Over at The Stream is this informative review of my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, which you can order by clicking here.
“Robert Spencer Exposes Islam’s Phony Peace,” by Andrew E. Harrod, The Stream, August 7, 2018:
“I have been made victorious with terror.” Muhammad, Islam’s prophet, reportedly said this before his death in 632. Robert Spencer’s new book The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS puts facts behind the claim.
Deadly Doctrines
Spencer writes of violence throughout Islam’s 1,400 years. Jihad is a basic tenet of Islam. Islam demands jihad warfare. Violent jihad is the best act for a Muslim.
This was seen in Islam’s conquests in its first century, which were unequaled in history. Mainstream Muslims were never concerned about human equality. “There was no Era of Good Feeling, no Golden Age of Tolerance,” writes Spencer. Centuries later, it’s still this way.
There were jihad horrors like the 1453 Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (now Istanbul). Tamerlane’s 1398 Mongol invasion of India was also bloody. He had 100,000 Hindu prisoners killed in one day.
Muslims didn’t just wage jihad against non-Muslims. Tamerlane, for instance, beat the Ottomans at the 1402 Battle of Ankara. The defeated sultan’s wife then became a naked table servant.
Also, Jihad slavery of non-Muslims has been prevalent in places like Eastern Europe. The name “Slav” derives from the Arabic word “saqlab” for slave. In 1842, a British consul general shocked Moroccans by suggesting limits to slavery.
Muslim Tyranny
Muslim tyranny changed people. Conversion to Islam was a means of escape. Istanbul was 50 percent Christian even in 1914, but today is 99.99 percent Muslim.
Muhammad’s example showed that truth was unimportant. Ottoman rulers could break treaties according to a 1571 fatwa. The only exception to war was peace with non-Muslims when it benefitted Muslims. Otherwise war was required.
Further, Spencer debunks interfaith myths about Muslim Spain. Events like the 1066 Granada pogrom happened. What’s more, after the 1086 Battle of Sagrajas, Muslims were called to prayer atop piled Christian heads.
Spencer also denies unique Western self-loathing shown by the Crusades. The Crusades’ counterattack defended against jihad, despite crimes like Jerusalem’s 1096 sack. By contrast, a Muslim 1180s traveler found Muslims in Crusader lands living better than in Islamic areas.
As with Islamic Spain, Spencer offers facts concerning the Crusaders’ famed opponent Saladin. Saladin’s myth supports Islam’s nobility. Yet he killed Christian captives defeated at the 1187 Battle of Hattin. He later also thought of killing Jerusalem’s Christians, but enslaved and ransomed them instead.
Hear No Jihad, See No Jihad
…Muslim raiders attacked Rome in 846. Leo IV began as pope the next year by improving Rome’s defenses. In contrast, today Pope Francis calls Islam peaceful and condemns walls.
Spencer also notes Pope Benedict XVI’s 2006 address in Regensburg, Germany. His quoting of 15th-century Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus appeared “Islamophobic.” Modern listeners are much more naïve than in Manuel’s time.
Spencer criticizes the Catholic Church’s abandonment of centuries of counter-jihad leadership. The Vatican does not remind the world “how Islam had been set against Europe for fourteen hundred years.” It does not warn people that “mass Muslim migration into Europe might not be such a good idea.”
Spencer writes that elites have misinformed the public about jihad. This lack of responsibility is unique in history. Meanwhile Muslim Brotherhood organizations have for decades misled America.
Spencer examines the bad results following Al Qaeda’s September 11, 2001, attacks. He condemns President George W. Bush’s remarks at Washington, DC’s Islamic Center six days later. The concession he made would have shamed past Byzantine emperors.
Bush’s companions that day included Abdurahman Alamoudi. This prominent Muslim fake “moderate” had never hid his support for jihad. He later went to jail for terror financing….
Read the rest here.

mortimer says
This accolade from Andrew E. Harrod is powerful. There will be many more such accolades in the coming days.
HAVE YOU ORDERED YOUR COPY? I ORDERED MINE … and many will read it.
Then I will send copies to politicians and leaders. WILL YOU?
If we all do, the CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION will make a real IMPACT of government policy.
bonnie loranger says
good idea Mortimer. I stated to read mine. very good book. Thanks Robert
Berengaria says
May God Bless our Noble Crusaders, especially the Men & Women of the First Crusade, which was Victorious & May God Bless Pope Benedict XVI, who bravely read out his Address in Germany, but I wish the German Elite would have listened to him, explaining the Horrid History of Islam.
There are so many other brave people who have earned God’s Blessing by warning us of Islam,
but they are demonized by our Elites in the Western World.
And God’s Blessing for Robert Spencer & his “History of Jihad From Muhammad To Isis”.
vlparker says
Just came in the mail.
gravenimage says
The History of Jihad Reviewed: “Robert Spencer Exposes Islam’s Phony Peace”
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Yes–even the “peace” of Islam–if this is what we are experiencing now–is incredibly bloody. Thanks to Andrew Harrod,
Niemoller says
Conversion to Islam was a means of escape for some slaves after they had made their masters money enough, but not black slaves; they were typically castrated by their Islamic masters, a sure sign their slavery was for life. The dirty secret is Islam was an violent, racist Arab bandit theology from day one.
Lydia Church says
That’s it in a nutshell; phony peace, denial, and…. Kaboom!
infidel says
Another Fine example of Hindu contribution to the West in the light of all these Jehaad in the West
Hindu American wins the Prestigious DIRAC medal in Physics in 2018. This after another Hindu won the Fields medal this year in Mathematics.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/indian-born-scientist-wins-prestigious-dirac-medal/articleshow/65336612.cms
gravenimage says
Kudos to him, Infidel!
Noel says
The Amazon UK price for this book is £18.29 not in stock.
The Amazon US price is $24.30 not in stock.
Last week it was $16 or £17. Amazon will charge as much as they think you will pay. A lot of people are buying the book, so the price goes up. I wish we could buy from the publishers and cut Amazon out.