My new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS is nothing less than the crown and completion of my two decades of public work trying to alert people to the nature and magnitude of the global jihad threat.
I’ve written a guide to the Qur’an – The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran. I’ve written a biography of Muhammad based on the earliest Islamic sources: The Truth About Muhammad. And today, most people who are informed and willing to be honest about these issues understand that there are some deeply problematic aspects to both the Qur’an and to Muhammad’s career – I hope at least in part because of my efforts. But there persists among all too many people the idea that whatever is written in the Islamic texts, in practice it hasn’t really been that bad.
The accounts included in this book are as noteworthy for what they don’t say as for what they do. The attentive reader will note that there is no period since the beginning of Islam that was characterized by large-scale peaceful coexistence between Muslims and non-Muslims. There was no time when mainstream and dominant Islamic authorities taught the equality of non-Muslims with Muslims, or the obsolescence of jihad warfare. There was no Era of Good Feeling, no Golden Age of Tolerance, no Paradise of Proto-Multiculturalism. There has always been, with virtually no interruption, jihad.
As such, this book completes the case I have been making for decades now. I hope that it will come to the attention of some people who can influence public policy, and that it will guide them to discard at least some of the foolish and false assumptions that have steered U.S. foreign policy for decades, and to place our foreign and domestic policies on a more realistic footing. Even if that does not happen, I hope this book will arm some people and help them stand for the truth amid the prevailing disinformation. Eventually, the truth will prevail, and this book is my bid to preserve the truth about Islam and jihad until the conditions are such that it can prevail.
Click here to preorder The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS.
gravenimage says
Robert Spencer: The History of Jihad completes the case I have been making for decades now
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This sounds like Robert Spencer’s most important book.
Terry Gain says
I have ordered this book and I look forward to reading it and posting references to the scholarship contained therein on Facebook.
gravenimage says
+1
gravenimage says
Thank you, anotherJWreader. I didn’t see this until now. I’m familiar with St. John Maximovich. Do you know which Church this is? There are a lot of Orthodox Churches in San Francisco.
J D S says
If one can afford it….by an extra copy or two and send to your Washington officials…..They are so uninformed!
mortimer says
‘The History of Jihad’ by Robert Spencer is like a well-argued legal case. It lays out the circumstantial and textual evidence that Islam advocates a war of subjugation and enslavement against non-Muslims. This war uses ‘every dirty trick in the book’ to achieve the absolute subjugation of the non-Muslim world under discriminatory Sharia law.
Robert Spencer’s book will take away most of the arguments (if not all of them) from people who claim that Islam is a peaceful, honest and honorable faith. Those uninformed defenders of Islam will have most if not all of their pet defenses destroyed in one blow by ‘The History of Jihad’.
I predict there will be a noticeable change in the present ability of politicians to defend Islam. After the book they will not be able to defend Islam anymore and have the slightest CREDIBILITY.
‘The History of Jihad’ will put a lot of virtue-signalling politicians out of office.
Ecosse1314 says
Really enjoyed “the truth about Mohammed”.Hope there is morein the pipeline
gravenimage says
Robert Spencer is astonishingly prolific, along with his other virtues.
Savvy Kafir says
Yes. I don’t know how he does it all. I have often marvelled at his productivity.
overman says
Just an example of the propaganda that’s brainwashing ppl with little or no understanding of the real lslam – from quora.com
“The verse of the Holy Qur’an which most of the time is misinterpreted in modern times is thus:
‘Remember, thy Lord inspired the angels [with the message]: “I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them.”’ (8:12)
This verse and the verses before and after were revealed at the time of the Battle of Badr, which occurred in Arabia in the early seventh century. A battle in which the pagans of Mecca travelled more than 200 miles to Medina with an army of about 1000 to destroy the Muslims. Prophet Muhammad and the fellow Muslims had suffered severe persecutions and torture for 13 years in the city of Mecca. And now that they had fled Mecca and found a sanctuary in the city of Medina, they were once again threatened. The Muslim army was only about 300 strong. Allah the Almighty gave the order to Muslims to defend their lives and faith. The enemy came to them with the intent to kill the Muslims. So it was a war to defend themselves and their Faith. And thus it was a war imposed upon the Muslims.
And when you fight for your survival you strive to kill the enemy during the Battle. So there is nothing wrong with the verses. If there is something wrong it is in our narrow-minded approach either due to ignorance or due to vested interest. However, even during a Battle, Islam has the highest moral law of warfare. It prohibits to harm women, children or any person who is not fighting with you. In simple words, you can’t kill innocent people”
Terry Gain says
Overman
Islam was spread within 100 years of Muhammad’s death, by means of the most vicious and inhumane conquest, from Spain to India. It really doesn’t matter whether you are a deceiving Muslim who knows these facts or whether you are a fool.
Islam is an ideology of conquest and anyone who claims otherwise is a liar or a fool.
overman says
“It really doesn’t matter whether you are a deceiving Muslim who knows these facts or whether you are a fool”
True, but when push comes to shove, as l think it inevitably will in the near future, it’s better to have the uninformed fool on our side. And Robert’s books will be a great aid in the education of these fools – if they can indeed be de-hypnotised out of the great islamic whitewash, that is..
Carol the 1st says
overman…your quote from quora.com really had me doing a double-take (even though your opening sentence provided forewarning). It points out that despite common sense, trusted teachers, and lots of reading, we do need to be more personally anchored in the actual historical details especially if someone attempts to discredit and undermine our ‘relaxed’ conclusions. It seems like Robert’s book will be a “bible”.
Clive Stephen Delmonte says
I wouldn’t be too sure Robert Spencer’s writings will change the views of the metropolitan chatterati.
Re-adjusting one’s attitudes and outlook is an extremely painful process best avoided !
Terry Gain says
Best not avoided. Spencer tells the truth about Islam. And the truth shall prevail.
Davegreybeard says
Aye Terry, the truth shall prevail. Trouble is, sometimes it takes a while. Fourteen hundred years and counting in the case of Islam.
We should never underestimate the ability of the Jhihadi deceivers to fool the gullible Kuffar.
gravenimage says
I think more Infidels *are* learning about Islam–but it is woefully slow.
eduardo odraude says
Clive Stephen Delmonte,
The chatterati to whom you refer might do well to remember this:
There are two kinds of pain: necessary pain, and unnecessary pain. Unnecessary pain is the pain you get from trying to avoid necessary pain.
overman says
From what Robert says in his book ‘Did Muhammad Exist?’, l’m pretty much inclined to believe he was invented for political reasons. l mean, muhammed, muslims and the quran were’nt even mentioned until 60+ yrs after his supposed death. Robert says in the lecture below that ‘muhammed’ was originally used as a Title (meaning ‘Praised One’), and probably refers to Jesus. Yes, you heard right. Stunned me too. l’m not sure if Robert has changed his opinion on that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6bBeyaRjac
Robert Spencer says
No, I haven’t.
Terry Gain says
Mr Spencer
What your theory that Muhammad is an invention does not explain is why there is a peaceful Meccan Koran and a violent Medinan Koran. If Muhammad did not exist what is the explanation for that? Of course I defer to you as the expert on most matters concerning Islam, but I much prefer the theory that there was a psychopath who invented Islam to the theory that he is a construct.
eduardo odraude says
David Wood and Robert Spencer once had a debate on whether Muhammad actually existed. Can be easily found I imagine by searching google. Wood and Spencer have done some extremely enlightening educational work together — most recently, the best episodes of Islamicize Me were the two where Robert Spencer, the “Kaffir King,” appears. Very entertaining and amusing, perhaps especially if one is sufficiently familiar with American movies.
gravenimage says
Actually, Robert Spencer has never said that Muhammed never existed. But he has noted that there is no references to him in early Islam, so it is a valid question to ask.
Carol the 1st says
The “Mamed” mentioned by St. John of Damascus (first mention) sure looks like the Moe we know.
http://www.bombaxo.com/blog/st-john-of-damascus-on-islam/
and this video about Aisha indicates that SHE left a solid trail of actions and facts:
Aisha: The Most Important Woman in Islam: BAWH #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22pg1O3gnHE
Indiana Tom says
‘muhammed’ was originally used as a Title (meaning ‘Praised One’), and probably refers to Jesus.
For some reason, in the back of my mind it probably is some form of usurpation of Jesus the Anointed One. If you look at the temptations of Christ, Mohammed failed them.
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; 9 and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Begone, Satan! for it is written,
‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and him only shall you serve.’”
gravenimage says
Yes–this is also possible.
eduardo odraude says
Yes, Islam is usurpation par excellence. For example, Islam claims that everyone is born a Muslim. Thus, when we raise someone as a Christian, a Jew, a Hindu, a Buddhist, an atheist, etc., Islam says in effect that we are stealing a Muslim from the Umma! So Islam usurps the most of the world’s parents! If that sounds far fetched, consider that when a non-Muslim converts to Islam, Muslims do not speak of that as conversion but as “reversion” — someone who converts is considered a “revert” to their original Muslim state. Thus Islam usurps the whole of history!
Islam also usurps Moses and Jesus. When we read the Qur’an, for example, Jesus is portrayed as denying he is the Son of God. Instead, Jesus and Moses in the Qur’an are wooden stick figures who briefly mouth Islamic boilerplate about submission to Allah!
No one would care about this usurpation if Islam did not seek to shove it down the world’s throat by totalitarian means and the erasing of history. “You can believe in stones as long as you don’t throw them at me.” (who said that?)
tim gallagher says
I can say that when Robert says up above, “I hope at least in part because of my efforts”, I came across Robert’s book, “Islam Unveiled” in a local library out here in Australia.(it’s funny what books turn up where). I was just beginning to read up on Islam and I found it the best book I had read up till that time on Islam. I remember I had read part of “Why I am not a MUslim” by Ibn Warraq, part of a book by Irshad Manji and part of a book by John Esposito, all of which were on the library shelves. Of course, Manji and Esposito were too friendly towards Islam and too optimistic I thought. I expect Robert’s book and Ibn Warraq’s book would have been removed from the libraries by now, as I’m pretty sure the Muslims would have complained about their presence. This would be around 2003 or so. So, in my case, Robert’s efforts certainly helped even though I was on the other side of the world.. I recall reading Ali Sina’s website back then. I can’t recall its name. I’ve read plenty of Robert’s wise, fearlessly truthful words since on Jihad Watch. So I’d say you’ve achieved a hell of a lot in educating people about Islam, Robert in all parts of the world. You cut through the crap very effectively. It’s hard to think of more important work to do these days. I hope you can maintain your energy and passion.
eduardo odraude says
I think Islam Unveiled was the first book by Robert Spencer that I read. Perhaps the first book I read about Islam, in fact. And perhaps the first book Robert Spencer wrote, too. It’s not long, and it seemed to me rock solid in the way it relied on facts and logic.
IanB says
Tim. Ali Sina’s website is faithfreedom.org
Don’t miss the famous Challenge page.
tim gallagher says
Thanks, IanB. I remembered that it was faithfreedom.org a while after I wrote my comment above. I should have googled Ali, but, when I was writing about how I came across Robert’s “Islam Unveiled”, I began to think back to the first books and info I’d come across about Islam and how I’d come across them. I haven’t looked at faithfreedom.org for quite a few years but I remember it being one of the earliest sites I came across way back in the early 2000’s and I learnt quite a lot from Ali Sina about Islam’s nature. He was probably the first ex-Muslim, along with Ibn Warraq, that I came across and I remember Ali was ferocious in his comments on Islam and its evils. Eduardo, I agree with what you say about Robert’s “Islam Unveiled” and how rock solid it was.
eduardo odraude says
He also has Alisina.org
Carol the 1st says
I find an appalling lack of honest books and information about Islam (in Canadian libraries). I assume it’s because of a public policy of hiding the truth, plus muslim/leftist complaints and possibly targeted theft. There are occasional electronic offerings, but not nearly enough (and not all of us use smart phones or Kindle). Shouldn’t we be able to insist our libraries provide more balanced material?
PATRICIA FRANCES KOENIG says
Robert Spencer your scholarship and courage revealing the truth about Islam has helped me tremendously! I had a hunch Islam was bad from reading history and the many Muslim attacks against Christendom. But your quotes of the Koran, Haddith and Mohammed’s life prove that Muslim violence and cruelty are sanctioned and encouraged by Islam.
tim gallagher says
Patricia, my experience with learning about Islam is similar to your comment. I could see how much trouble Muslims were causing where I was living and in Europe and other parts of the world. So, I began to try to learn a bit about Islam to try to find out what the hell was wrong with these people. No other people were causing so much trouble. Finding out the content of the Koran, Haddith and MUhammad’s evil life from Robert Spencer and some others gave me an understanding of where the barbaric behaviours of Muslims came from. So, I agree with your comment about how much Robert’s scholarship has helped your understanding of Islam. It’s been the same for me. Over the years, I’ve also learnt a lot from the comments of many of the people who make comments here at JIhad Watch( many people here are very knowledgeable indeed) and a few other websites. I began to write down the verses in the Koran which called for violence( “Kill the non-believers, etc”) and, when I write to politicians, I include some of the quotes, because I believe many politicians still haven’t got a clue about the evil content of Islam.
b.a. freeman says
Eventually, the truth will prevail …
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yes, it will, but i fear that this will be when the sword is at our throats. realizing that islam is a vile, putrid, poisonous cult won’t help once civilization ends and the gangsta cult takes over. possibly there will be a few who can escape and begin guerrilla operations against the caliphate, but muslims won’t abandon the use of most technology, simply because it works, and that will be a huge obstacle in the fight. eventually, the al-ghazali navel-gazing of islam will lead to the loss of scientific and mathematic knowledge, but by the time that happens, many decades or even centuries may have passed, and freedom fighters may all have been hunted down and killed. i, for one, plan on never surrendering, and fully expect to be murdered by a hard-core leftist or a pious muslim. i’m an easy target because i’m an old fart, but if every free person fought, we *would* succeed; the problem is that the hard-core left is keeping us disunited and confused. thus, the blood is on *their* hands.
gravenimage says
Some of us don’t plan on surrendering to Islam.
IanB says
Well, I might be called an “old fart” too (behind my back) and I will never surrender to the death cult of the psychopath so-called prophet and his sock puppet god “Allah”. Stay safe my friend.
Stefan Jetchick says
“[I] fully expect to be murdered by a hard-core leftist or a pious muslim. i’m an easy target because i’m an old fart”.
At least you’re not alone! 🙂
Linda says
Having met a lot of Muslims, I can say that I am not impressed with their behaviour and Islam is not an ideology that I would want to learn more about. In fact, I wish I had never heard the word Islam. However, I did pre-order the book and I will read it, but I know that it will be full of murder and mayhem because that’s what Islam is all about. I am sure it will be an interesting read because Robert Spencer wrote it.
Vann Boseman says
There are good Muslims. Most good Muslims when they exist either have never even thought to read the Koran or do not feel that they could practically leave. There is no good Islam though. It is at its core the murder and mayhem that you recognize.
I think that this book will be a very important book, perhaps a book to buy multiple copies of to give away if your finances allow it.The anti-Jihad movement seems all too often to run against what is perceived to be popular opinion. This makes it important to be sure to let people know where you stand, and that you are not as how many in main stream media would portray you. Recently, I went to a funeral of a very beloved rector of my wife’s church. At the after funeral feed, we found ourselves at the table with 3 sailors and a marine. We mentioned our book and my wife’s experiences in Greek Cyprus. One thing led to another and we got a copy of a book speaking to anti-Jihad to the marine. Yesterday, we learned that he was overjoyed and very excited about the book. The lies of Muslims he had first hand knowledge of in interrogations of prisoners was spoken to.The book provided background in how Islam sanctions lies. Because he trains marines now, he recommended this book to be put on a reading list. I recommended Jihad Watch at the funeral too, but we had many copies of the brief book. The upcoming book by Spencer may be important to merit being placed on many reading lists. This will not happen if knowledgeable people remain silent and do not promote it.
To support my wife, also yesterday, I went to a supper for a potential new rector. All present were asked to say something about themselves that people present would not tend to know. I mentioned my interest in Jihad Watch as one of three groups I follow closely. Finding a way to mention involvement with anti Jihad should be and could be something that a normal and sane person would want to do.
Terry Gain says
gravenimage says
Jun 30, 2018 at 12:23 am
Actually, Robert Spencer has never said that Muhammed never existed. But he has noted that there is no references to him in early Islam, so it is a valid question to ask.
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Actually GI, Robert has expressed his opinion that Muhammad did not exist on numerous occasions, including his interview with Ibn Warraq, where Robert attributes his belief to Ibn Warraq only to be told by Ibn that he never actually said that. No one is perfect.
gravenimage says
Robert Spencer has never categorically asserted that Muhammed did not exist. I think we have the right to ask.
IanB says
Personally, I do not care whether Muhammad existed or not and I’m almost certain Allah has never existed (same for all gods invented by human imagination). The evidence for the existence of either is thin and the jury is still out.
What I do care about, with a passion generated by overwhelming evidence, is the existence of the deadly and pervasive cult of Islam that threatens the continued existence of Western Civilisation.
gravenimage says
Agree.
IanB says
I have pre-ordered the Kindle version of Robert’s new book from Amazon UK and I am looking forward to reading it immensely. It will join his other books in my Kindle library.
eduardo odraude says
Thanks for pointing out that kindle pre-order is available. I’ve just pre-ordered the kindle version.
duh swami says
It ain’t over till the fat Muslimah sings….Allah has been wounded but he’s not dead yet…There is more work to be done…
duh swami says
HMMM I used to debate 2 different ‘Quran only’ Muslims who both reject hadith and sharia as being man made…They both said that the Mohammad mentioned in hadith is not the same Mohammad mentioned in the Quran…
eduardo odraude says
Well, duh swami, is it not the case that “Qur’an-only” Muslims represent less than 1 percent of Muslims? Sometimes of course, Muslims who are NOT truly Qur’an-only act as though the Hadith don’t count, especially if a non-Muslim points out canonical hadiths that are brutal, totalitarian, pedophilic, murderous, criminal, etc.
Here is an example of how un-Islamic Qur’an-only Muslims are:
You cannot even practice the famous five pillars of Islam if you rely solely on the Qur’an, which does not even mention all five pillars, and does not tell you much about how to practice the pillars it does speak about. That’s why the overwhelming majority of Muslims consider the more authoritative Hadith collections — the Sahih Sittah, especially Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, as essential to Islam. But I imagine you already know all this, duh swami.
eduardo odraude says
Something else I’m sure you already know, duh swami: the Qur’an, even by itself, already contains plenty of exhortations to violence and warfare against unbelievers. Qur’an 9:29 does not say fight those who fight you. It says fight those who do not believe in Islam! Furthermore, because the Qur’an’s chapters are not in order, the only way to make any sense of them is to know the circumstances of their “revelation.” How and when they were produced is only explained through the Hadith and the earliest Muslim biographies of Muhammad. Thus you have other reasons that among Muslims speaking honestly, less than 1 percent are “Qur’an only”.
duh swami says
Percentages have nothing to do with it…
These guys are sharp…I said I debated them, but I agree with them about hadith and sharia…They and the Quran are man made…
gravenimage says
Actually, the Qur’an is almost as horrific as the Hadith. We might not have stoning, and possibly child marriage; but we’d still have oppression of women and Infidels, and violent Jihad. Islam would not be much better.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Mr Spencer, we have been following the series on the book and found that it is no more than a fiction write-ups based on speculations and assumptions, not investigative historical accounts. Try again
gravenimage says
Who is “we”?
And ibrahim itace muhammed has said this before. But the book is not out yet, so unless he is an advance reviewer–which he obviously is not–he cannot have read it. So what he writes here is a lie from beginning to end. No surprise there…