“We will recover al-Andalus, Allah willing. Oh dear Andalus! You thought we forgot about you. I swear by Allah we have never forgotten you. No Muslim can forget Córdoba, Toledo or Xàtiva. There are many faithful and sincere Muslims who swear they will return to al-Andalus.” — Islamic State video, January 31, 2016 Muslims are […]
Qatar: Children’s software touts Islamic conquests in Europe “to spread light of Islam”
While children in Qatar and elsewhere in the Islamic world are being taught about the glories of Islamic conquests, European and American children are being taught that Islam was always part of Europe and the West, that their own Judeo-Christian culture was and is corrupt, racist and imperialistic, and that wars never solved anything. What […]
Video: Robert Spencer on Islamic tolerance and contributions to civilization
Last Wednesday night, April 13, I spoke in Ottawa. The full video is forthcoming but in the meantime, here is my response to a questioner who detailed a long list of Islam’s alleged contributions to civilization, and its reputed history of tolerance. Video thanks to Vlad Tepes.