This morning I received an email from a woman named Sharissa who, several years ago, called for one of my books to be “torched” — whereupon I offered to see if she could get a bulk rate on multiple copies, which she could torch to her heart’s content. The email said:
A few years ago there was a blog entry written about me. It is erroneous and slanderous. I indeed took a picture of your (Robert Spencer’s) book and said it should be burned. It was a joke, however I deleted the tweet shortly thereafter. I jokingly said the book should be burned (I definitely wasn’t referring to any human being!) because it was in wake of a time period here in the US when there were at least two different Qur’an burnings within a short amount of time.
Obviously you’re no stranger to Islamophobia and neither am I. Yes, I am Muslim. However, I do not wish to inflict violence on anyone. As someone who commented on your post mentioned – I’m a peaceful person. It’s slanderous to say otherwise. I could careless what you (Robert Spencer) or the website you write for says – As long as you leave my name and face out of it.
I am sure you understand my grievance. I would hate to have to have my attorney write a cease and desist letter to you. It is far simpler if the post is simply removed.
Slanderous? Quoting someone is slandering her? Under Sharia, it could be: in Islamic law slander is not spreading falsehoods about someone, but speaking even truths that one dislikes being spoken: “Slander (ghiba) means to mention anything concerning a person that he would dislike, whether about his body, religion, everyday life, self, disposition, property, son, father, wife, servant, turban, garment, gait, movements, smiling, dissoluteness, frowning, cheerfulness, or anything else connected with him.” (‘Umdat al-Salik, r2.2) Note that it doesn’t say anything about these “disliked” statements having to be false.
Anyway, Sharissa now says, over three years later, that she was joking, and therefore I should take the “slanderous post” down. “I’m a peaceful person,” she says, “It’s slanderous to say otherwise” — but of course I didn’t say otherwise. And she says she was joking. Very well. She was joking. But “erroneous and slanderous” to quote her? Since she threatened to get her attorney to write a cease and desist letter (that would be something to see), I ran her email by my own attorney. He responded: “Her threat to have her lawyer demand anything of you is, per your lawyer, David Yerushalmi, just more of the same mentality: burn books; demand that a truthful blog at Jihad Watch be pulled. Pathetic.”
Indeed. Islamic supremacists can’t stand discussion, debate, criticism, or honest exploration of how Islamic texts and teachings incite adherents to hatred and violence. This is one small example of that mentality.
Here is the original Jihad Watch post in question, which you can find here:
Jihad Watch reader James sends me this gem from “riss’s photos” at Plixi.com. I am thoroughly honored by Rissa’s declaration, and invite her to go through with it; in fact, if she would like to burn copies of my book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran in bulk, I will contact Regnery Publishing on Monday and see if I can get them for her at a special discount rate.
And I promise that if she does torch The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran, whether one copy or many, I will not riot, I will not kill any innocent people (or any guilty ones, for that matter), and I will not demand that her freedom of speech be curtailed. Rissa, you have my solemn word on all that.

Jørgen Moisejeff Berg says
Offer her to buy in bulk at a discount – priceless!!
AnneCrockett says
How dare you quote her!!!
somehistory says
For muslims like her: everything is *lawful* for them, nothing is lawful for anyone else. She can write, say or publish anything that pleases her, any desires she has and to her, it is all okay…a *joke* if being serious might put her in a poor light…although anyone can tell, it was not meant to be a *joke.*
But when the ping pong ball comes back to her, and is in any way displeasing, then it’s time for a lawyer to be called because, well, any infidel that responds to her *joke* in a way she doesn’t like just needs to *cease and desist*…because, by-cracky, she’s muslim and islam says they are supreme.
If she can’t stand the heat, she should get out of the kitchen.
EYESOPEN says
You hit the nail on the head “somehistory”.
Baethan says
So, she’s a liberal?
BlueRaven says
I made two attempt to logon were revoked.
I thought women were not allowed to come out to play with the big boyz in Islam. Obviously, Jihad is Jihad, even the five years old children are used as human shields. What a bunch of pathetic lot Islam turns humans into.
jihad3tracker says
Yes, BlueRaven, Sharissa’s ( “rissa” ) Plixi.com page — specified above in Robert’s remarks — seems to be unavailable currently ( 5:20 Eastern time ) .
It will be amusing to learn what is actually happening in a quaint little town known as Panicville — that is a just off Allah’s Highway 101.
Sam says
I am from Turkey and I am telling you that you can not have a civil conversation with a muslim or muslima. If a person had just a bit of critical thinking ability, he/she could not be a muslim anyhow.
Richie says
once again, a Muslim cries victim
R Cole says
They should accept trying to take over the whole world – for Islam – would not be an easy matter. And that lot of people might talk a lot about what it is you intend on doing.
She says:
In short – Islamic practice is largely based on grievance – with the rest of the world.
duh_swami says
Ignorance of the joke is no excuse. Everyone knows there are no jokes in Islam.
Joking around is a form of having fun when you should be praying. You know what the Ayatollah said about fun…
Salah says
The best weapon against a Supremacist is HUMILIATION.
In the case of Islam, all we need to do is to quote its “holy” books.
e.g. Muhammad the prophet of Islam used to wear women’s clothing!
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/03/transvestite-muhammad-mahomet-le.html
Sovereign Man says
“Islam is a peaceful religion, and if you say otherwise, we will cut off yer head!” -Muslims everywhere
Billy Z says
Why are you acting like such a bully? This is just some random girl in Texas on the internet. Didn’t your parents teach you not to pick on girls? What did she do other than ask you to take the post about her down? Yet, you make a blog post about it? Do you seriously have no bigger fish to fry other than picking on a little girl? What an absolute tool you are, sir.
voegelinian says
If the Muslima weren’t a member of an international ideology of religiously fanatical hatred and supremacism that threatens the free world and has already perpetrated thousands of terror attacks around the world including inside the West in this present century (with that trend only getting worse) — an ideology which these links provided by a helpful JW commenter in the original article show the Muslima zealously endorses (if, that is, you have the mental pencil to connect the dots) — I may entertain agreeing with you.
voegelinian says
An example from that helpful JW commenter’s links, these tweets from Sharissa:
> Israeli hitlist includes #Vittorio Arrigoni [Twitter]
> Zionist special forces killed him after Juliano Khamis in Jenin RIP Vittorio Arrigoni [Twitter]
Sharissa is here publicly fomenting the viciously paranoid (but of course typically Islamic/Leftist) conspiracy theory that Israel was responsible for the brutal torture and execution of pro-Palestinian Leftard Vittorio Arrigoni. As this story from the mainstream UK newspaper the Daily Mail shows, Arrigoni’s torture and execution in fact was perpetrated by a splinter cell of jihadists in Gaza with a history of internecine quarrels with Hamas (yet more evidence, incidentally, to add to the slowly growing mountain of data indicating that Islamic fanaticism is rife with violent internal dissension which we must reasonably suppose is primarily caused by the centrifugally fanatical disease at the heart of Islam). The splinter cell, so the Daily Mail tells us, “call themselves Monotheism and Holy War” (no doubt an English rendering of something like “Tawheed-wa-Jihad” or some bloody thing).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377182/Vittorio-Arrigoni-Kidnapped-peace-activist-pictured-YouTube-dead-Gaza.html
duh_swami says
Haha, you never pull any punches…POW right in the kisser…+++
EYESOPEN says
Right on.
duh_swami says
@ bill z…Well, I don’t know about you, and I can’t speak for Robert or JW commenters, but I like picking on innocent little girls, especially if they are Muslimahs.
You got a problem with that?
Olivia says
You make a very good point, Billy Z. Robert seems to have nothing better to do than pick on a girl who has no “jihadist” ties. It’s disturbing…
ecosse1314 says
Olivia you obviously are very easily disturbed. I would avoid these websites and sharp objects in future.
Western Canadian says
Have you nothing better to do than make a fool out of yourself??
Mirren10 says
” What did she do other than ask you to take the post about her down?”
You must be a mohammedan, since you don’t comprehend what you read.
This stupid bint said:
”I am sure you understand my grievance. I would hate to have to have my attorney write a cease and desist letter to you. It is far simpler if the post is simply removed.”
Her ‘grievance’ is she was quoted verbatim. Her *threat* is to start legal action unless the post is removed.
So, let’s see; first of all, she is objecting to being quoted, from what she wrote on the internet, and what she admits to. She thinks (an oxymoron) that her ‘grievance’ entitles her to start legal proceedings against Robert, even though she admits she did post the comment.
But this ‘legal’ threat will be withdrawn provided censorship takes place, and ”the post is simply removed.”
Yep. On all three counts, she’s a typical mohammedan, and you’re an idiot. Yes, I know, oxymoron *again*. 🙂
Myxlplik says
I wonder if she will get banned from the UK, for hurting feelings?
Probably not, none of us will froth at the mouth in regards to a book burning.
Perhaps, she would like to articulate what exactly it is she disagrees with, civil discourse might solve more problems that torching books.
Steffen Larsen says
I quite like this one:
“Yes, I am Muslim. However, I do not wish to inflict violence on anyone.”
mortimer says
“I do not wish to inflict violence on anyone. As someone who commented on your post mentioned – I’m a peaceful person. It’s slanderous to say otherwise.”
If she doesn’t want to fight the disbelievers, she is not imitating Mohammed and disobeying Allah. So she is not a practicing Muslim. She is an apostate (MUNAFIQ) who should be hunted by the jihadists and executed by them.
Munafiqs are the FIRST TARGET OF JIHADISTS, Sharissa. YOU are the first target of the jihadists!
mortimer says
People who burn books, will soon burn people. Sharissa, that is what your co-religionists have done and are doing. Mohammed wanted to burn MUNAFIQS in their homes.
Sounder says
If she takes legal action, you would have to quote her again, in court. LOL!!!
Zebo says
she wanted to burn some books because ” in that period of time there were two quran burning”??!!
I wonder how many dozens churches were destroyed in exakt the same period of time and how many christians were killed by the religion of poos .
But i’m pretty sure this muslim lady doesn’t give a sh!t about that.
RJ says
Years ago a friend just back from Iraq said that Muslims were some of the most stupid people he had ever met. I didn’t believe him then, but over the years seeing what the Muslims do and say. now I believe my friend.
Who in the world would willingly belong to such an idiotic thing as Islam except juvenile man/boys that think the world picks on them and want revenge for it? Listening to them or reading their comments is so back assed stupid, it’s amazing they really don’t want to school themselves and stay ignorant except for their appointed leaders. Amazing and in the 21st century!
The Buffster says
“Yes, I am Muslim. However, I do not wish to inflict violence on anyone. As someone who commented on your post mentioned – I’m a peaceful person. It’s slanderous to say otherwise.”
I don’t see where Robert Spencer said otherwise in his post. He did say that *he* wouldn’t riot, etc., if she burned his book. But that was in reference to those Muslims who do riot and kill when a non-Muslim burns a Koran or draws Mohammad cartoons, etc. That was not in reference to her, personally.
And how the heck can anyone tell that she was “joking” from her post? If a non-Muslim said the same thing about the Koran, would she take it as a joke?
There’s no slander and no twisting of her comment.
When you put something out in Cyberspace, you should expect to be quoted and argued with elsewhere. And when there is no misrepresentation of what was posted, there is no justified grievance.
duh_swami says
She won’t sue…No lawyer would take her case. Even if she won, the reward would not be big enough to cover lawyer and court expenses. She’s simply trying to terrify Robert by innuendo’s of legal action…I don’t think it’s working.
Raymond Hietapakka says
No surprising, considering we’re dealing with those who are innately stupid, as reflected by their personal choices and beliefs.
Michael says
F her and the carpet she rode in on.. will she sook to CAIR the terrorist organisation now also ? maybe they will fund her case lol
Truth is the enemy of Islam and we have that on our side backed up by facts 🙂
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Yes, I am Muslim. However, I do not wish to inflict violence on anyone.
Then you’re not much of a Moslem. In fact, by Sharia Law, you should be buried up to your haid and stoned to death with small stones for your blasphemy. Cuz when you take violence outta Islam, what you got is an empty husk. Like they say on the TV commercials: everybody knows that.
I am sure you understand my grievance. I would hate to have to have my attorney write a cease and desist letter to you. It is far simpler if the post is simply removed.
Yes, you are a Moslem.
Ayatrollah says
Maybe one of us will riot if she burns the book? I will try to control my anger.
Georg says
HI SHARISSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Accountability’s rough, eh? I’ll buy you a copy if you want.
John says
Check this book:
H. Kettani (2014). The World Muslim Population, History & Prospect. Singapore: Research Publishing.
http://rpsonline.com.sg/rpsweb/9789810772444.html
gravenimage says
Muslima who called for burning of Robert Spencer book threatens legal action over Spencer quoting her
……………………………
Another Muslim who believes that the civilized West enforces Shari’ah—or who wants *us* to believe it.
As noted, “slander” in Islam is anything a pious Muslim doesn’t want criticized or made public—never mind that it is true. But then, what has Islam ever cared for the truth?
Edward Coke says
TRANSLATION: I tried five different lawyers but none of them wanted to risk their reputation on an unstable Muslima like me.
However, my post is now causing problems at the government office where I work. My Muslim friends from MSA days told me to try a little bluster and intimidation – works like a charm on 99% of kufars.
Know Thy Enemy says
A 3 year old blog post talking about torching a book is causing problems at work? That too government work?? That too to a follower of government’s most favored religion?? I have hard time believing it….. unless…
….. Unless it is because the word “Koran” appears on the book (in the picture), and the obozos at the government office, or university, are too dumb to read the book’s complete title or to make sense of exactly how her twitter comment is related to the book.
Sharissa, THIS is what happens when you turn a blind eye to Leftists and Islamists’ takeover of government and universities! Hope you learn something valuable out of this, but I doubt it since prophet Muhammad said Muslimahs are deficient in intelligence. And the prophet(s.a.w) can’t be wrong, can he?
Adrian says
“Yes, I am Muslim. However, I do not wish to inflict violence on anyone.”
Odd, though, we never hear people saying “Yes, I am a Christian. However I do not wish to inflict violence on anyone”, or “Yes, I am a Buddhist. However I do not…” or “Yes I am a Hindu. However…” or “Yes, I am a Jew. However…” It seems only Moslems feel the need to put that epithet after stating their religious affiliation. I wonder why?
sidney penny says
Riyaad Abdul-Quayuum wrote:
“That you don’t gain credibility by bashing or speaking negatively about your “competition”.”
That is exactly what the Koran does.( in fact more than bashing or speaking negatively about other religions)
http://voiceofdharma.org/books/tcqp/chii4.htm
“4-The Book incites violence, disturbs public tranquility, promotes, on ground of religion, feelings of enmity, hatred and ill-will between different religious communities and insults other religions or religious beliefs of other communities in India.
5-The Book has verses which preached cruelty, incited violence and disturbed public tranquility.
6-The Book insults other religions or religious beliefs of other communities in India.
7 While the Koran abounds with saying which incite violence, insult the religious beliefs of other communities and even exhort the Muslims to kill and murder non-Muslims, the problem is aggravated by yet another fact which has been true in the past and is universally true in our own times that unlike other communities Muslims are, and even fresh converts tend to become, highly orthodox people and follow the sayings of the book with a fanatical zeal with the result that whichever country has their sizable number amongst its population can never have peace on its soil.
8. The offending expressions contained in the Koran and quoted in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 above are not so offensive in their translation in which they are so quoted as they are in the original verses in Arabic or in Urdu, the very sound of whose inimitable symphony not only sends the Muslims to tears and ecstasy but arouses in them the worst communal passions and religious fanaticism which have manifested themselves in murder, slaughter, loot, arson, rape and destruction or desecration of holy places in historical times as also in contemporary period not only in India but almost all over the world.
http://voiceofdharma.org/books/tcqp/chii4.htm
PatnCats says
I bet missy here loves to hide herself inside her burka – the black gag bag – or perhaps that particular shade of blue used in Afghan-jihad-land when the Taliban would line the women up in that soccer stadium and shoot them in the back of the head. That’ll teach those uppity Afghan women to demand medical care, jobs as doctors to treat the sick and injured, equal rights not to have a 3 year old little boy follow them to vouch for their ‘modesty and honor.’ No driving either! No music, no singing, no alcohol, no bell ringing, no dogs, no pork fritters, no fun, no anything but what that psychopathic Mohamm decided what was good for him and his followers is good for the rest of us – or we’ll die MAKING YOU DO WHAT WE WANT YOU TO!
Good Lord.
Then missy here can strutt her nijad-clad ass around the mall watching the reactions of us Infidels recoil in horror wondering when the mall will blow up.
albert says
AT Riyaad Abdul-Quayuum
Set aside the persecution,torture, rapes, murders, beheadings, restoration of slavery, crucifixtions, demands for jizhya, misogyny and all connected to Islam, how could you believe that Mohammed flew to the moon on a winged horse, call me a sceptic but if someone told me such a story I’d call him a bullsh*tter.
Huck Folder says
But, as a ‘lady’ is she not a ‘cowshitter’?
xxxChurch says
Dear Robert Spencer ,as you probably already know :
Ayatolla Khomeini said :
” An Islamic regime must be serious in every field .
There are no jokes in Islam
There is no humour in Islam
There is no fun in Islam ”
He however qualifies this statement concerning fun in Islam with this later insight :
” A man can have sex with animals such as sheep ,cows ,camels
and so on . However he should kill the animal after he has orgasm .
He should not sell the meat to the people of his own village ,however ,
selling the meat to the next door village should be fine ”
The Ayatollah obviously was a serious but under all of his blackness , a very, very funny guy ,who love to joke with his neighbors . My question was the meat ” Halal ” ?
But I am still a little confused …. perhaps Ms Sharissa’s criticism and threat of legal action against you is all just part of the broad sense of humor which is contained in Islam …but you and I are missing ?
This was again seen when you were chatting with that fun pair Anjem Chodary and Abu Izzadeen and you described them as ” marvelously pleasant people ” Anjem managed a smile … well almost .
david says
I am from Brazil, where jokes abound, regarding everything. To my surprise, I discovered that my Arab friends had no sense of humor, or understood what humor was all about. Many years ago, when the British first came out with the song “Don’t cry for me Argentina”, a diplomat from an Islamic country speaking with me stated that Brazil should break relations with England, because the English were making fun of Eva Peron! I had to explain to him that Eva Peron was an Argentinian, and not Brazilian. Furthermore, that in Brazil people made jokes about Eva Peron, all of the time, just as we made fun of our own presidents, and their wives. He didn’t understand it, or even believe me, and replied: “She is a Latin American, and they are making fun of a Latin American. You should react to it.” Blah, blah, blah, bah blah. So, what can you do with a mind like that?
timmz says
Hey David. Dont you realize Satan d osnt have a sense of humor!!!
Huck Folder says
xxxChurch says
November 25, 2014 at 6:45 pm
“However he should kill the animal after he has orgasm .”
??? The perp or the animal?
Alissa says
Is that really true? Is that actually in the Quaran? How can moderate muslims still self identify as muslim with that filth in their holy book?
eeeeuuwwh!!! What the hell is wrong with these people?
Mirren10 says
”Is that really true? Is that actually in the Quaran?”
No, it’s from ayatollah khomeni’s ”Little Green Book”, which is a collection of his fatwas. (religious decrees).
eduardo odraude says
She threatens Spencer with legal action for quoting her? What is wrong</i with her? Oh yeah. Islam.
Well, at least she didn't threaten Robert with death or do violence against him, as so many Muslims have done against public figures, artists, museum administrators, journalists, writers, etc.
eduardo odraude says
Oh, wait. Her tweet actually sounds as if she’s advising Spencer be torched, though she claims she didn’t mean it that way — she was only talking about the book. Perhaps, but given the violence of her co-religionists, her tweet is grossly negligent.
eduardo odraude says
Ha. Very funny,
Why because of this canonical hadith?
Volume 9, Book 84, Number 57:
Narrated ‘Ikrima:
Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to ‘Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn ‘Abbas who said, “If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah’s Apostle forbade it, saying, ‘Do not punish anybody with Allah’s punishment (fire).’ I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah’s Apostle, ‘Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'”
So we know you don’t want to see people murdered with fire. But what about Muhammad’s command to kill people who leave Islam? Do you support that? Or are you an apostate?
So you thought the Qur’an burning was pretty neat, and you wanted to see some more books burned?
So you are terrified (phobic) of Muslims too? After all, the prime exemplar of Muslim humanity claims Allah said in
Qur’an Chapter 8, Verse 12:
When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.
Ah, when you say “however,” it seems you are going to tell us something that doesn’t fit with your immediately preceding statement that you are a Muslim. Hmmm, in what way might your “however” modify your announcement that you are a Muslim?
You mean you will let your co-religionists do it, while you engage in the propaganda jihad?
Why, don’t want to pay the lawyer’s fee? Afraid of additional publicity?
Legal jihad to silence people about Islam. Way to go Sharissa, show your true colors.
Thodobody says
So she is not into *violent* jihad. Goody for her. What she *is* into however is jihad-by-litigation. Let the stupid bee-yotch sue. Not only would she lose in any western nation’s court system, she would end up having to pay your legal defense costs. I think you should publicize her ridiculous demands even more just to make her tactics more transparent to all. It’s weird how all of these modhammedans seem to live in their own little world, thinking they are pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes. They don’t realize that the western world is now wide awake, and is not buying their “religion of peace” BS any longer.
David says
Mo flew to the moon? On a horse, no less? Who says islam does not have a sense of humour!