won't let such threats alter your aspirations for the future, but I do hope you take care, that you stay on your toes and that you remain vigilant.

We need you.

Posted by: Cornelius at December 18, 2005 11:11 PM

Does anyone remember "All in the Family"?

It was a show about an american working class family during the 60's and 70's dealing with race and bigotry.

Archie Bunker played the bigot, who learned how to change; he learned how many of his attitudes were wrong because his ideas and mindset were confronted by a reality that didn't correspond to his beliefs. When confronted with reality, Archie, (more often than not) chose reality and changed his ideas.

But Islam doesn't do this. It permits no introspection, certainly not through the media. So it has to be provided for them. A biography of Mohamad would be a great starting point.

But we really must have more. Muslims must be made to be ashamed of what they do....it would help a lot in this respect if the MSM would identify Muslims when Muslims commit religious crimes.

How many honnor killings would happen if we had shows on television showing how barbaric honor killings are?

Racism changed in the United States because it could no longer happen in secret. If we wish to stop Muslim violence, it has to be exposed for what it is.

What Muslims do in the name of God is not only barbaric, but irrational.

Posted by: Tom at December 18, 2005 11:15 PM

Another book that needs to be written by someone like Spencer is one about Islamic Spain.

The Delusion of Andalusia, as some model "Golden Age" of tolerance and renaissance -- and, by implication, as evidence that Muslim domination is hunky dory -- is more and more being bandied about by Muslims and PC non-Muslims alike, and it needs to be countered with a book along the lines of Spencer's previous book.

Posted by: Dr. Pepper at December 18, 2005 11:29 PM

Hey , is that email from CAIR ? Robert write the book I'm 100% behind you.You may even shop it around Hollywood to have it made into a screenplay then into a film.For the next book Robert please write a book about Islam for kids ages 6 to 12 to combat the PC whitewash Islam they are told by CAIR and PC multicultural teachers.This fight is intergenerational and it will be long and it will last for generations.

Posted by: RED at December 18, 2005 11:30 PM

Robert,

As a 'good man doing something' you must write the bio on big Mo. Perhaps as part of the PIG series? (Apologies to Edmund Burke!)

We need the truth, not some PC rubbish. Here in Australia, we've been told to avoid the beaches because of muslim-led gangs harassing ordinary citizens...

Someone posted a comment about using the freedom of speech notion to justify the bio. Isn't the mere venture in providing an account of the bloodthirsty Mo enough?

I'm a recent convert to jihadwatch and am making some progress among my liberal-left friends. Maybe the Mo bio (or opposition to it) will help in that progress. BW, MV

Posted by: WineQwaffingInfidel at December 18, 2005 11:31 PM

Writing the book is somthing that, following your last book, would be a great next step.

The movie idea is interesting. If hollywood portrays it as it should, the followers of islam will be outraged. If they take liberty with it and give Mo a "better" light, the followers of islam will be outraged for the pictures of their "leader".

Both projects sound like another needed step, hope they both come to be.

Posted by: Islofob IS-1 at December 18, 2005 11:39 PM

Speaking of movies about Mohammed, a guy made a movie about Mohammed back in the 1970s, and when it premiered in Washington, D.C., a group of Salafi Muslims took a building and dozens of people in it hostage and threatened violence (I believe at least one person was killed or murdered).

Their gripe? They objected to Mohammed being portrayed in film -- even though the film in question did not show Mohammed at all (the director hit on the ingenious idea of making Mohammed the camera so he would never be seen on screen), and even though the film PRAISED Mohammed!!!

Posted by: Dr. Pepper at December 18, 2005 11:48 PM

I definately hope you write the book but I fear you may have trouble getting it published given the highly charged nature of the subject. Anyway good luck and I hope "Old Mo" gets all the truthful exposure that he deserves".

Posted by: gerard150 at December 18, 2005 11:50 PM

I see someone has anticipated me, but here I go because I have some links.

There already has been a movie made on the life of Mohammed. It was originally called
"Mohammed, Messenger of God." It came out in 1976.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074896/
It was since renamed "The Message," probably because of a muslim terrorist hostage
taking that occurred in Washington D.C. when the film opened. The terrorists demanded
that the film cease being shown because they considered it sacraledgious. In Washington, I
believe that was done. I think the film flopped thereafter. This film was intended a s a
straightup "religious adventure story," and was not in anyway a diatribe against
Mohammed. I believe the sacraledge was that Mohammed was portrayed, and Muslims do
not hold with portraying Mohammed in an image.

From a brief google, I have found the most detailed description of the terrorist incident
on (of all places), the Joni Mitchell discussion list.
http://www.jmdl.com/glossary/entry.cfm?id=28
I am not trying to be comedic by linking there.It just happens to have a lot of info for an
old incident. (Probably because it is still fresh in the minds of those who endured it.)

But this one old incident points out what we can reasonably expect of the release of a new
movie that has an unvarnished picture of Mohammed to show the world. And this is
probably why it would never see Narnia-style distribution.

Posted by: Jwatcher at December 19, 2005 12:06 AM

Robert: In our fallen world, the physical and spiritual realms do truly intersect. The spiritual realm is not purely fictional. Contrary to atheist's claims, the spiritual realm is the real thing.

The diabolical realm is not just make believe hocus pocus. It really does exist.

Your writings are in essence a form of spiritual writing that exposes the lies of Islam to our world. The diabolical world, who works through the spiritual forces of Islam in different ways, clealry doesn't want the world to know the truth about God.

You are planning to expose the lies that 1 billion people have about a false prophet, Muhammad.

The diabolical world would rather have 1 billion Muslims believe in the LIE that Muhammad was Allah's final prophet and Jesus Christ was a lesser prophet than Muhammad ( as Muslim's believe).

As a fellow Roman Catholic, I will keep you in my prayers when you write this book. I believe that the form of spiritual writing that you are planning to undertake will bring you closer to the forces of good and evil in the universe.

Posted by: Johnathan at December 19, 2005 12:28 AM

Actually the Film is a good Idea. So many books have been written "A politically incorrect guide to the prophet" would be dangerous to say the least and could backfire under the onslaught of Islamic NGO propaganda.
In the Film of Course Moh cannot be played by any actor ( James Caviezel would have been an ironic choice).
So he does not appear physically , only his "glorious" words are read in arabic with subtitles.
The film must glorify his conquests and show them in gory detail (a la Mel gibson).
The Jews portayed in the classic antisemitic style of hooked nosed misers and the local Christians as mistaken followers of a man so weak he could not even lead his flock into a few defensive massacres of the Romans.
The Islamists will flock to see it and of course it will win the Palme d'or awards in Cannes in the August company of genius Michael Moore and the Palestinian Producers who show "the Human side" of suicide Bombers to the enlightened French elite.
When the Gory scenes of the massacres are shown followed by exaltations to Allah and Islam, the crowds will either cheer or Boo in disgust at the barbarity.
The Film will please everyone. The islamists will praise it for the conquest of the infidel and the Infidels will praise it for pointing out the barbarity of the Islamic conquests.
Hopefull many will then wake up.

Posted by: chevalier de st george at December 19, 2005 12:34 AM

Dr. Pepper,

Great idea on shedding the light on Andalusia. My ancestors suffered under the yoke of Islam in Islamic Spain. Fortunately my forefathers won back the peninsula in the name of our Lord.

Posted by: Conde at December 19, 2005 12:45 AM

"I believe the sacraledge was that Mohammed was portrayed, and Muslims do not hold with portraying Mohammed in an image."

The film, directed by Syrian Muslim director Moustapha Akkad, never showed Mohammed on screen. Muslims, as we all know, tend to be pathologically irrational.

"From a brief google, I have found the most detailed description of the terrorist incident
on (of all places), the Joni Mitchell discussion list."

That's because she wrote a song at the time, Otis and Marlena, in which she sings the refrain, "While Muslims stick up Washington..." -- alluding to that hostage-taking in D.C. in protest of Akkad's film.

I was mistaken in my previous post -- it was not Salafi Muslim who took the building hostage, but, apparently, Hanafi Muslims.

One can read about it by going back to D.C. newspaper archives --

Terrorism: Hanafi Muslim Gunmen, 1977

Washington Post, (Washington, D.C.)
March 10, 1977
March 11, 1977

Washington Star, (Washington, D.C.)
March 10, 1977
March 11, 1977

(Not available on the net without paying money, as far as I know)

Posted by: Dr. Pepper at December 19, 2005 12:51 AM

If you write it, I'll buy it.

Posted by: Beagle at December 19, 2005 12:53 AM

Muslims have no idea how lucky they will be if spencer writes a book about Mohammed. One thing about Spencer that is to me more improtant than anything else about him is he's honest. He'll portray Mohammed honestly. I don't think anyone has ever even considered doing that before. Leave it to Spencer to come up with the right idea and do it right.

I just hope Spencer doesn't decide to write about me. That kind of honesty I can live without.

You always have my vote, Robert.

Posted by: sonofwalker at December 19, 2005 12:58 AM

How about an ambiguous title such as "mohammed, a prophet like no other"? Go for it Robert and watch your back. Remember, Rushdie is still alive and kicking.

Posted by: dms at December 19, 2005 1:29 AM

No mystery to the email...It is new age meets dotage... or dharma meeting karma meeting dharma...or Moriarty or none...or so spake one who owns old camels.

Mr. Spencer, if this is the first threat of the new book, the author serendipitously gave advice you have always followed:

BE WISE.

Your proposed idea of a biography of Mohamed, from what you've written, is wise. For a title, perhaps "A Biography of The Prophet Mohamed, According to Muslims" would do.

Posted by: annakita at December 19, 2005 1:51 AM

Be Wise! Beware! That's just a plain old threat on your life Robert (as I am sure you know). But we are amazed that you have the courage to go on. Here is what we more frightened types would be very interested in: How many such threats do you get, and how many are death threats? Seems to me that if you don't get many it is an indication that many Muslims feel they can safely ignore the stern directives in the Koran to murder anyone who really scores against some of the more outragious things written in that manual from the War God of War Gods.

Posted by: hal at December 19, 2005 2:08 AM

A Biography on Mohound should be called "Out of the Donkey's Ass and into the Mouth of Madness"

However, I would still buy Robert's version and read it openly at Starbucks so that everyone can see a Brown Boy reading Spencer books and enjoying them openly.

-Cheers

Posted by: Gorkhali at December 19, 2005 2:08 AM

A film would be great. Just picture this...

Mohammed is sitting on his horse together with lots of his followers. They are next to a bunch of defenseless villagers (children, old people, and others). Mohammed looks skyward and screams out "ALLAH!!!!!!!!!!", and then he starts cutting down the children and old women with his sword. Every third or fourth victim, he cries out to Allah again. Meanwhile his followers just sit there watching him, whilst repeatedly chanting in unison "Allah Akbar... Allah Akbar... Allah Akbar... etc" There are also some muslim women with him, who make that strange "lo lo lo lo" noise by rapidly moving their tongue in their half-open mouth (like what you see the Palestinian women on TV doing).

For many years I have thought of a great theme for a film called "My Religious Journey", whereby I try out all religions. (1) First is Buddhism, where the film would show me sitting on the ground crosslegged repeatedly chanting, (2) Hinduism, where I would be seen decorating statues with flowers and burning incense, (3) Taoism, where I would be seen in a prayer position just repeatedly chanting in Chinese, (4) Christianity, where I help the homeless etc, (5) Catholic, where I partake of the host and wine, and try to ignore the fact that the priest is a paedophile, (6) Islam, where I am dressed in battle gear carrying a machine gun, and I look at the camera and violently scream into it, "It is all about peace!! It is all about world-peace!!!", and then I let off a burst of machine gun fire...

Hmmm... I wonder how this film would go down?

Posted by: PrinceHarry at December 19, 2005 2:14 AM

"or dharma meeting karma meeting dharma"

Robert's karma will run over that guy's fatwa.

Still, even if that guy is just some New Age looney, it's no reason to take his veiled threat lightly: remember that the anti-Islam gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated by a non-Muslim Leftist animal rights activist who said, afterwards, that he did it because Fortuyn was "hurting Muslim people".

Finally, a word on the Mohammed film: they could use CGI effects to show him riding a flying donkey to Jerusalem.

Posted by: Dr. Pepper at December 19, 2005 2:29 AM

Write it Robert. And once it comes off the best-selling list, make sure you publish it on the internet. The entire world (muslims included) need to hear your message.

Posted by: William The Crusader at December 19, 2005 2:50 AM

always try to be kind..but if you cant be kind
kill the mutther9494948784 that threaten you

Posted by: otterfisher at December 19, 2005 2:59 AM

so the palestinians rejoiced that Sharon had a stroke.. and they handed out candy..i hate palestinians more now than ever//they are sub-human

Posted by: otterfisher at December 19, 2005 3:11 AM

Nothing makes life sweeter than threats. Living a boring life of safety, taking no risks, is a meaningless path of least resistance. On the other hand, watch your six.

Posted by: Beagle at December 19, 2005 3:14 AM

Prince Harry-- that noise you mentioned is called "ululation." Proof that there's a technical term for everything!

I don't know if anyone else noticed the bizzare coincidence the director of the aforementioned film "The Message," Moustapha Akkad, was ultimately a victim of the terrorist massacre in Jordan back in November.

Posted by: Shinoliite at December 19, 2005 3:25 AM

Robert....

if you value your life...DO NOT WRITE THIS BOOK!!!it will make you a target,they will be all out to get you,you will never have another night's decent sleep.Especially as you will have to mention the marriage to a six-year old,and also when he had sex with the girl when she was a nine-year old...
You would be putting your life on the line...and which pulishing company would touch such a book.In saying that,I would buy it!!!!

Posted by: Golgotha Skies at December 19, 2005 4:06 AM

Write the G.D. book Robert, and damn all the muslims trying to subtly threaten you.

Posted by: SnowDawg at December 19, 2005 4:57 AM

Write on
write on, with faith in your heart
and you'll never write alone...

Posted by: islamophobic pride at December 19, 2005 5:13 AM

I think it is impossible to write this book. The prophet's(PBUH) work was put in writing almost 200 years after his heavely abode.

Most of the people who knew him well were killed in battle soon after.

Thereafter there are only stories & fables dedicated to his life & times & deeds. For example, his precise life & unfortunate death dates are not known precisely.

There is already much distortion to his work and ofcourse there is only so much that one can achieve in one lifetime even as a prophet.

Writing such a book would simply add to the distortion, (for example there are much hadith that cannot be trusted....they are based on stories....obviously choosing these will distort) cause more confusion and obviously some resentment.

I think it would actually bring little to the table...Mr Spencer ..........please don't bother.

Posted by: Naseem at December 19, 2005 5:24 AM

Naseem's advising NOT to write the book , absolutely convinces me that Robert MUST write the book.

Sorry Naseem, but you are just too, too transparent.

Posted by: Mike_W at December 19, 2005 6:15 AM

Naseem,

you say "(for example there are much hadith that cannot be trusted...."

What can be trusted about your so-called "prophet"?

Posted by: rocky at December 19, 2005 6:37 AM

There is no alternative. The glove has already been thrown.

To write the book is to say, "No, I will not accept my fate as prescribed by you, Oh sons of Satan. I will not surrender my God given gift of freewill or my birthright of being able to use my brain to think. I do not believe that rape, murder and not controlling my lower nature and instead indulging in my base passions to the detriment of others around me, are family values."

Take courage Robert. And everyone at this site, let's get down on our knees and pray for Robert's safety. If the Rosary could defeat the Moslem navy at the Battle of Lepanto we as a group can surely insure Robert's safety by asking God and the Blessed Mother to protect him. Robert, you do your part and we'll do ours.

Remember that against incredible odds, Jesus Christ sent His followers out to spread the Good News. They faced torture and martyrdom and still managed to convert the whole world. And two thousand years later everyone has heard of Christianity, and it's still going on. And look at what St. Paul and St. Peter went through. They faced imprisonment, shipwreck, beatings, legal problems, and in the end, death. But what are we here for anyway? To fight the good fight, love God and our neighbor while we are here and live happily with Him in the next life. I know I don't need to tell you this...you already know it and wouldn't be considering writing this book if you didn't. But others probably do not know, why you were born at this time in history and what God's mission for you is.

Remember that God never lies, that we know what He says through the Church and through the Bible, that He says you are either for me or against me and that the Truth will set us free. Look at what happened to Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ". Everyone threatened him too, lied about his intentions, lied that the film was anti-semitic, stirred up a hornet's nest of controversy and I believe is now the highest grossing film in the history of film making? And now he can write his own ticket and do whatever he wants. I remember my dad saying that he wouldn't be able to get the film distributed because of the controversy. And I told him not to worry, because God wanted this film to be made and He would bless Mel and protect him. And Mel laughed all the way to the bank and is now free to create any film he likes because he has the money and the power and the support of the people, to do it.

Take comfort in the fact you can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens you. And have no anxiety at all, but through prayer and petition, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that is beyond all understanding will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Go for it, Robert. The people here at Jihad Watch and the angels above got your back.

Posted by: Isabellathecrusader at December 19, 2005 6:53 AM

I have a copy of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam: The Sword of the Prophet" by Serge Trifkovic, copyright 2002, Regina Orthodox Press, Inc., ISBN # 1-928653-11-1. The sub-title is "Islam history, theology, impact on the world."

I don't know if "the Messenger" started out sincere, nor whether the favored angel, Lucifer, did. But if so, both of them seem to have veered off in a similar direction.

OK, so I'm being flip and sarcastic. But a fundamental problem with claims about Muhammad as Messenger is that he changed the message from that of "the new and everlasting Covenant," and I'm quite certain God knows what "everlasting" means.

Posted by: Merry Whitney at December 19, 2005 7:14 AM

"...I'm quite certain God knows what "everlasting" means.

Good one!

Posted by: Isabellathecrusader at December 19, 2005 7:32 AM

Mike_W says "Naseem's advising NOT to write the book , absolutely convinces me that Robert MUST write the book. Sorry Naseem, but you are just too, too transparent".

What does "too too transparent mean"?....I am not standing here representing the muslim community....I am just 1 person giving an opinion....and in my opinion it is not worth writing because it will bring greater confusion.

As an example during the defensive war campaigns which the prophet had to fight and win, a lot of menfolk of the enemy would have been routed leaving their womenfolk vunerble with no means of support or food. Now, we were taught as childern that it was the compassionate side of the prophet (PBUH) that ordered his soldiers to look after the women folk and children to provide food and shelter for the needy.

Unfortunately, the western writer will say NO that this was booty and they were slaves for the solders to do what they wished.

Can you not see in this simple example the confusion that will be caused. It adds no value, Mr. Spencer should spend his valuable time in more fruitful ways ...for example in helping sort out the genuine Hadith.

Posted by: Naseem at December 19, 2005 7:34 AM

Merry Whitney:

Trifkovic's is a superb book. It is linked here at the Book page.

I just want to state that for the record since the person who is writing me in the post here is upset that I would consider writing a book that he thinks has already been written.

Obviously if I thought that the book he has in mind (which is not Trifkovic's) were adequate, I wouldn't be considering writing my own.

Cordially,
Robert Spencer

Posted by: jihadwatch at December 19, 2005 7:39 AM

I would consider writing a book that he thinks has already been written

He may mean this one. http://islamicbookstore.com/b7293.html

Posted by: Granny Weatherwax at December 19, 2005 7:57 AM

Write on, Robert! Write on! Tell the truth and shame the devil (and his false prophet).

Posted by: Bohemond_1069 at December 19, 2005 8:55 AM

Robert, the fact that Mohammed (Pigs Be Upon Him) led 77 military campaigns in the first 10 years of his rule and planned approximately 80 others should be enough to dispel the lie that "Islam is a religion of peace". Compare that with how many military campaigns Jesus lead.

Posted by: Bohemond_1069 at December 19, 2005 9:08 AM

Robert, also the most damaging comments about islam and Mohammed come from muslims themselves, as the headline under this topic which reads: "Bali bomber: "Aren't you aware that the model for us all, the Prophet Mohammed and the four rightful caliphs, undertook to murder infidels as one of their primary activities?"

Posted by: Bohemond_1069 at December 19, 2005 9:17 AM

Robert should absolutely write this book. I will reserve my copies as soon as it's release is anticipated.

Movies are a phenomenal and essential idea - ripe for the web.

And this is probably why it would never see Narnia-style distribution. Posted by: Jwatcher

Surely everyone has heard that Hollywood is grieving the current ticket sales slump. Videos (Pallywood comes to mind)can be viewed online - bypassing any physical threat to large gatherings at theatres. As much as it distresses jihadists and their sympathsizers - they DO NOT control ALL media.

Robert Spencer's website proves just how much impact a website makes in the marketplace of ideas.

Does anyone reading this site buy into the main stream media perception of "violence perpetrated by militants"?

Take advantage of every opportunity to expose this topic at every convenience. Another example is how talented bloggers have given us a wealth of essential reading material with books online - some out of print :

Psychology (Mind) of the Musulman and its author Andre Servier

Islam Undressed

Posted by: justamomof4 at December 19, 2005 9:31 AM

There are many courageous people in this world and you are one of them Robert.

If there was ever a time in the history of the world to write something true about the insideous life of a murderous fanatic - this has got to be that time.

There are many that are with you - probably more than we will ever know.

A good title would be:

Mohammed: Fiend & Foe

Posted by: jimmy at December 19, 2005 11:12 AM

If you write the book, please please please make every possible effort to chronologize the Koran, and set each "revealed" surah within the context in which Mohammed was operating at the moment.

You do that, and Mohammed is exposed for the self-serving fraud that he was, and still is.

PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH PBUH

That the Koran evolved as a series of exigent and pedestrian counermeasures -- and not as a philosophy of life and grace -- is one more proof that Islam is NOT A RELIGION but is instead a sophisticated organized crime ideology.

Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer at December 19, 2005 11:21 AM

Go for it Robert. I think it's a great idea. Take steps to protect yourself and those you love.

I think that it would be interesting to do a bio on Mohammed from the point of view of a military commander and his tactical and strategic methods and goals, and how they are continued to be employed in the current global jihad.

Posted by: panos at December 19, 2005 11:43 AM

Robert,

Write the book and let the chips fall where they may!

Since my first awareness of Jihad & Dhimmi Watch, I have read books written by yourself, Pipes, Ye'or, Fallaci and others. My public library in Sunnyvale has a wonderful program allowing cardmembers to order new books. I have added a good number on the topic to the library's reading list by this method which is better than just purchasing a book and placing it on a shelf at home. So, if you write the book, I'll see to it that the Sunnyale Library has one on its shelves.

By the way, your Politically Incorrect.....is presently on order.

Il Toscano

Posted by: il toscano at December 19, 2005 11:49 AM

Naseem the unembarrasable idiot writes:
"I think it is impossible to write this book. The prophet's(PBUH) work was put in writing almost 200 years after his heavely abode.

Most of the people who knew him well were killed in battle soon after.

Thereafter there are only stories & fables dedicated to his life & times & deeds. For example, his precise life & unfortunate death dates are not known precisely. "

Well then brainiac, if his life is a mystery, then why do you say "PBUH"? You have no idea
what he did, but you praise? Nonsense, you're
a filthy liar, just like the pervert Mo was.

The rest of your apologetics continues with the same nonsense. Well, of course, having murdered
the men, the muslims had to look after the women of the conquered people. Heh heh, nudge, wink.

The Israelis treat "palestinian" murderers better than Mohammad (may he be sodomized by syphilitic camles in hell forever) treated the people he
conquered.

Looking forward to your next book Robert. I'm
sure it will be great. Don't despair fellow
infidels, the word is getting out. But we must
prepare ourselves, because it will be a bloody fight

Posted by: American at December 19, 2005 11:55 AM

Shame on you Nasseem! I thought that Islam was not only the the final religion of god but the perfect and inerrant word of god.

"stories & fables"

Say it isn't so! In one post - you shot your own faith in the foot!

"his precise life & unfortunate death dates are not known precisely"

Ouch!

"there are much hadith that cannot be trusted....they are based on stories"

You just personally implicated some of Islams failings - and you are a Muslim. Is it therefore possible that individuals are murdering in the name of a flawed ideology?

Robert .......... by all means - DO bother and write this book.

Posted by: Quantum Infidel at December 19, 2005 12:52 PM

Go for it Robert! But do be careful. You should also start to consider who should play the lead role of big Mo when the movie is made. Let's make it an international search. Some possibilities:

Omar Sharif

Sean Connery

Yule Brenner (Oh I forgot - he's dead)

Harrison Ford

Charles Bronson

Robert Blake

OJ Simpson

Posted by: GFB at December 19, 2005 4:11 PM

A source for Muslim Spain:

"Christian Martyrs in Muslim Spain"

http://libro.uca.edu/martyrs/martyrs.htm

Christ is the final prophet.

http://foundingforefathers.com/_wsn/page2.html

Posted by: Founding Forefather at December 19, 2005 4:54 PM

RE: In our fallen world, the physical and spiritual realms do truly intersect. The spiritual realm is not purely fictional. Contrary to atheist's claims, the spiritual realm is the real thing.

Yes, Johnathan, what you say is correct. Life is energy and all things spring from the spiritual before manifesting in the physical.

Islam is satanic which can easily be deducted by the behavior of the so-called Prophet Mohammand.

It was also prophesized in the Bible about the behavior of the Arabs (decendents of Ishmael)

"He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers” (Gen. 16:12).)

Posted by: learjet0450 at December 19, 2005 8:13 PM

Robert you should be named "Braveheart" of our times! Not only do you wright excellent books, but
inspire all of us to understand the truths of Islam!
l pray for your safety and your creativity to stay the course!

Posted by: Lulu at December 19, 2005 8:43 PM

Damn American, you were intolerably harsh on Naseem who is an Ahmoudi Muslim, which is persecuted in Pakistan and Bangladesh as heretics (Irtidad) Naseem is misguided, by her beliefs, but isn't or aren't all believers misguided by their beliefs, after all beliefs are articles of faith, and inherently mutually exclusive of other beliefs.

My problem with Naseem, is the same that I have with all believers, she is selective in her praise and criticism..for instance she states that ahadith are unreliable, being written 200 years after Muhammad, but then goes on to quote an ahadith in her rationalization of Muhammad's behavior.

I've run into this before, people of faith, cutting and pasting scriptures and anecdotes as the situation requires to fulfill their own needs, and then interpreting those cut and pastes in light of their own needs and exigencies..

Huntingdon had it almost right, this is a clash of cultures, not civilizations and a culture clash is not won by turning it into a religious war.

Yeh, I know, many will argue that point, but the brute fact is that allies can and should be enlisted on the basis of delineating, hilighting and emphasizing the incompatible values and behaviors of MODERN Islam and the MODERN West, irrespective of religious connotations, eschatology, AND past performance.

The conduct of Muslims in their own lands and societies, is enough in and of itself to condemn Islam as incompatible with western culture, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, not to mention the Islamic attitude towards blood debts, honor killing, women, kaffiri, defilation of kaffir holy books, sites and monuments, etc

The precedent of Muhammad is important, as his self created Recitation (Qur'an) and the Sunnah and Sira are used by Muslims to justify their attitudes and behaviors.

Posted by: Nariz at December 19, 2005 9:14 PM

Right on, Sheik yer'mami. Islam is a death cult, a blood-cult, a violent, barbaric and totalitarian ideology. But it is more. It has a supernatural power and a desperation to destroy at all costs and to win at all costs. It is a scourge, a curse, perhaps a retribution from God. Looked at in this way, we must open our minds to the possibility that this battle will be fought on a supernatural as well as temporal plane. Then the weapons to destroy and overcome it will be different.

Posted by: Isabellathecrusader at December 19, 2005 11:38 PM

Way back in the '50's a movie came out called Mohammed. On the second day I went to see it and it was gone. The person at the ticket office said it was pulled all over the country and no explanation was given and neither was there any mention of why it was pulled in the media, nor even the fact that it was pulled out of the theaters.

Posted by: edwine at December 20, 2005 12:01 AM

Well, what can we Catholics say? We are taught that Allah is just another word for Jesus Christ! The Moslims worship the same God as we do. Surely these people are just trying with all their heart to serve Jesus Christ by his other name, Allah. Seems to me that we Catholics have no choice but to try to refine the real words of Jesus Allah out of the Koran so that people will not follow directions from Jesus that are not really there in that Holy Book, as the Pope has called it I read, but someone needs to tell these young men and women that Allah, the real Allah, did not say these things at all. But who will do the horrible work that God has told the Pope to lay on us? Not anyone on this site for sure! Are there any Catholics posting here? Surely not good ones!

Posted by: hal at December 20, 2005 1:24 AM

Hello Nariz, Hal.

Wow...a couple of good guys on this site...what a wonderful thing to see. Nariz some good observations there. YOU can see why it is impossible to write this book.

No matter how impartial Mr. Spencer tries to be...he cannot ....he will intrepet the material available and make inferences (his opinions if you will) which ofcourse will be different from 1.2billion other people.

Posted by: Naseem at December 20, 2005 4:16 AM

America, thank you so much for your comments. They EXAMPLITY EXACTLY why Mr. Spencer's efforts will be wasted.

You see a stark divide in the intepretation of the same verse read by you and me.

YOU already know in your mind what they mean Just as I do.

SO ....who is Mr. Spencer to covince?

Yermami says "99.9% out of those are submissive slaves of the great Allaballawallah. 70 % are illiterate, stupid and poor, the rest is inbred and degenerate and the women don't count".

I guess that is why you get so pissed off that the muslims will be globally dominant.

Posted by: Naseem at December 20, 2005 6:57 AM

Hal: What can you catholics say?
How about give us more false doctrines to believe in and we'll be right mate. Get with it man - wake up and smell the Jihad in the air.

Posted by: jimmy at December 20, 2005 8:40 AM

Naseem,
The book isn't for mobots like you, but
for the ignorant people who don't yet know
what a depraved fiend it is that you worship.
They probably never gave a second thought about your disgusting cult, but they need to come up
to speed quickly.

Don't worry about the demographic war though
my dear. When the light finally clicks on, and
people realize what's up, we'll reduce the mohammadan infestation very quickly. It's a
pity that it will have to come to that, but it
will. God helped out a bit in Aceh and Pak, but
that'll be nothing.

Posted by: American at December 20, 2005 12:58 PM

Naseem, since Mohammed failed as a prophet to put any prophecies in the Quran, you should read the bible, particularly the New Testament. Islam will not be "globally dominant". Islam will be totally destroyed when it comes against Israel in the valley of Meggido at the battle of Armegeddon.

Posted by: Bohemond_1069 at December 20, 2005 5:55 PM

Hal,

What are you talking about? What Catholic school did you go to?

Allah is not Jesus Christ. Allah is anti-Christ. You can see that if you read the book. You can see that if read the newspaper. And will you tell me how these people are serving Jesus with all their heart? Are you dillusional? These people are not honoring Christ with their lives. They are honoring Satan with their acts of violence, their destruction of the practice of freewill (a gift God gave us, not Allah,) forcing young women into loveless marriages where a husband can starve his wife to death if she ticks him off. Where's the sacrifice for others, where's the turning of the other cheek, where's the doing good to those who hurt you? Where's the love of neighbor? Last night on a post here I looked at a link (sorry, can't remember which post or who posted it,) but there was a picture of three moslem men burying a moslem woman alive who was sobbing her heart out. And right then and there, I realized what the most disturbing aspect of Islam is. There is no mercy. None. Nada.

Jesus said you will know they are Christians by their love. These people don't even come close and what's worse, in their arrogance, they don't think they have to.

In all Christian charity, I have to tell you, please take a reality pill. And don't be judging other Catholics on this site. You don't have the moral clarity to do it.

Posted by: Isabellathecrusader at December 20, 2005 11:25 PM

I am offended by the bombing, the killing, the cutting throats done in the name of Islam !!! The persecution of Buddist, Hindus, Catholics, Protestants, Jewishs,and any person that is persecute and killed...
Where is the outrage of the UN, and the press and why it is not stressed every day on every paper of the free world?
But if someone from Islam is offended by anything, and surely they tend to offend easily, that seems to reach the news. Please can someone enlight me.

Posted by: Dartagnan at December 21, 2005 8:48 AM

The UN is anti Jewish and Christian first and foremost. Arab propaganda controls the UN because the world coverts their oil. The free world cares about offending muslims because they are afraid that Muslims will start bombing and killing more people over here if we don't pacify them.

However there is a wise saying "He who tries to appease the alligator only becomes the last one eaten". Meaning you still get ate up but instead you have time to get yourself ready to die. That parallel is strikingly having an affect in the western world as we speak.

Posted by: QMAX25 at December 21, 2005 3:17 PM