Greg Corombos recounts the discussion we had on his radio show about my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, which you can preorder here.
“1,400 years of uninterrupted conflict laid on Islam’s doorstep,” by Greg Corombos, WND, July 27, 2018:
From the response to the 9/11 attacks to the confronting of ISIS, Americans and other Western leaders regularly refer to Islam as a “religion of peace,” but a new book contends the 1,400 years of Islam is a timeline awash in bloodshed and conflict.
Jihad Watch Director Robert Spencer is author of the new book “The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS.” He says there is a consistent pattern of carnage since the earliest days.
“What I found is that through 14 centuries, without any break, without any let-up, without any reformation or reconsideration, without any period of tolerance – although there are a lot of historical myths about that – Islam has been responsible for conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims for 14 uninterrupted centuries,” said Spencer, who is quick to point out that most Muslims are not jihadists.
“Obviously, not all Muslims are involved in this and not all of them approved of it. Nonetheless, in every century and in in every place in the world where there have been Muslims, there have been jihadis who thought that it was one of their responsibilities before Allah to wage war against and subjugate unbelievers,” said Spencer.
Islam was founded in A.D. 622, Muhammad died in 632, and by 732, at the Battle of Tours in modern-day France, Charles Martel led a decisive Frankish victory against Muslim invaders who had already swept through North Africa and Spain.
But how did those invaders get from the Arabian Peninsula to the Atlantic coast within 100 years? Spencer says it was accomplished through violent conquest, and he contends most people who deny the violence perpetrated in the early years of Islam are arguing from a position of ignorance.
“People aren’t really aware of this history. This is one of the reasons why I wrote this book. The Islamic advance was incredibly swift. And not only did they get all the way to the Atlantic and to Spain within 100 years of the death of Muhammad, but they also went in the other direction, conquered one of the great powers of the day in Persia and went into India,” said Spencer.
Spencer says his book is the first work in the English language to detail the jihad against India, which he calls “an extraordinary and bloody story.”
“I think a lot of people take for granted the idea that there was some kind of mass conversion to Islam, that people were converting to it because they were convinced that it was true and that this is what was responsible for the Islamization of the Middle East and North Africa. That’s actually not the case. It was all done by conquest,” he said.
Spencer further asserts that ISIS is not the exception or some radical departure from Islam over the centuries. He claims ISIS looks much like jihadists throughout the past 14 centuries.
“I show in the book there are movements like that all through Islamic history. Many of them were responsible for the conquest of Spain and its 700-year occupation by Islamic forces. Many of them have also been responsible for jihad warfare elsewhere. There was nothing new that ISIS did, nothing different. It was exactly the same in its beliefs as jihadis throughout history,” said Spencer.
Jihadists also played a key role in the first major military engagement of the United States when President Thomas Jefferson was forced to confront the Barbary Pirates off the coast of North Africa.
“They were jihadis, as I show in the book. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams wrote a report to Congress about how the Moroccan ambassador had explained that they were fighting them because it was explained in the Quran and they felt they had a divine responsibility to do so,” said Spencer.
That conflict is also how U.S. Marines became known as “leathernecks.”
“They’re leathernecks because they wore leather collars that would prevent them from being beheaded. The (Marine Corps) song with the ‘shores of Tripoli’ was all about them facing the jihadis,” said Spencer.
In multiple speeches, President Obama stated Muslims have been a vital fabric of the United States from our very beginning. Spencer says other than being our first opponent in war, Obama’s assertions do not hold up.
“In terms that Obama’s claim that Muslims were in the United States and were involved in it since the founding; that’s complete historical fiction and has no basis in fact whatsoever,” said Spencer.
Today, Spencer believes the U.S. and other Western nations make a habit of whitewashing the ugly history of jihadism.
“The West in general has had a drastically wrongheaded response to this threat and that’s primarily been characterized by simple denial. They just proclaim that Islam is a religion of peace and leave it at that. The most notorious example of that is George W. Bush right after 9/11,” said Spencer.
Read the rest here.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
You’d think the contents of this book would’ve been widely know by, say, within a month after 9/11. But a few things prevented that from happening:
1) Religion is accorded reserve status, where it is above criticism.
2) People, Westerners at least, are averse to learning uncomfortable facts and thus maintain willful ignorance to avoid trouble.
3) The media, even including the medium of education, will not expose the facts of Islam. Doing that would not only ruin one’s career, it might end one’s life. Think Theo Van Gogh.
Lydia Church says
Which is why I am thankful for every brave soul who helps keep us safe by getting this information out, which is the truth.
If you are armed with the truth, you can’t be disarmed by the lies.
And a big hug to Robert and all the others like him out there for doing this risky work!
My love to you all.
infidel says
Agree
J D S says
“1,400 years of uninterrupted conflict laid at Islam’s doorstep”
and….the west stands still!.
Where is Thomas Jefferson and John Adams when they are needed?..In the grave..where it seems that most of the western leaders are presently stationed…..wouldn’t it be something to see our congressman and senators, along sith the Christian community, standing up and addressing Islam for what it really is….A so called religion that actually promote murder, rape, enslavement, lying, pedophilia, multiple wives, and many other atrocious acts …and…..the west continues to stand still!
Stephen says
You can add to that the total and wilful ignorance of the MP’s in the UK where the “religion of peace” much is still believed and disseminated.
The simple fact is that you are dealing with and immigrating ignorant savages, most of whom contribute nothing to GDP and are a drain on the welfare state.
dhans says
Alarmed Pig Farmer The problem with the left actually exposing islam for what it truly is will destroy the entire concept of identity politics and multiculturalism. You simply cannot have people start to question the desirability of having muslims in a particular country. White people are the actual problem to the left, not minorities. Though identity politics they gain their political power.
gravenimage says
1,400 years of uninterrupted conflict laid on Islam’s doorstep
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Yes–Islam has been in conflict with all of its neighbors all over the world ever since its inception.
Kudos to Greg Corombos for helping get the word out.
Michael Copeland says
“a state of permanent hostility”
Karl Marx
Michael Copeland says
“It has always been about hate.
It has always been about violence.
… a militant cult that is based on violence.”
Amil Imani
https://libertygb.org.uk/news/it-has-always-been-about-hate
gravenimage says
+1
Jaladhi says
Islam and Muslims will always be fighting the humanity – there is no resolution on this point. Muslims will be fighting, killing, raping,.. even if the entire world converts to Islam. All this talk about moderate Islam, moderate Muslims etc are the illusion that the West harbors. The sooner we face reality the sooner we will be better off!
Papa Whiskey says
In a world full of Muslim migrants, don’t leave home unarmed, period.
mortimer says
Greg Corombos said, ““Obviously, not all Muslims are involved in this and not all of them approved of it.”
We cannot conclude what percentage of Muslims approved of terrorism. That is rather irrelevant, like asking whether Roman Catholics approve of Humane Vitae, an encyclical of the official birth control of the Church.
Sharia law is what it is and it doesn’t matter a bit whether or not individual Muslims approve or not.
Sharia law commands the Islamic state to conduct a jihad TWO TIMES EVERY YEAR. That is the law of Islam.
If Muslims disagree with Sharia, they should leave Islam. Pick-and-choose or CAFETERIA ISLAM is not a possibility.
OP says
FIRES RIGHT NOW RAGING IN SWEDEN, GREECE, DENMARK – SPREADING EVERYWHERE. GREEKS FINALLY CAUGHT MUSLIM MIGRANT IN ACT OF ARSON:
https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/07/pakistani-migrant-arrested-for-trying-to-set-fire-in-greece/
Lydia Church says
Thanks for the info.
Cicero says
Yes. There never used to be so many “spontaneous “ fires in the Western nations. Anyone with some knowledge o& Islamic Jihad would be inclined to think that it is not just arson but Fire Jihad.
How come. There are no raging fires in the Muslim countries How come we hav3 fires in Greece but not in Turkey which lies adjacent and shares similar geography and climatic conditions with Greece
gravenimage says
Yes–this is very concerning.
dannyboy9 says
14 centuries of experts on Islam stating not all Muslims are terrorist.
That one constant statement fuels the fire of Islam.
We are to believe all is well and nothing to worry about when Islam is Islam/ Mohammad is Mohammad/ and Sharia is Sharia but.
Not all Muslims are terrorist so all is well for another 1400 years, nothing to see here move along.
Islam still remains united and all unbelievers must die or convert including experts that believe they are exempt.
If only experts would focus on Mohammad and not all Muslims some of whom are not terrorist perhaps we can get reality into the discussion.
duh swami says
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but they are all ‘obligated’ to jihad as a ‘duty’ to Allah…
duh swami says
Those who walk with the demon Gabriel have created 1400 years of bad karma for themselves…
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FYI says
In fairness there are TWO Gabriels.
Two versions:one christian,the other islamic
In the Christian version of the Angel Gabriel..
Luke 1..Gabriel is sent by God to Mary,a JEWISH woman in Nazareth.
Mary, a JEWISH woman sings a song of praise to God;you might say its a young JEWISH woman singing the song of a songstress.
BUT..
In the islamic version of the “angel” jibreel we have..
A violently anti-semitic “angel” ,because islam defines jibreel
“the angel gabriel is the ENEMY OF THE JEWS”
bukhari 4:60:3329
And as for anyone caught listening to a woman singing,which is upsetting to allah because ..
“On the day of resurrection,allah will pour molten lead into the ears
of whoever sits listening to a songstress”
Reliance of the Traveller umdat al salik section r40.1
And that’s if you are caught by allah {the deceiver]listening to a woman singing.
How enraged would allah be if it was a JEWISH woman..singing?
Even if one is an atheist and thinks all this stuff is nonsense[fair enough],you cannot fail to laugh at the insanity of an innocuous angel Gabriel being turned,in islam,into a weird anti semitic entity who hates the Jews.
It is obvious that the Christian version of Gabriel is perfectly happy engaging with Jews and clearly God is happy to hear a Jewish woman singing a song.
That Gabriel would be an angel.
It is equally obvious that the islamic version of Gabriel becomes “jibreel”,an antisemitic “angel”:such an angel of course couldn’t possibly belong to God.
And that god flies into a rage when anyone is caught listening to a woman singing
That jibreel would be a demon.
And of course who was it that gave the antisemitic koran to that antisemitic “prophet” muhammed on behalf of allah the antisemitic god of islam in a cave with conveniently no witnesses?
jibreel,the Enemy of the Jews{who obviously,for logical and theological reasons cannot possibly be the Angel Gabriel of the Christian New Testament!}
gravenimage says
Yes–“Jibreel” is not Gabriel, just as “Isa” is not Jesus.
FYI says
islam 101 for Leftard students
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So, what does islam’s koran,muhammed and muslims actually say about islam being such a “peaceful” religion?
“Strike TERROR into the hearts of the disbelievers” koran 8:12
“I have been made victorious through TERROR”
muhammed
bukhari 4:52:220
“Violence is the heart of islam”
ayatollah yazidi
“I spit* on those who say islam is a religion of peace”
ayatollah khomeini
*{people who have said islam is a religion of peace;pope francis,Tony Blair [see article on JW about Tony & the Saudis],the dalai lama…..almost all political leaders….}
It would appear that allah “the best of deceivers”,his “perfect” koran,his mass-murdering “prophet” muhammed[see Abu Dawud 4390 for details..}and senior islamic “holy” men agree on thi.islam is not a peaceful,tolerant,non-violent creed.
For over 1,400 years, the “religion of peace” has being terrorizing the planet on behalf of allah the deceiver and the self-confessed terrorist, “prophet” muhammed
islam is NOT a religion of peace.
infidel says
I have NO DOUBTS whatsoever that somewhere in the future Robert will be feted all over the RIGHT -LEFT spectrum as one of the most courageous voices of truth,
Cicero says
History will prove Robert Spencer very right indeed
He is our Hero!
gravenimage says
I hope so!