The claims that Dr. Iftikar Ahmed Ayaz makes here are commonplace, but they raise a question: where in Islamic history has Islam ever been a catalyst that brought about peace and justice? In my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, I show that the only peace that ever prevailed in lands conquered […]
Ramadan in Pakistan: Sunni Muslim mob tears down historic Ahmadi mosque
Sunni Muslims consider Ahmadi Muslims heretics. In Ramadan, the month in which Muslims redouble their efforts to please Allah, the attackers see attacks such as this one as acts of piety and demonstrations of their devotion to Islam. Ironically, in the United States, prominent Ahmadi Muslim spokesmen such as Qasim Rashid and Haris Zafar constantly […]
Scotland: Muslim supporters of Sunni murderer of Ahmadi threaten to murder Muslim prison chaplains
Muslim prison chaplains have warned their lives are in danger from sectarian radicals supporting a Sunni Muslim from Bradford who killed a member of the Ahmadiyya sect living in Scotland. It was only a matter of time before Muslim sectarian violence made its way to the West, and since every form of Islamic supremacism is […]
Windsor, Ontario: Ahmadiyya Muslims invite teachers to mosque to learn the “peaceful” “true nature of Islam”
It’s a sight you don’t see everyday [sic] — public school teachers walking through a mosque. The goal was to break misconceptions of Islam by making the Muslim community available for face-to-face interactions. This is the kind of education that the Greater Essex County District School Board in Windsor, Ontario is bringing to local children: […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: In Pakistan, Those Dangerous Ahmadis
Ahmadis are a small sect — some 10-20 million people out of 1.6 billion Muslims — whom many Muslims do not consider to be Muslims at all, and persecute them or, as sometimes happens in Pakistan and Indonesia, even murder them. The Ahmadis believe that a 19th century Muslim, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and not Muhammad, was […]
Ahmadi Muslims Hijack Islam
For many years we have heard that the jihadists have “hijacked” Islam by arbitrarily picking and choosing what verses of the Koran and teachings of Muhammad, or portions thereof, to follow, while ignoring those that don’t support their actions. In a similar vein, the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Community USA has hijacked Islam with their website Muhammad […]
Robert Spencer video: Is opposition to Muslims-only Maryland housing development just “Islamophobia”?
In this new video, I discuss the controversy that has broken out over a Maryland housing development that advertised and sold homes only to Ahmadiyya Muslims. Predictably, those who object to this are being accused of “Islamophobia.” And just as predictably, there is nothing to the charge, and plenty to be concerned about regarding this […]
Maryland development under fire for selling homes only to Muslims
“The meeting occasionally grew heated. One man wearing a Rolling Stones T-shirt challenged Younus about the definition of ‘jihad.’ ‘Jihad is a war on the infidel, and I am the infidel,’ he said. (The man declined to give his name to The Washington Post, calling it the ‘lying press.’)” Yes, the Washington Post is indeed […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Qasim Rashid and Harris Zafar, Or, Why Bother?
A recent letter to the editor of The Oregonian — just one of many similar letters being sent out by energetic Ahmadis — makes the predictable claims, denies any justification for terrorism in the “Holy Qur’an,” calls “true Islam” a “religion of peace,” and suggests that the best way to prevent “so-called” Muslims from terrorism […]
Germany: 10,000 expected at Muslim anti-terror march, 1,000 show up
And that number includes many non-Muslims. In this case, many Muslims didn’t show up because Muslim organizations refused to endorse the march, due to the involvement of the German Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Sunni Muslims generally consider Ahmadiyyas as heretics or apostates. But this is not the first time that attendance at a Muslim rally against […]
Canada’s top imam: “Jihad will continue until the Day of Judgment”
In a panel discussion in Toronto on the “Finality of Prophethood”, Nadvi called Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam a “false prophet” who abrogated the jihad in contradiction to an explicit hadith by Mohammad who said the the jihad will continue to the end of time. Calls for jihad and sharia […]
Ahmadi Muslims facing discrimination…in Wales
Did the British think that they could bring in large numbers of Muslims without bringing in the problems for religious minorities that plague those minorities in Muslim countries? Did they give that even a moment’s thought? Did they think, for that matter, that they could bring in large numbers of Muslims without bringing the jihad […]
Pakistan: Muslims hail UK jihad murderer of “blasphemer” as hero
“On Monday evening, about 400 gathered outside his family’s home in the city of Mirpur, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir for a rally in his honour. The crowd chanted slogans praising Ahmed as ‘brave’ and ‘courageous.’” Only 400. A tiny minority of extremists, right? But where have there ever been 400 Muslims marching against the death penalty […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part VI)
Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald. 30. Why have there been more than 30,000 terrorist attacks by Muslims since 9/11/2001? Ask those individuals. The primary victims of terrorist attacks are Muslims. Those terrorists are responsible for justifying their own actions. Islam is a […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part V)
Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald. 24. According to Islamic law, what must a Muslim husband do to be divorced from his wife? The Quran says, “Such divorce may be pronounced twice; then, either retain them in a becoming manner or send them […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part IV)
Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald. 16. How did Muhammad react when he heard that a 120-year-old Jewish poet, Abu ‘Afak, had been killed? Where is the name Abu ‘Afak mentioned anywhere in the six authentic books of Hadith? As for blasphemy, the […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part III)
Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald. 11. Why is Muhammad called the Perfect Man (“al-insan al-kamil”), and the Model of Conduct (“uswa hasana”)? Because his conduct was in perfect conformity with the Quran. In Islam, the Quran is perfect: “This is a perfect […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part II)
Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald, which I began here. 7. Why did Muhammad attack the Jewish date farmers at the Khaybar Oasis? What narration says that date farmers were attacked? Sahih Bukhari narrates that the farmers took refuge in the fort before […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part I)
It all started when Jihad Watch writer Hugh Fitzgerald offered 38 uncomfortable questions that could be used by those who encountered “I’m a Muslim — Ask Me Anything” Islamic apologists. Hugh then gave answers to the questions: 1-6; 7-10; 11-15; 16-23; 24-29; and 30-38. Now a Muslim named Rizwan Khan, who is a member of […]
UK: Muslim who murdered Muslim for “disrespecting Islam” calls on followers to “eliminate” enemies of Islam
“The interview attracted broadly positive reactions on social media.” Where is the vaunted Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims weighing in to call Tanveer Ahmed’s statements abhorrent? “British Islamist Killer Urges Cult Following to ‘Eliminate’ Enemies of Islam from Jail,” by Liam Deacon, Breitbart, January 17, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A British Islamist, […]