My latest in PJ Media: The sage and visionary Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu) looked out at our unhappy land and saw just what we need to usher in a new era of healing, peace, and prosperity. And so she has made yet another modest proposal for the correction and improvement of the land that […]
Why We Should Not Heed Ilhan Omar’s Call for a Special Envoy to Fight ‘Islamophobia’
Never mind that the very term “Islamophobia” is used to silence all legitimate criticism of Islam. Such criticism is said to be based on an “irrational hatred” (a phobia) of Islam and of Muslims, but many of us believe that anyone who studies both the text of the Qur’an, and the observable behavior of Muslims […]
Canada: Muslim organization unveils 61 recommendations for government to fight ‘Islamophobia’
The term “Islamophobia” is an illegitimate conflation of two distinct phenomena: crimes against innocent Muslims, as in the case of Nathaniel Veltman, which are never justified, and honest analysis of the motivating ideology of jihad terror, which is always necessary. Islamic advocacy groups and their leftist allies have been insisting for years that such analysis, […]
Omar and other Democrat Representatives call for establishment of special envoy to combat ‘Islamophobia’
The legislators want Blinken “to specifically include anti-Muslim violence per se in next year’s annual human rights reports.” All right. But will the human rights reports note the large number of faked anti-Muslim hate crimes? Will the human rights reports make a clear distinction between “Islamophobia” as attacks on innocent Muslims, which are never justified, […]
UK ex-cop: Rochdale Muslim rape gang case “continues to expose what is wrong with our so-called ‘justice system'”
Maggie Oliver is right, but even her calls for justice don’t get at the root of the problem. Nowhere in this article does she come close to acknowledging the beliefs and assumptions that give rise to and perpetuate this kind of behavior, and no one else in Britain even comes as close to doing so […]
‘You can’t question Muhammad’s existence! That’s Islamophobic!’
One of the new features in the Revised and Expanded edition of Did Muhammad Exist? is that I discuss charges that the inquiry itself is “Islamophobic.” There is a surprising number of supposed scholars and academics who use this word to register their objections. I show why they’re wrong and why the term “Islamophobia” has […]
Video: Robert Spencer on Islamophobia and the Threat to Free Speech
With Kyle Shideler on a Center for Security Policy webinar. Order my new book, Islamophobia and the Threat to Free Speech, here. The freedom of speech and expression is one of our most important and cherished American principles. Yet it is everywhere under attack. On college campuses, by students and administrators alike. In the […]
Audio: Robert Spencer on Islamophobia and the threat to free speech
With Frank Gaffney on Secure Freedom Radio: ROBERT SPENCER, Director, Jihad Watch, Weekly columnist, PJ Media and FrontPage Magazine, Author, “Mass Migration in Europe: A Model for the U.S.?,” and “Islamophobia and the Threat to Free Speech,” @jihadwatchRS Islamophobia: Conflating criticism of Jihad terrorism with attacks against innocent Muslims In what ways is the Southern […]
CUNY Law School Defends Death Threat by Palestinian Activist
This isn’t Gaza or Tehran but NYC on July 4th 2021! This massive hate fest was organized by our 2020 Antisemite of the Year Nerdeen Kiswani (more in thread). Antisemites like Kiswani never stop with Jews – they continue to engulf modern day societies with their hatred. pic.twitter.com/bJTOkpTXmL — StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) July 6, 2021 […]
Robert Spencer’s latest book, Islamophobia and the Threat to Free Speech, available now
My latest book, Islamophobia and the Threat to Free Speech, is available now from Center for Security Policy Press. You can order it here. It shows how the demonization of foes of jihad violence and Sharia oppression was a dry run for the Left’s attempt now to silence and criminalize all opposition to its agenda. […]