On Saturday afternoon, the brilliant David Wood and I got together to discuss my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, and had a wide-ranging and illuminating discussion.
Have you preordered the book yet? It’s the first and only comprehensive history of the entire phenomenon of jihad, from Spain to India and many, many other places — with massive implications for public policy, both foreign and domestic. Preorder it here now.
Lydia Church says
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jihad3tracker says
Hello Lydia — For JW readers and newbies who have not already seen David Wood’s astonishingly cited videos (from Islamic core sacred texts) let me assure you that he is at the top of our planet’s counter-jihad resources.
gravenimage says
Yes–everyone should check out David Wood’s excellent videos on Islam.
Andy says
List the Muslim Brotherhood as a Terrorist Group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9suGxr00TIQ
Thanks guys, appreciate all the work you have done over the years.
Take care and God bless.
Andy says
P.S. Mr. Spencer your mouse does look like a Star Trek prop.LOL
I love the original Star Trek by the way.
Beam me up Scotty!
Jaladhi says
History of Jihad is history of Muslims for 1400 years and it is a guide for the future. Muslims are never going to change their behavior towards us and so we better be warned what to expect in future with unlimited growth of Muslim population in the West!!
VRWC member77 says
COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS TILL
** History of Jihad – From Muhammad to ISIS **
IS IN MY MAILBOX !!
gravenimage says
Video: David Wood and Robert Spencer discuss why it’s crucial for people today to know the history of jihad
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Excellent stuff from David Wood and Robert Spencer. Thank you!
Henry Mansfield says
Always good to see Spencer bringing new faces to Jihad Watch.
I wasn’t raised in a religious household, though I always was an avid reader. A Bible was there, of course, and plenty of history infused with Christianity. Muslim jihad was a factor in so much European history I read that it was reduced to an adversarial ‘other’.
Since time in the Army after 9-11-01 and checking Jihad Watch among other Web resources, the true psychopathy of the Muslim prophet and the world-view he pushed has become a lot clearer. Since I have no plans to ever convert to Islam and plan on meeting any attempts at Muslim intimidation head-on, I guess I’ll be checking in with Jihad Watch and others often as I’ve been doing for quite some time already.
J D S says
That’s good Henry….but also check in (Everyone should do this) with your elected officials also to let them know your feelings on how the most unlawful religion in the world wants to force their evilness upon us.
I have used this before but here goes again….Islam has no great military army marching across the continent as in years past and THERE ARE NO AIRCRAFT OVERHEAD DROPPING BOMBS ON OUR CITIES CAUSING FIRES, BUILDING DESTRUCTION AND DEATH OF OUR CITIZENS. THERE ARE NO TANKS GRINDING THROUGH OUR STREETS. NO CLOMP OF BOOTS MARCHING THROUGH OUR CITIES DRAGGING OUR CITIZENS FROM THEIR HOMES KILLING OR IMPRISONING THEM…….Yet we ARE being attacked, in some cases with willful help of our so called leaders. So it is important for us to call, write, email, visit their offices or even camp out on the doorsteps of elected officials to let them. Know that we will not rest till something is done to , not only curb the influx of potential jihadis from the many Muslim lands, but also to curb their attack on our way of life by those already planted in our countries of the FREE?? World.
Jan Aage Jeppesen says
I look forward to put Robert Spencers book on Jihad next to “JIHAD IN THE WEST” from 1998 by Paul Fregosi. 442 pages where I first learned about Jihad.
Both authors agree that the knowledge of the Jihad doctrine is totally absent in the mind of Westeners. Fregosi wrote:
“Even though the Jihad had been a fact of life in much of the world for more than a millennium, it remains the most unrecorded and disregarded major event in history. Jihad in the West seeks to redress this oversight. It is the first and only general history of the Jihad, with a concentration on Europe.”
Brian hoff says
David Wood friend convert to Islam so David Wood went all out to attack Islam. May be david wood need to learn to mind his own business.
gravenimage says
I see that “Brian hoff”–really, “DefenderofIslam”–demands that we “mind our own business” and not say anything against Muslims raping and enslaving us.
After all, under Shari’ah the victims are not allowed to say anything.
Wellington says
Everyone of sense and knowledge has to mind what Islam intends for all mankind.
eduardo odraude says
Brian hoff, you have it exactly wrong. David’s former best friend (deceased), Nabeel Qureshi, M.D., left Islam, and then Nabeel started to get serious death threats from Muslims influenced by Muhammad’s command to kill people who leave Islam. The threats against David’s best friend were part of what motivated David, if I recall right, to study Islam in more depth than he had studied it before. David was definitely “minding his business” — in other words, being a responsible person — in studying the ideology that was threatening a close friend.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Eduardo.
infidel says
The Supreme Court of India identifies 4000,000 illegal Bangladeshi Muslims in the North Eastern state of Assam…..MUST READ
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/40-lakh-in-assam-labelled-illegals-after-massive-sc-monitored-drill/articleshow/65205445.cms
gravenimage says
Very disturbing.
infidel says
Mark my words, this is going to be Rohingya problem of India in the future as these parasites turn on their hosts in their usual way.
Sharyati says
Infidel this is not just a problem in Assam. West Bengal is one more ticking time bomb. So is kerala and now joining the proud ranks, the state of Tamil Nadu my home state. Kashmir is already a caliphate of its own. Already there are threats made on twitter asking Hindus to leave these states. We need another warlike leader Shivaji(Who gave the mughal scoundrel Aurangazeb a sound ass whipping) or Guru Gobind singh or Harihara and Bukka of the Vijayanagara kingdom in our national arena, which is now filled with “Jihadi Ass” licking politicians from the Congress, Left, TMC not to mention the budding Jihadis in our University campuses. Very precarious
janwoG says
Letist want erase or at least belittle our history, decreasing our resistance to Jihad. The Jihad is supported by two columns, Islamist Orthodox Muslims and Leftist ( many future converts to Islam).
infidel says
Hindus are only fighting for their homeland India to retain its Hindu character. In this reg, we are not only opposing the mad Jehaadis but also those unscrupulous Christian missionaries, who instead of fighting the Jehaadis who are decimating Christians, are busy converting Hindus in India by underhanded methods. I believe that we Hindus have every right to defend the Hindu character of our lands just like the Greater West has every right to preserve its White Caucasian heritage. We Hindus HAVE NO AMBITION to subjugate the entire world. I REPEAT.. We have NO DREAMS OF MEGALOMANIA to dominate the entire world because like Judaism, Hindus also do not indulge in active conversions. WE LET EVERYBODY BE…..
infidel says
Also, We Hindus have no dreams on imposing Hinduism even on the neighboring Islamic pests of Pak and Bangla… two countries which were originally Hindu anyways… We are only fighting to maintain the Hindu character of present day India..and I believe that we have every rights to..We do not want to be a Muslim or a Christian country.. as much as we respect Christianity and Jesus Christ.
infidel says
Also Hindus like the Jews are very technology and science minded and excel in maths too… This is evidenced by many top Hindu students in many top US unis and also the domination of Hindu children in the national spelling and geographic bees. U may not completely agree with the Hindu way of life of the Hindu who lives in Ur neighborhood in the Greater West… but believe me, in most cases, this Hindu will be an EDUCATIONAL OR FINANCIAL OR SCIENTIFIC ASSET for ur community. He will be respectful of the West and will not indulge in anything subversive because HINDUS HAVE A SENSE OF HONOR AND GRATITUDE towards whichever lands they live in. And they will also not act superior to U in spite of their achievements.
eduardo odraude says
Perhaps in addition to what you say, there is another reason Hindus are not subversive or totalitarian? When you have thousands or millions of gods, that outlook teaches people pluralism, a certain tolerance for many different beliefs. That is also part of the reason India has maintained a democracy for a long time now, that religious pluralism. I’m a Christian, but am capable of seeing wonders in Hindu culture, both it its high and low culture, in Bollywood and in the Mahabharata. And I agree with much of what you say.
However, I think that as long as material incentives are not used to motivate conversions, then Hindus and Christians and atheists and any non-totalitarian group should be free to proselytize, free to persuade anyone who freely chooses to listen — that’s just freedom of speech and freedom of religion, a basic human right.
Sharyati says
Your are right eduardo. I appreciate your insight on how polytheism helps to promote plurality.
Just got one doubt. You say
“both it its high and low culture, in Bollywood and in the Mahabharata.”
You mean low culture = Bollywood and High culture = Mahabharata right? Your order of mentioning them slightly confused me. Thanks
eduardo odraude says
Sharyati,
Yes, my order of mentioning them was confusing — I meant Bollywood, “low” culture, Mahabharata, high culture, but both I like….
Sharyati says
Also Bollywood is by no stretch of imagination, Hindu. Hollywood movies like
“PK” makes fun of Hindu practices, raises Islamic practices on a pedestal. Also it depicts hindus as fools and ignorant cowards. It is funded as all would know by Dawood Ibrahim, the man responsible for the 1992 Mumbai bombing.
I have stopped watching Bollwood’s “Puke worthy” films years ago(last on was in 1998) and instead watch local language movies like Tamil which are more aligned to the local Hindu culture.
infidel says
It is actually Bollywood which has egg on its face with movies like PK. They forget about Hindu Americans like Sundar Picchai (CEO Google) Satya Nadella (CEO Microsoft) and he list of Hindu American business leaders go on and on and on.. So we Hindus talk by ACTUAL FRUIT ON THE TREE.. ACTUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS and not some vain talk as to how Allah says that Muslims are the best of the best and with nothing but barbarism and endless bloodshed to show for.
Bollywood is not an Islamic propaganda machine run by proxy from Karachi Pak by the notorious crime don turned terrorist Dawood.
infidel says
Sorry I meant that Bollywood is an Islamic propaganda machine and not just a film industry
Sharyati says
Infidel i agree with you that we do not have global ambitions to wipe out any civilization or religion off the face of terra firma. But Islam does not share the same values. Unfortunately we have in India stupid values like “Sarva Dharm samabhav(All religions are the same)” and such crap. How can all religions be the same. They are fundamentally different and have different aspirations as per the level of civilization in which they grew.
We forget this . Off late i am going through ancient indian state craft manuals like the Panchatantra, which is laughed off as a series of animal stories to teach mundane morals like the Aesop fables. But in reality it is a great state craft manual. In fact nowhere do i find the nature of enmity analyzed so brilliantly as in the panchatantra. It also prescribes how to deal with various kinds of enmities. And under that categorization Islam’s enmity with other religions is of the nature of the enmity between a cat and a dog or a snake and a mongoose. The only solution in such situations is obvious. One more book is the Hitopadesha. These books should serve as the guide to deal with Jihad. Not absolutely emaciating Gandhian non violence which is nothing but a voluntary acceptance to perform suicide, not only your suicide but the suicide of your loved ones too,
infidel says
I concur and I proudly believe that Hindus have a lot to contribute to the world while at the same time EQUALLY RESPECTING other cultures and letting people be. Right from my childhood, my parents never forced their beliefs on me. My late father was not very religious but my mother is but never once was Hinduism forced on me AND MOST IMPORTANTLY never once was I ever taught to hate other religions or force my beliefs on them.. NEVER ONCE!! and I’m so proud of that, I was always only taught to respect all and adjust.
infidel says
And what to say of TAMIL HERITAGE…!!! That is an ocean of knowledge and deep philosophy by itself, a treasure for the entire world.. just like our Yoga.
Sharyati says
Thanks Infidel
eduardo odraude says
I did not know Bollywood was supportive of Islam and down on Hinduism. That sounds a bit like Hollywood: generally down on Christianity and the United States, and ignorant, deceptive, and cowardly about Islam!
eduardo odraude says
Sharyati,
Yes, the “all religions are the same” is a popular meme in the US too, though here it’s popular mainly among people who are either non-religious or spiritual but without feeling strongly connected to any one religion. The idea “all religions are the same” creates a self-destroying form of multiculturalism. I think sane forms of multiculturalism are great, but there is an insane form that is so tolerant it even tolerates a culture (Islam) that seeks to destroy multiculturalism and to substitute a totalitarian monoculture.
eduardo odraude says
I wrote “anyone who freely chooses to listen,” but I must correct that to “any adult who freely chooses to listen.”
I wouldn’t support proselytizing children without their parents’ permission (except perhaps for children caught up in totalitarian systems — efforts to gently proselytize children away from the totalitarian system, even without their parents permission, might in some circumstances be ethical). For example, showing a child an alternative to Nazism, Stalinism, Islam, Maoism, and the like.
eduardo odraude says
Excellent live stream! Great to see David Wood and Robert Spencer work together.
StellaSaidSo says
Seconded.
Makenomistake says
Islam is the ‘ disease eternal ‘, which managed to hide its true character from the masses – both affected and non affected for quite a long time in history. People considered it a ‘religion’s(of all things !! ) as they were duped by the techniques of deceptions used by the islamists, which they perfected over all this time.
Now that we have learnt sufficiently , and enormously , that islam can never be a religion. If anything, it is the most vile political ideology to conquer the world and plunder its resources using the name of the Arab moon God ‘Alla’ as a subterfuge. This has fooled us over centuries to extract ideological concessions as if it was a religion, true to the term.
It is time to eradicate this poison of islam from this planet. It is a civilisations necessity of highest order now.
We must not leave our posterity to be infected by this disease any more and ensure their peace.
This is our duty , and nothing less.
eduardo odraude says
Now I’m a little confused about Robert Spencer’s religious affiliation. Is he a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church? Last year or the year before, I got the idea that he was a member rather of something called the “Orthodox Catholic” Church. Despite the name, the “Orthodox Catholic” Church, I believe, is not part of the Catholic Church. Rather, the Orthodox Catholic Church seems to be an American branch of Eastern Orthodoxy, but does not necessarily follow the Eastern form of the Christian rite…
Robert Spencer says
I don’t know of any such entity called the Orthodox Catholic Church, and have never been a member of it.
Mark Berlinger says
The problems with Islam impinge upon all of us — everyone who is not a Muslim and even those who are not Muslims of the right kind as the Jihadis in question are. And so this is something that should unite people of all kinds of different backgrounds. It’s on that basis that I have done all my work.
—Robert Spencer
Yesterday we ordered “The History Of Jihad” Spencer’s pièce de résistance.
duh swami says
‘Knowledge is power’…Don’t just buy Roberts books…read them…
Frank Riley says
Excellent video, which should also help the sales of Robert’s Spencer’s book. I look forward to reading it when I get my preordered copy. Many of us already knew that Robert had opted out of Catholicism for Orthodoxy — and no wonder when we hear how Catholic bishops had treated him! Most orthodox Catholics these days are equally pissed-off and feeling badly let down by many of their bishops, dare I say even by the Pope. But the problem remains that in leaving the Catholic Church in denial of its doctrine on the guidance of the Holy Spirit therein, one is left wondering why Christ would have gone off leaving the Church He founded (as Catholics believe) without any reliable guidance on faith and morals. We might as well make up our own morals, and join the 20,000 plus other Christian denominations, taking our personal guidance from Holy Scripture, as we interpret it. To make any sense, Christ’s abiding presence and guidance must be found somewhere.
duh swami says
DJ Trump and Jeff Sessions want to protect ‘religious freedom’…What exactly is that and how does it effect Islam and sharia?
FYI says
It is good to hear from other religions about their experience of islamic tyranny.
Hindus,Buddhists,Sikhs,Jains….
islam is like the classroom bully in the school of world religions.
Demanding money(jizya tax),violent assaults(jihadist terror),abusing every other religious group…getting away with murder.
The police can’t deal with mr islamic supremacist bully because you see he lives in a”highly religious area” and it might be “racist” to do something about it.
But when all the other people of all the other religions in the school of World Religions go to complain to the Headmaster,Mr leftard-Liberal,astonishingly,it is they who are accused of being intolerant,”racist” and guilty of “islamophobia”..
and if they don’t shut up about it,he’ll be forced to call the police and have them all charged with the crime of “islamophobia”
ALL other religious groups are also under the threat of islamic tyranny
In islam you have 3 choices:covert,pay the jizya tax or be murdered.
islamic supremacist ideology calls for the subjugation of ALL religions and none.
ALL non-muslim religions are under the threat of islamic supremacist tyranny.
So whether you are an Atheist,a Jew,a Christian,a Hindu,a Sikh,a Buddhist:you are all under threat from..the same source.
Mr islam:the classroom bully in the school of World Religions.
BNZ Group says
Can I simply just say what a relief to find someone who genuinely understands
what they’re discussing online. You certainly know how to bring
a problem to light and make it important. More and more people really need to read this
and understand this side of your story. It’s surprising you aren’t
more popular because you surely have the gift.
gravenimage says
I finally had a chance to see the entire video–great stuff. David Wood and Robert Spencer together are delightful, and despite the grim subject, are both very funny.
I loved the emphasis on us *all* allying against the threat of Jihad.
A minor point, but I also learned that Robert Spencer had left the Catholic Church some time ago for the Orthodox Church, which I had not realized. I’d been mistakenly describing him as a Melkite Catholic here for some time.