John Hamed, Jr. repeats as fact several myths about Muslims. The first one, discussed in the previous piece, is the claim made by the zoologist and amateur epigraphist Barry Fell, of an Arab presence in the New World as early as 700 A.D. This was followed by the three distinct claims made by Muslim “scholars” […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: John Hamed, Jr., Barry Fell, and the Backdating of Islam in America
John Hamed, Jr.’s letter criticizing a previous correspondent’s assertions about Islam first made the point that the Qur’an is full of references to “love” and “mercy” and “peace,” that where in the Qur’an violence appears, it was merely descriptive of what the early Muslims, suffering from the “relentless onslaught” of its enemies, were forced engage […]