In my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, you will meet a hero of Islamic history, Muhammad Ghori, who in 1191 and 1192 twice defeated a force of Rajputs led by the Hindu commander Prithviraj Chauhan in northern India. The thirteenth-century Muslim historian Hasan Nizami noted that a primary objective of the jihad remained the destruction of Hindu “idolatry”: the destruction of Hindu temples and the construction of Islamic edifices on the sites where they had been. He also records matter-of-factly an appalling large massacre of Hindus by Muslims:
The army of Islam was completely victorious, and a hundred thousand groveling Hindus swiftly departed to the fire of hell…. He destroyed [at Ajmer] the pillars and foundations of the idol temples, and built in their stead mosques and colleges, and the precepts of Islam and the customs of the law were divulged and established.
aguysomewhere says
How peaceful. All peace.
mortimer says
Yes, guy, but slaughter and genocide are NORMATIVE Islam, rather than an aberration.
Budvarkbar says
Actually Commandments and Sacraments
BC says
Unfortunately it is a joke believed by nearly a quarter of the people on the planet. How to convince them many of them steeped in superstition, illiterate and ignorant?
Dave says
Spencer is wrong. First battle Prithviraj chouhan won and Foolishly Let the barbarian go scot free ! He came back and Butchered , raped hindus for making the mistake of releasing the muslim jihadi.
Facts …
After the ten hour long war, where more than a million hindus had perished, Ghori broke into the capital city of Ajayameru. He made sure that none survived. Over 20,00,000 inhabitants of the city were butchered. 5,00,000 young hindu women were raped and mass atrocities were committed. His soldiers indiscriminately impaled people and even children were slaughtered. The city now known as “Ajmer” was said to be the richest city in the world at its time. Several tibetian & arabian travellers came there and remarked “chahamanas – the richest settlement ever”. It was said to be two times larger than Rome and three times larger than Beijing. Now, the capital city is a muslim town, where only few hindus live.
KL says
Rabbi Ken Spiro is an historian, especially of the Middle East area. He says that whenever you find numbers in ancient documents of war, they are grossly exaggerated. After all the documents were written by the winners who want to claim great victories.
In 1000, the WORLD population is estimated at 265 million http://www.worldhistorysite.com/population.html
It would be very hard to kill 20,000,000 people when the common weapons were swords and spears. And men and horses and elephants had to be fed and housed.
Not that a lot of people weren’t killed, just that the numbers are greatly exaggerated.
J D S says
With what Islam has done in the past and carried forward into modern times Islam should have imploded within itself.
Why has God allowed it go continue is somewhat of a mystery but if one looks closer…God is a person who does not give up…..He wants all to come to His Son, repent and reap the joys of heaven so he is waiting and waiting giving us more chances than we deserve. Of course Satan Is at work full time in every facet in life trying to win more and more for The Lake of Fire and Satan is surely seen in Islamic teachings and it’s followers are being duped. So Sad!
Burner Jack says
Once they kill or subdue all who don’t think like them it might be
.gravenimage says
The army of Islam was completely victorious, and a hundred thousand groveling Hindus swiftly departed to the fire of hell…. He destroyed [at Ajmer] the pillars and foundations of the idol temples, and built in their stead mosques…
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Glorying in the murder of Infidels and the destruction of all “Jahillya”–and this is just the same today with Islam.
balam says
Every EVIL ACT is GOOD in ISLAM and every thing UNHOLY is HOLY in ISLAM as well.
St. Manuel II Palailogos says
Loving the peace. It’s always very enlightening.
Janwaar Bibi says
Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Ghori in 1191 but let him go. Ghori returned in 1192 and defeated and killed Chauhan. Mr. Spencer needs to check his facts. Perhaps my version of Indian history is wrong but wiki agrees with me.
Mr. Spencer’s broader points about Islam are of course well-taken.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Tarain
Budvarakbar says
And how many of these a$$holes has the gov’t — esp Obama let go out of Guantanamo??
Lebel says
Do not take what is told to you here at face value because it confirms your pre-existing beliefs. Educate yourself, look at the evidence objectively.
“You also examined at length the destruction of temples in this period. What did you find?
The temple discourse is huge in India and this is something that needs to be historicised. We need to look at the contemporary evidence. What do the inscriptions and contemporary chronicles say? What was so striking to me when I went into that project after the destruction of the Babri Masjid was that nobody had actually looked at the contemporary evidence. People were just saying all sorts of things about thousands of temples being destroyed by medieval Muslim kings. I looked at inscriptions, chronicles and foreign observers’ accounts from the 12th century up to the 18th century across South Asia to see what was destroyed and why. The big temples that were politically irrelevant were never harmed. Those that were politically relevant — patronised by an enemy king or a formerly loyal king who becomes a rebel — only those temples are wiped out. Because in the territory that is annexed to the State, all the property is considered to be under the protection of the State. The total number of temples that were destroyed across those six centuries was 80, not many thousands as is sometimes conjectured by various people. No one has contested that and I wrote that article 10 years ago.”
source: https://thedebateinitiative.com/2016/01/11/the-myth-of-destroyed-hindu-temples-and-forced-conversion-of-hindus-by-historical-muslim-rulers-of-india/
mortimer says
Lebel’s argument: IT’S OK TO COMMIT GENOCIDE FOR “POLITICAL” ISLAM.
Yes, Lebel will also deny that 80 MILLION HINDUS were murdered by Muslims in the biggest religious genocide in history.
Lebel does for Islam what David Irving tried to do for Adolf Hitler… cover up the crimes and/or justify those crimes … then REHABILITATE the perpetrators as slightly overzealous, but not genocidal intentionally.
The problem is with the VICIOUS RHETORIC of Islamic leaders in India that clearly state the goal of exterminating Hindus.
Lebel says
Is there a consensus on the 80 Million figure? I know that Islam is evil and Muslims are all pieces of shit. I got it. I also know that I am worse than Hitler and Ben Laden combined. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, what is the source for 80 million figure? and what is the methodology?
Are we allowed to even ask such questions on jihadwatch or is the point to come up with higher and higher death tolls until every bad thing even is the fault of Islam?
Burner Jack says
” I know that Islam is evil and all Muslims are pieces of shit, I get that.”
OK, now we’re getting somewhere.
In all seriousness, not all Muslims are pieces of shit. Just the ones that aren’t mislead by the whitewashed version they were indoctrinated with. Those that know full well what it is and still ascribe to it’s tenets truly ARE pieces of shit.
Janwaar Bibi says
The total number of temples that were destroyed across those six centuries was 80, not many thousands as is sometimes conjectured by various people.
In that case, you should have no problem giving us the names of 10 temples in Northern India that predate British times. We know from Greek chroniclers that Hindus built great temples in places like Somnath as far back as 300 BC, and we know Hindus were constructing vast temple complexes in places like Angkor-Wat around 1000 AD when Muslim thugs were rampaging in India. So if Muslims destroyed only 80 temples, you should have no problem showing me Hindu temples in say Delhi, Benaras, Kabul or Karachi that predate British times.
Terry Gain says
Level
You are a grade C Muslim propagandist if you concede that Islam fought offensive wars.
Lebel says
Islam fought offensive wars, no question.
What is the issue here?
Dave says
you are a clueless joker mouthing other clueless jokers. I can show just 1 state in india where more than 100 temples were desecreted and / or converted into mosques or demolished
Not to talk of entire towns.cities destroyed and citizens butchered.
4 of world famous universities with its vast libraries destroyed . Accounts of witness
of one such university of Nalanda speaks about university burning for days as the books in those libraries burned away along with the university itself.
And that was time India and china were 2 of biggest economies in the world and America was run by hunter gatherers !
gravenimage says
I see that Lebel is crowing over Muslims destroying Hindu temples. Very disturbing.
David Grisez says
Wherever Islamic Jihad goes, it leaves behind it’s path a trail of death, destruction, and misery. These wicked people believe they are serving their god by doing this.
Ewanda says
How can anyone refer to numbers of buildings being destroyed in such a casual way? ….. and also refer to “enemy kings or a formerly loyal king who became a rebel”. Say it how it is. Buddhists and Hindus were minding their own business for centuries before Islam “heard their call and came to their defense”. Give me a break!! No one called out to Islam. Islam is purely offensive and very offensive at the same time. Their idea of defensive jihad is to create reasons to be offensive and then insinuate themselves until they smother the life out of other much more advanced, worthwhile civilizations.
These “buildings” were filled with people who had dreams and hopes for themselves and for those they loved. To use the word “annexed” instead of “conquered” is just so disingenuous that a look in the mirror reflects nothing but callousness and desensitization.
When will Islam learn that there is no deity in existence that would justify wholesale slaughter of its creations? Otherwise what would be the purpose of creating sentient beings? Like I said before …… just make everyone alligators.
dumbledoresarmy says
“…Say it how it is. Buddhists and Hindus were minding their own business for centuries before Islam “heard their call and came to their defense”. Give me a break!! No one called out to Islam. Islam is purely offensive and very offensive at the same time. Their idea of defensive jihad is to create reasons to be offensive and then insinuate themselves until they smother the life out of other much more advanced, worthwhile civilizations….”.
Exactly.
gravenimage says
Fine post.
Matthieu Baudin says
Large temples were levelled at latter times, once again by Islamic decree, across what is today Northern India. Anyone interested in visiting old, very large, living temple complexes, needs to travel south into Dravidian India and in particular to the state of Tamil Nadu. The vicious single minded Jihad conquests through most of the Indian Sub Continent must count amongst the very worst crimes against humanity to have occurred in recorded history leaving an indelible scar across Indian Civilisation.
Jish says
https://www.oneindia.com/podcast/kerala-rape-accused-had-sex-with-goat-police-trying-confirm8712.html
Muslim man raped goat after reading Koran
Axis porcinus says
What allah calls LOVE.
CyprianKdoule says
Muslim Debate Initiative is for anyone independent source?
Johm says
Ramadan is not a fast at all ! They eat more food than any other month of the year !
jawahar says
FBI=federal bureau of Islam
Mike says
Thanks , Mr Spencer , for that short but complete post .
Martin says
They claim three levels of belief: peaceful, moderate and radical. They all have the same objective. The “peaceful muslim” infiltrates the community. The moderate provides Intel to the radical. The radical is the military arm and carries out the misdeed. They are all in it together,to trust one is a mistake. Islam must must be eradicated from earth.