In “The strong-arming of a dhimmi Catholic diocese” at WND today, Pamela Geller blasts the Boston Globe reporter who, I’m told, spearheaded the cancellation of my appearance at the Catholic Men’s Conference in Worcester, Massachusetts in March. My heartfelt thanks to the people, now over 1,900, who have signed the petition asking Bishop Robert McManus […]
Archives for 2013
Robert Spencer: Who’s An Authority?
Over at Atlas Shrugs, I discuss how having the accepted political opinions is the sole criterion for being respected in the public square these days: The Roman Catholic diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts invited me last June to speak at their Catholic Men’s Conference this coming March 16; however, under pressure from the Boston Globe and […]
Ibn Warraq: Jews and the Crusades (Part 10)
Jews and the Crusades by Ibn Warraq Part 10 Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 / Part 8 / Part 9 2.4 Further Crusades Pope Eugenius III and St. Bernard of Clairvaux preached a new crusade in 1146, and its preaching […]
Robert Spencer: Israel and the Ever-Elusive Muslim Unity
In FrontPage today I discuss how Ahmadinejad’s visit to Egypt shows again why the Muslim world will never be united “” except in hatred of Israel. the first visit to Egypt by a President of Iran since the founding of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Egypt Tuesday to […]
Ground Zero Mosque Imam Rauf accused of stealing donations, using them to finance lavish lifestyle
Why not? It was all just jizya from the ever-credulous kuffar, right? This comes as no surprise. Everyone behind the Islamic supremacist Ground Zero mosque project was unsavory. Remember that Ground Zero Mosque developer Sharif El-Gamal owns a rat-infested slum with 400 violations, and owes NYC $61,633 in fines, fees and taxes. Rauf is a […]
Not Peace But A Sword: New Robert Spencer book coming March 25
My twelfth book, Not Peace But A Sword: The Great Chasm Between Christianity and Islam, will be published on March 25 by Catholic Answers. It is especially timely in light of the decision, under media and Islamic supremacist pressure, of the Roman Catholic bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts to drop me from speaking at a conference […]
Robert Spencer on the Paul Westcott Show: Worcester and the war on free speech
This morning I was on the Paul Westcott show on WTAG discussing the diocese of Worcester’s capitulation to Islamic supremacists in canceling my talk there scheduled for March 16. You can listen here.
Denmark: Gunman shoots at counter-jihad leader Lars Hedegaard, misses
“He was fined 5,000 kroner ($1,000) in 2011 for making a series of insulting and degrading statements about Muslims.” Note the bias. “Insulting and degrading” according to whom? Islamic supremacists have a long history of considering truths about Islam that they would prefer not be known “insulting and degrading” when noted by non-Muslims. This AP […]
AFDI free speech victory: Chicago Transit Authority capitulates to the First Amendment, will run AFDI anti-jihad ads
Chicago Transit Authority, after cheerfully running Hamas-linked CAIR’s cynical and deceptive #MyJihad ads, has reluctantly acquiesced to the First Amendment and agreed to run our counter-jihad ads. Pamela Geller has more details here. Help us run these ads in Chicago, San Francisco and Washington: we want to counter Hamas-linked CAIR’s propaganda. everywhere they run it. […]
Robert Spencer on the Frank Wuco Show: Worcester and the war on free speech
Sunday afternoon I was on the fearless, peerless Frank Wuco’s show on Florida’s 970 WFLA, discussing the diocese of Worcester’s cancellation of my appearance there after pressure from the mainstream media and Islamic supremacists. If you missed it, you can listen here. And be sure to tune in regularly to Frank’s show: Frank is a […]