Bat Ye’or, the pioneering historian of dhimmitude and the author of many important books, including Eurabia, The Dhimmi, and The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam, read my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS and had this to say:
In a time of cowardice and deliberate falsehood, the courageous and scholarly exposure of the greatest challenges and dangers of our time by Robert Spencer is priceless. I am so happy to have this latest example of Robert Spencer’s fantastic dedication, his erudition, his writing abilities and his courage in defending his ideas in spite of tremendous difficulties.
Have you ordered 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. Order it here now. Demand has been much higher than anticipated and so Amazon has already run out of stock, but they will have more soon, so order now!
boakai ngombu says
Bat Ye’or deserves praise for her pioneering work. I’m glad that she recognizes the worth of Robert Spencer’s work.
gravenimage says
Agreed. Her husband David Littman was a great Anti-Jihadist, as well.
Andy says
POLITICAL COURAGE coming from Maxime Bernier of Canada.
Pushes Back Against Justin Trudeau’s “Cult Of Diversity”
“Having people live among us who reject basic Western values such as freedom, equality, tolerance and openness doesn’t make us strong. People who refuse to integrate into our society and want to live apart in their ghetto don’t make our society strong.”
https://www.spencerfernando.com/2018/08/12/political-courage-maxime-bernier-pushes-back-against-justin-trudeaus-cult-of-diversity/
J D S says
It is great to hear of the praise for Roberts new book by many who understand Islam and the jihad that it orchestrates but wouldn’t it be super great if even a few few senators and congressmen would also put in good words about the book.
Andy says
Mr. Spencer’s new book (as well as all his books) should be mandatory reading for anyone wanting to understand what Islam is all about.
Thank you Mr. Spencer!
tim gallagher says
boakai ngombu, I agree that Bat Ye’or certainly is worthy of praise for her pioneering work. I think it must have been very lonely for the early writers who woke up and told the truth about Islam’s evil nature. It still takes plenty of courage for Robert Spencer and others who are fighting the good fight now, but back when Bat Ye’or was exposing Islam’s nature, it would surely have been a lonely path to tread. I think her words, in the quote in the article, are accurate. Robert Spencer’s body of work is, indeed, priceless. And it still takes courage to do the work (so unpopular with some people)that Robert Spencer does. gravenimage, I hadn’t heard of David Littman. I’ll look him up. Of course, the thing I notice is how the writers on Islam, years and years ago, like J Q Adams, Alexis de Tocqueville, et al, saw islam so clearly. Then, later on, whether because of political correctness or something, many seemed to lose sight of Islam’s nature. Bat Ye’or and a few others, began to see the truth and tell the truth again, like a re-awakening. Unfortunately, so many people still don’t see things clearly.
gravenimage says
+1
mgoldberg says
David Littman and his wife, Giselle (B’at Yeor) were the instruments of an Israeli humanitarian mission to rescue 530 jewish children living in Morocco, who with their parents, refused emigration.
They engineered getting them to ‘summer camp’ then secretly to Israel, and their parents were later reunited with them. They both were given the highest award for civilian valor by Israel for their role.
David Littman scholarly articles of which his “Arab theologians on Jews and Israel: extracts from the proceedings of the fourth conference of the Academy of Islamic Research”, D. F. Green (nom de plume of Littman and Yehoshafat Harkabi), Majmaʻ al-Buḥūth al-Islāmīyah, Éditions de l’avenir, 3 eds. in English, 2 eds. in French, 1ed. in German (over 70,000 copies of all editions), 1974
is worth purchasing if you wish to see how the arabs, muslims wrote about Jews, Israel, in their own words at their own conferences. He was a stallwort defender of Israel at the U.N. and was a clear thinker, and way ahead of his time.
rubiconcrest says
A pdf format is available online from the center for security policy.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the information about David Littman, mgoldberg. He seems to have done some very important work along with his wife, Bat Ye’or.
gravenimage says
+1
Joy says
SO TRUE!! I am fascinated by Bat Ye’or and need to read more about – and certainly BY – her! I’ve heard and read her name frequently over the years (since 9/11 – the year and instance of my “awakening!”), but, alas, none of her apparently great works re the Truth about Islam! I’m already reading other books, but I think I’ll check her out on Amazon. Actually, I can hardly wait!! At the very least, I LOVE the beautiful photo of her that Robert posted, along with her powerful quote for his book.
gravenimage says
Historian Bat Ye’or on Robert Spencer’s History of Jihad: “Courageous and scholarly”
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High praise from one of the pioneers of the Counter Jihad. Brava!
WhoKnows says
Interesting review.
gravenimage says
anotherJWreader wrote:
I may be banned, but mgoldberg should check what “dyonme” means.
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Mgoldberg essentially said your posts are silly–he never once mentioned your being banned–more calumny against good Anti-Jihadists.
I did a lot of digging around, and have been unable to find a translation for “dyonme”.
In fact, I was only able to find a single reference, used by a poster on this site:
http://alt.news.macedonia.narkive.com/t7sP6L3F/to-ilinden-the-deluded-fyromian
It appears to refer to some sort of unspecified Balkan ethnicity. Since this word is so obscure, I’m not sure why you consider it so important for mgoldberg to know.
gravenimage says
My above reply was to a now deleted post.
Yes, Jay Boo–I believe that when a post is deleted, that replies to that post typically are, as well.
The only exception is when a reply is being posted as the original is being deleted–which likely happened with my post, above.
Eva says
Looks like an interesting history book.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
https://www.rt.com/news/435797-nation-state-law-netanuahu-protets/
This is the very least that Israel can do to insure its long-term survival. It should probably do more to protect its Jewish identity.
Scott H Davis says
I have read multiple books from both authors – they not only write and research profoundly well, they have also inspired/pricked… me to write as well.
Renton Maclachlan says
I’m just reading ‘The History of Jihad’ at the moment. One of the things I find really frustrating is how people weakened the opposition to Islam for their own ends, sometimes betraying their own people for some perceived personal gain. How short sighted could they be… and it happened over and over again…
gravenimage says
Yes–and we are still seeing that kind of dhimmitude.
mortimer says
Of all writers and historians today, Bat Yeor is better informed than most about the JIHAD ideology and understands better than most the vital importance of the HISTORY OF JIHAD.
My feeling is that HISTORY OF JIHAD by Robert Spencer will be one of those books that decisively change the world.
The importance of HISTORY OF JIHAD is that it will TAKE AWAY FINALLY the unsupported claim that ‘Islam is peaceful’.
Kepha says
I will be on the lookout for Spencer’s latest book. I have read a couple of Bat Ye’or’s. May both she and Mr. Spencer continue to make important contributions to the defense of our civilization.