Here is the first official press release for my new book:
Here, for the first time, is the entire history of Islamic jihad activity from the beginning of Islam to the present day – from Spain to India, from Muhammad’s massacre of Jews at the Khaybar oasis in Arabia to the hijacked jets taking down the World Trade Center, and beyond.
In The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, the renowned scholar of Islam Robert Spencer briskly traces the 1,400-year war of Islamic jihadis against the rest of the world, detailing the jihad against Europe, including the 700-year struggle to conquer Constantinople; the jihad in Spain, where non-Muslims fought for another 700 years to get the jihadi invaders out of the country; and the jihad against India, where Muslim warriors and conquerors wrought unfathomable devastation in the name of their religion.
This briskly readable book spans the globe, involves multitudes, and introduces you to numerous unforgettable characters, including:
- The Christian whose personal grudge facilitated the jihad conquest of Spain
- The emperor of India who treated his non-Muslim subjects with tolerance and kindness – because he had grown disenchanted with Islam
- The Sultan who commanded the jihad conquest of Cyprus because he had grown fond of Cypriot wine
- The Christian leader who was hanged outside his cathedral for five days as a warning to other Christians not to resist Islamic rule
- And many, many more, vividly portrayed in this rich historical epic
Told in great part in the words of contemporary chroniclers themselves, both Muslim and non-Muslim, The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS definitively proves the falsehood of the prevailing assumption that Islam is fundamentally peaceful and that jihad terrorism is relatively new. This book demonstrates beyond any doubt that Islamic terror is as old as Islam itself — as old as Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, who said “I have been made victorious through terror” – and is a constant of Islamic history.
This book is the key to understanding the geopolitical situation of the twenty-first century, and the challenges that free nations will be facing for generations to come.
boakain ngombu says
May this work inform millions, if not, billions, and serve to spur world leaders to consider stopping the rage of the adherents to islam (subjugation).
boakai ngombu says
excuse … boakai
eduardo odraude says
Am really looking forward to this book — have pre-ordered it.
I read somewhere that it’s supposed to be available in August. Anyway, I hope that means August 1…
Eagle says
Should we send a copy to Hamas-CAIR? Also, if under Muslim law FGM is required, then let there be MGM applied under the hand of the female required to have FGM. Equal opportunity for all Muslims.
gravenimage says
CAIR already knows that Islam is violent–but they like it that way.
eduardo odraude says
Might be best for someone in every state and every congressional district, all on the same day, to send a copy of the book to every member of Congress and the Senate, with a message something like this:
And having sent a copy of the book, one should telephone one’s senator and congressperson and very politely restate the above points. I realize that in current political circumstances, the immigration policy proposed would not come anywhere near to being adopted, but perhaps it would jog leaders’ thoughts a bit toward more consciousness and better ways of dealing with the threat.
Steve Suchet says
I have pre-ordered this book but I heard that the publishing company is refusing to publish it & Spencer is suing. What is the status?
Robert Spencer says
This is not true. The publication is on schedule for August 7.
gravenimage says
What mendacious claptrap from “Steve Suchet”.
It takes five seconds to Google the publisher:
http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-History-of-Jihad/Robert-Spencer/9781682616598
gravenimage says
DACON9 apparently thinks that my using big words he has to look up makes me ‘evil’.
He’s fine with Muslims mass slaughtering people, though.
By the way, I’m a woman–learning that will probably just unhinge DACON9 further.
Eagle says
Should we send a copy to Hamas-CAIR?
St. Manuel II Palailogos says
I will enjoy this read when I go to University next Fall. Thanks for your work Robert Spencer, I”ve always looked for a work which details the many thousands of years of Islamic jihad and now I have one to cite.
gravenimage says
For the First Time Ever: the Shocking 1,400-Year History of Jihad
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As grim as this is, I’m looking forward to it.
Grizzly says
Me too!
BigQuark says
Likewise, can’t wait to read and share this book.
Much needed eye opening is in the future I pray…..
eduardo odraude says
Of the 18 or 19 books he’s written, this one, says Robert Spencer, is his best.
It’s the one he’s been preparing to write for the last couple of decades, I guess.
But I believe he’ll find ways still to top even this one. But am really looking forward to this. People should form little reading groups to study this book together and find fun ways to test each other on the contents. Each week, a different group member could summarize a few pages for the group. Things like that…
gravenimage says
Good idea.
Mo says
@ DACON9
“THE XTIANS WERE 1000 TIMES MORE CRUEL
TO THE WORLD AND
JEWS THEN ISLAM”
Liar.
Take your illiterate screeching and lies elsewhere. You sound like a deranged person.
Ewanda says
Compiling 1400 years of Jihad is a brilliant move by Robert Spencer!! I am sure it will be a very helpful tool to arm those who are actively trying to reverse this relentless onslaught on our Western Civilization. I hope it will be freely translated into many languages especially those that have suffered from the very beginning but did not have the facts and figures and quotes to point to, to justify their rejection of Islam.
What is even more extraordinary is that Robert was able to track down so much buried history and bring it into the light. Where did he have to go to? What did he have to read? Where did he readily find those to translate the passages for him. What a tedious yet rewarding challenge!! And he did it!!!!
duh swami says
When Christians act up, it is in spite of Christianity, not because of it…When Muslims act up it is because of Islam, not in spite of it’…
Frank says
The Left-wing apologists need to read this book but won’t.
RP says
DOCON9 THE NUTTER!!!?!!!
Ewanda says
Why do you all even bother to reply to dacon9? Not only is it a waste of time that you will never get back, but your eyes cannot unsee what they view!! Garbage in – garbage out. Every time I see dacon9, I automatically skip to the next posting, offer my prayers of forgiveness towards dacon9, and salute dacon9’s soul …… it doesn’t matter which finger but you can use your imagination.
I think it would be more useful to continue to recognize all the work that went into that book, as earlier posts pointed out, to keep Robert’s energy and spirits up so maybe there will be another book with even more condemning facts.
In the meantime we have to strategize and isolate the Islamic clergy branch who are at the bottom of perpetuating this system.
gravenimage says
Ewanda, you are right that DACON9 is distracting from the story about Robert Spencer’s exposure of Jihad. That is probably its intent.
Ewanda says
I’m sorry … did I again miss something dacon9 wrote? and thank you gravenimage ….. you’ve got more patience than I have. We still have to love dacon9 and pray that God puts love in dacon’s heart.
gravenimage says
Thank you, Ewanda.