Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East forum and author of Slave Soldiers and Islam: The Genesis of a Military System, read an advance copy of my forthcoming book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS and had this to say:
Spencer argues, in brief, “There has always been, with virtually no interruption, jihad.” Painstakingly, he documents in this important study how aggressive war on behalf of Islam has, for fourteen centuries and still now, befouled Muslim life. He hopes his study will awaken potential victims of jihad, but will they – will we – listen to his warning? Much hangs in the balance.
This is my best book and the crown and summit of all my years of work trying to alert people to the jihad threat. Preorder your copy here.
boakai ngombu says
many will listen but many will not, and, it seems many will protest that a kafir would even write such a book.
let the battle for truth and reason be joined
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Turnspeak is a relatively new term, and is gaining import in today’s politics, and not just on the hairy Moslem Jihad front. For example, liberals have recently renamed themselves progressives when, in fact, a cursory glance at their record shows them to be regressive.
BC says
How many cultures did Christians destroy for the same reason, on the grounds it was better for them to be dead than to live in sin?
James Taylor says
Please enlighten me BC.
mortimer says
Jihad includes MILITARY actions, LEGAL actions, SOCIAL actions, VIGILANTE MOB actions, FINANCIAL SABOTAGE actions, ENSLAVEMENT actions, EXTORTION actions, MISOGYNY actions and, of course, VERBAL JIHAD (TAQIYYA) actions.
Jihad is ALL the activities that REMOVE the human rights and civil liberties of WOMEN and “OTHERS”.
Jihad is a PERVASIVE and ALL-ENCOMPASSING attack on KAFIRS and their KAFIR CULTURES.
The GOAL of JIHAD is to create an earthly ISLAMIC STATE where “SIN” (defined by Islamic theology) is not legally PERMITTED or encouraged.
In the Islamic State, “sin” includes disobeying the CALIPH, the dictatorial president for life of Islam.
Terry Gain says
In Islam “SIN” is having a mind of your own and using your ability to reason.
pfwag says
Most of our politicians and the MSM will not listen.
Buraq says
On the gravestone of democratic, secular society in the West, the words, ‘Spencer told you so!’ will be written.
JawsV says
Robert Spencer so as not to confuse with Richard.
gravenimage says
With all respect, Buraq, *screw that*. Robert Spencer intends to *wake people up*, not to surrender.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
This is my best book and the crown and summit of all my years of work…
Just bought the book. But the key is mindshare, bandwidth, the number of people reached. The minds reach by the two FoxRINO channels is small compared to the overall TV market. The minds reached by Spencer’s work is tiny, in good part because what he reports is not acknowledged by the FoxRINO channels. For example, I doubt the new book will be read by Hannity, Ingraham and Carlson, all good people but as prone as anyone to the “good” graces of willful ignorance.
The problem is a matter of scope. How to expand the scope, and expand it exponentially, is the question. I don’t think even another huge mass murder attack like 9/11 will turn the publicity tide. We’ll find out, because another 9/11 is coming.
Mantel says
If one lives in the USA, make an investment in the future, buy extra copies and send it to them in their offices. I feel time is running out for western culture, so jihadwatch readers can play a part in influencing influential figures.
Limpia says
IN a way, the so called cultural Muslim will confuse the issue and obscure the truth by denying the truths presented. They will do this out of loyalty to their group and ignorance of their religion. Then, those who know them will assume that, of course, my friend who is a cultural Muslim is right. He is a wonderful person, and he is being attacked by a wrong accusation. Here we have a problem in seeing the larger picture, as presented by Robert Spencer and others.
Wellington says
But Daniel Pipes, someone I briefly met and who has a PhD from Harvard in medieval Islamic history and who is fluent in Arabic, and, I might add, a very decent and highly intelligent man in his own right, nevertheless makes a distinction between “militant Islam” (“Islamism” if you will) and “Islam” and also has opined that much of Sharia is really only applicable to the seventh century or so and not in our time even though no major school of Islamic theology, Sunni or Shiite, comes anywhere close to asserting this assessment of Sharia.
The one time I got to ask him a question (when he gave a lecture at the Union League in Philadelphia), which question was about how the Iranian regime since 1979 has set up a theocracy, his response to me was that Islam is not a theocracy and therefore (implicitly) my question was in error. But one might as well argue that, technically speaking, the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century was not, de jure, a theocracy because those in control (like John Winthrop) were not themselves clerics, but, de facto, the MBC certainly was a theocracy and a main reason why King Charles II yanked their charter in 1684. Besides, Iran actually does have clerics rather than laymen at the top of the “greasy pole,” to borrow a Benjamin Disraeli metaphor, and so I was surprised, if not stunned, that Dr. Pipes maintained to me that Islam is not about being a theocracy whenever it gets the chance (a very secular and nominal Muslim ruler not disproving this assumption of mine I would contend).
Sorry, but I disagree with Dr. Pipes. Oh yes, Islam is most definitely about functioning in “theocracy world,” at least de facto if not de jure. And much of Sharia only applying to Mo’s time, what is that about too? So, for me, Dr. Pipes’ endorsement of Robert Spencer’s most recent tome comes with a caveat. A big one.
gravenimage says
I take your points, Wellington–I do think that Dr. Pipes still has a few blindspots when it comes to the threat of Islam.
But I still consider him a brave Anti-Jihadist. If everyone were as knowledgeable as he is, we would be in far less trouble than we are.
Wellington says
Yes, gravenimage, Pipes is brave, no doubt about that. Highly informed too as I already indicated, but, ah, those few blind spots, though I completely agree with you that were Pipes the worst we had, i.e., as you put it, everyone as knowledgeable as he is, we would be much, much better off.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Wellington.
Linnte says
Hello Graven! Just wanted to say hi!
Jan Aage Jeppesen says
Daniel Pipes has a blind spot about Islam and the prominent Islamic scholar Bat Ye’or (Gisèle Littman) exposed it for all to see in an interview from 2005:
Question: Daniel Pipes’ slogan is “Fundamentalist Islam is the enemy; moderate Islam is the solution.” But do you think there is hope for change?
Answer: I know moderate and brilliant Muslims, but I do not know of a school of thought, represented by teaching and publications, followed by millions of Muslims, called “moderate Islam.”
Everyone hopes for a change, including Muslims. I never say “never.”
But I think that changes will emerge if we start discussing these issues instead of hiding them under the carpet, and if we take measures to protect ourselves and become aware of language manipulation, like, for instance, pretending that jihad means peace and justice.
We should also support secular and modernist Muslims who are also targeted and hope desperately for our help and encouragement.”
(‘Time of jihad'” in The Dallas Morning News, June 18, 2005).
cornelius says
The title alone is laudable. Robert has explicitly and deliberately drawn the linkage between Muhammad and ISIS. Those not hopelessly brainwashed by political-correctness but who are unschooled on the realities….will have the fog lifted if they are exposed. Buy multiple copies and give the extras to friends and families as birthday presents, etc.
Moshe says
How can one buy the book without leaving an e-signature in the dark web for the NSA or FBI or IRS? I am afraid to use a credit card or to order online. For example, the IRS might audit my taxes if I order this book online.
Terry Gain says
Moshe
The Islamic conquest of the West, which is taking place under your nose, will not be defeated by cowards.
gravenimage says
“Moshe” is so full of claptrap. Previously he has said that Robert Spencer needs to devout more than half of Jihad Watch to feel-good stories about Muslims.
Likely here he is spoofing those legitimately concerned about attention from authorities for being peaceful Anti-Jihadists.
I find his bs increasingly tedious.
LeftisruiningCanada says
The idea that a government can punish people for buying or selling certain books is hardly something of paranoid delusion.
Iran and China, and obviously DPRK, all imprison people, or worse, for that very thing.
Using a tax audit as a way to find charges sufficient for imprisonment and/or massive fines is also not uncommon. If Tommy Robinson can have it done to him, anyone can.
We aren’t there yet, but there really is no reason to presume that such totalitarianism cannot come to the West.
James Taylor says
The government has the means to access everything you do and say. If you purchase online you will leave ‘fingerprints’ that can be traced through transactions to determine who is an undesirable. You can always wait for the book to be released in stores and pay cash.
eduardo odraude says
I’d pre-order a kindle version, but that’s not available yet…
Linnte says
Can’t WAIT to get this book. Can’t preorder because I don’t have the money right now. But THIS book will be the turning point for the American mind on Ialam. You’re a GREAT man Mr. Spencer. God bless you! (And hey! If we preorder, do we get a signed copy? Hahahahah! That would be awesome!)