They forced him to recite the Islamic faith. “Church Pastor Attacked in Istanbul: Four people rushed into a Protestant church in Bahçelievler district and physically attacked the pastor, threatening and insulting him,” from BÄ°A News Center, April 9 (thanks to David): Four people rushed to the Protestant Grace Church in Bahçelievler, Istanbul and physically abused […]
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Algeria: Christian gets five years in prison for “shaking the faith” of Muslims
And of course if the Muslims had been shaken out of their faith altogether, they would have been under a death sentence. “Believer awaits appeal decision after ‘shaking the faith’ of Muslims,” from Mission News Network, April 23 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): …An Algerian Christian was sentenced to five years in prison for […]
Robert Spencer: Time to stop treating Muslims like children
In WND this morning I explain how I wrote my new book, Did Muhammad Exist?, out of respect for Muslims: My new book, “Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam’s Obscure Origins,” is out this week, and it has already aroused anger among Muslims: A Muslim writer named Hussein Rashid, who is an instructor at […]
“Proud Muslim” condemns new Spencer book Did Muhammad Exist? without bothering to read it
Hussein Rashid is “a native New Yorker and Proud Muslim” who is “currently an instructor at the Center for Spiritual Inquiry at Park Avenue Christian Church and based at Hofstra University.” His bio tag also says he “believes we need to start talking more intelligently about Islam specifically, and religion generally.” Apparently, however, he thinks […]
The Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam: “Useless at best and at worst harmful for human rights”
The world’s foremost foe of the freedom of speech, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, recently invoked the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam — a fact that should reassure no one who wants to see the freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and equality of rights of all people before the law protected. “It’s […]
Bruce Thornton reviews Robert Spencer’s Did Muhammad Exist?
This morning at FrontPage, Bruce Thornton, a classicist at California State University, Fresno, and author of many acclaimed books, including The Wages of Appeasement: Ancient Athens, Munich, and Obama’s America, reviews my new book, Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam’s Obscure Origins: Editor’s note: Robert Spencer’s acclaimed new book, Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry […]
Robert Spencer: Inventing Muhammad?
Today is the official publication date of my new book Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam’s Obscure Origins, and in The American Thinker this morning I discuss why it matters: Why would it matter if Muhammad never existed? Certainly the accepted story of Islam’s origins is taken for granted as historically accurate; while many […]
Lebanon: Bomb in restaurant serving alcohol injures five
Serving alcohol: haram. Bombing people in a restaurant that serves alcohol: halal. “Bomb in south Lebanon restaurant injures five,” from Reuters, April 23 (thanks to Kenneth): TYRE, Lebanon (Reuters) – Five people were injured and a building was damaged when a bomb exploded in a restaurant in the south Lebanon coastal town of Tyre early […]
The Big Lie: OIC launching aggressive media blitz to fight “Islamophobia”
“Islamophobia” is a concept that was invented by the Muslim Brotherhood in order to intimidate non-Muslims away from criticizing or resisting the jihad and Islamic supremacism. The OIC has millions and will use them to bury us in hot steaming piles of nonsense about how Islam teaches peace and tolerance and “believe us, not your […]
No virgins for you: Five jihadists killed when the bombs they were building exploded
Allah has a little joke at the expense of five of his warriors. “Islamist militants killed by own bombs: Nigerian army,” from Agence France Presse, April 23: KANO, Nigeria: Five suspected Islamist militants were killed when bombs they were assembling exploded during a shootout with government troops in northern Nigeria, a military commander said Monday. […]