Efraim Karsh, the author of the acclaimed book Islamic Imperialism: A History, read an advance copy of my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS and had this to say:
From the first Arab-Islamic empire of the mid-seventh century to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the story of Islam has been the story of the rise and fall of universal empires and, no less importantly, of never quiescent imperialist dreams. In this tour de force, Robert Spencer narrates the transformation of the concept of jihad, ‘exertion in the path of Allah,’ from a rallying cry fro the prophet Muhammad’s followers into a supreme religious duty and the primary vehicle for the expansion of Islam throughout the ages. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the roots of the Manichean struggle between East and West and the nature of the threat confronted by the West today.
Click here to order The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, the only book of its kind, bringing you the entire history of jihad from its beginnings to the present day, with massive implications for both foreign and domestic policy.
Angemon says
Indeed – a lot has been written about the Crusades, which lasted around 2 centuries and were centered on a relatively small patch of land (yes, I know, there were crusades against pagans in the North and Christians, but I bet 99% of the people think of the Middle East and muslims when “the Crusades” are mentioned), but little about jihad, which continues to the current day and on all corners of the world. From the top of my head, I can only remember Paul Fregosi’s Jihad in the West.
gravenimage says
Historian Efraim Karsh on Robert Spencer’s The History of Jihad: “A tour de force…a must-read”
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Excellent!
mortimer says
Thank you, Efraim Karsh, for this wonderful review. THE HISTORY OF JIHAD ought to be required reading for all diplomats and all clerics and all police who deal with Muslims or Islamic organizations.
If you don’t understand jihad, taqiyya and the motivational teaching called ‘AL WALAA WAL BARAA’, you are a naïve, unprepared rube and Muslims WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE of your simple-minded, pollyannish trust in Muslim apologetics.
All jihad is aggression and ALL MUSLIMS conduct VERBAL JIHAD when they lie to and deceive the disbelieving kafirs about JIHAD, TAQIYYA and AL WALAA WAL BARAA.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
“Everything I needed to know about Islam, I learned on 9-11.” Thank you Robert for your courage, dedication to scholarship, and your commitment to freedom. You are a National Treasure.
MALLIKARJUNA SHARMA says
9-11 was not committed by Muslims but by the US-Israel-Saudi Arabia evil axis to wage war against and vanquish generally non-fanatic relatively democratic minded Muslims of the Middle East.With the 9-11 Truth movement exposing all the lies and fabrications of the Bush-Chiney-Silverstein gang doing the inside job trough CIA-Mossad operatives now more and more people, lakhs of people, are realizing the true nature of this genocidal conspiracy against the people of the world, especially against the relatively progressive regimes and peoples of the Middle East.
dumbledoresarmy says
Guess what, mate? Nobody here is interested in your rabid mohammedan nonsense-and-lies.
P*ss off and shut up.
‘Generally non-fanatic and relatively democratic-minded Muslims of the Middle East…” (sic).
ROFLMAO.
Angemon says
MALLIKARJUNA SHARMA posted:
“9-11 was not committed by Muslims but by the US-Israel-Saudi Arabia evil axis ”
Tell that to your coreligionists who claim they did it…
Terry Gain says
No lie is so big that Muslims won’t tell it.
Tim Gibson says
Good to hear the real deal from a moderate muslim.
gravenimage says
MALLIKARJUNA SHARMA wrote:
9-11 was not committed by Muslims but by the US-Israel-Saudi Arabia evil axis to wage war against and vanquish generally non-fanatic relatively democratic minded Muslims of the Middle East…
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Yeah, right. Never mind all the Muslims who danced in the streets and handed out candy–why would this be the case if 9/11 was pulled off by the CIA to make Muslims look bad?
And never mind how many pious Muslims since have considered 9/11 the gold standard of Jihad terror attacks–something to aspire to.
Further, there are now over 34,000 Jihad terror attacks just since 9/11–are to believe that everyone of these, all over the world, have been pulled off by Mossad?
Try again, Mohammedan…
Alain Lenferna de la Motte says
I have read both Ephriam Karsh’s Islamic Imperialism and Robert Spencer’s The History of Jihad. Both excellent books that treat Islam’s ultimate goal of world dominance with clarity. Both recommended reads for anyone who believes that Islam is a ‘religion of peace’.
dumbledoresarmy says
Offtopic: but I’m posting this here as a ‘heads-up’ to any Aussie jihadwatchers who may be posting or lurking.
The British Pakistani Christian Association is organising a rally in *Australia* – in Sydney – on 24th November – that is, next Saturday – in solidarity with Asia Bibi and to demand that the *Australian* government should offer asylum to her and her family.
Details here:
https://www.britishpakistanichristians.org/blog/australians-rally-for-asia-bibi
Australians Rally for Asia BIbi
“The large vigil will be held in Sydney on Saturday 24th November starting at 12pm at the NSW Parliament House.
“The vigil will then move peacefully through Martin Place and finish at the Pakistani Consulate on Pitt Street.
“Please come and join this peaceful vigil supporting Asia Bibi.”
So, my fellow Aussie jihadwatchers, if you live in or within travelling distance of Sydney… please, if you possibly can, whether you are Christian, or atheist, or Hindu, or Buddhist, or Sikh, or Jewish… go join this rally on 24th November.
Defy – and *denounce* – the blasphemy law of Islam.
Defy and denounce Islamic Pakistan, and the rest of the awful OIC.
Declare your solidarity with a persecuted victim of the horrible Mohammedan Mob.
And send a message to our gutless, dhimmified politicians and their advisers. The more of you can get to this rally, the louder the message will be.
And at the same time – make sure that you let our PM Scott Morrison, and our Foreign Minister, Immigration Minister, and Defence Minister, know exactly what you think on the subject.
Let them know that, while you totally support offering asylum to a *bona fide non-Muslim* such as Asia Bibi who is being viciously persecuted unto death by the Muslim majorit in her homeland, you do NOT support admitting into Australia even *one* more Muslim, of any sort at all, from anywhere at all.
If Asia Bibi is admitted into Australia, the *only * reason that she will need some kind of physical bodyguard is this.. that there are a LOT of Muslims currently in Australia, among whom (this is a certainty) are MANY who would feel entitled to become sharia assassins, hunt her down, and murder her exactly as a Muslim in the Netherlands murdered Theo Van Gogh, and exactly as Muslims in France murdered the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists.
And *that* should be pointed out, and emphasised, very strongly: that if there were NO Muslims within Australia, we could offer Asia Bibi asylum and be absolutely certain that, within Australia, there would be *no-one* ideologically programmed to hunt her down and kill her. The fewer Musilms there are in any country that does offer her asylum **the safer she will be**.
Terry Gain says
DDA
Good for you.
Walter Sieruk says
Yes, this book written by Robert Spencer in very informative .
For example ,Ayatollah Khomeini was the Imam who was so powerful that he played large role in the establishment of the current Islamic tyranny of Iran which has the official title of “ The Islamic Republic of Iran” Khomeini had declared “ Jihad or Holy War ,which is for the conquest of [other ] countries and kingdoms , becomes incumbent after the formation of the Islamic State in the presence of the Imam or in accordance with his command. Then Islam makes it incumbent on all males…to prepare themselves for the conquest of countries so that the writ of Islam is obeyed in every country in the world… those who study Islamic Holy War will understand why Islam wants to conquer the whole world. The goal of this conquest would be to establish the hegemony of Islamic law.” [1]
[1] THE HISTORY OF JIHAD FROM MUHAMMAD TO ISIS by Robert Spencer , page 319.