Blasphemy charges are a tool in Pakistan and Bangladesh to settle scores with non-Muslims, gain their property, terrorize them, and keep them in their place. “Bangladesh: Islamists in Dinajpur stage protests demanding hanging of a Hindu man over alleged blasphemy,” OpIndia, June 18, 2025: A young Hindu man in Parbatipur, in the Dinajpur district of […]
India: Muslim leader demands punishment of girl for criticizing Muhammad
The West is accepting Islamic blasphemy laws readily enough. If Waris Pathan doesn’t get satisfaction in India, he can always move to Britain or Sweden. “Muslim Leader Pathan Demanded Action Against a girl for making remarks against the Prophet,” by Sibby Jeyya, India Herald, May 17, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Waris Pathan, […]
Nigeria: Prominent Islamic cleric calls for execution of those who leave Islam, cites Qur’an verses
Those who call out the likes of Sheikh Dr. Ibrahim Jalo Jalingo are invariably deemed “Islamophobes,” but it is he, along with a multitude of other clerics, Islamic leaders and heads of prominent Islamic institutions, who cites verses of the Qur’an and Hadith to justify his positions. Jalingo “emphasised that the Qur’an, in verses such […]
Pakistan: Court sentences five men to death for posting ‘blasphemous’ content online about Muhammad
We’re much more civilized in the West. Here, those who are perceived as having insulted Islam don’t get sentenced to death. They just get fired from their jobs. “Court sentences five to death for ‘online blasphemy,’” AFP, March 26, 2025: ISLAMABAD: A court has sentenced five men to death for posting blasphemous content online, a […]
‘Robert Spencer pulled off another masterpiece that will fortify many and unbalance many more’
Here is a thorough and thoughtful review of Muhammad: A Critical Biography by the courageous ex-Muslim intellectual Anjuli Pandavar: “Peace be upon the least deserving; and how he was created,” by Anjuli Pandavar, Murtadd to Human, March 20, 2025: This is not the story of a man, but the man of a story. Muhammad: A […]
Rushdie Aside, a Fatwa is Not Necessary to Attack and Kill the ‘Enemies of Islam’
Hadi Matar is a Lebanese Shi’a, linked to Hezbollah, who managed to be admitted to the United States — how he entered the country needs to be investigated — and was living in New Jersey when he tried to carry out the fatwa issued in 1989 by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie, for the crime […]
David Wood vs. Robert Spencer Debate: Did Muhammad Exist?
Saturday, at DebateCon.
Swiss collector claims to have discovered Muhammad’s sword, only he hasn’t
This is another example of how the Muhammad myth rolls on, despite the lack of historical foundation. “The collector is also planning an exhibition of the sword, with a delegation of ‘supreme muftis from a number of countries’ set to arrive in in Bern to ‘meet’ the sword in February.” Yet “it is highly improbable […]
Robert Spencer Video: ‘I am 100% Certain Muhammad Didn’t Exist’
This new Glazov Gang episode features Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. His latest book is Muhammad: A Critical Biography. Follow him on Twitter here. Robert discusses “I am 100% Certain Muhammad Didn’t Exist’, reflecting on The taboo truths about the myth. Don’t miss […]
Muhammad: Did a man create a religion, or did a religion create a man?
Here is my friend and PJ Media colleague Lincoln Brown’s fine review of my book Muhammad: A Critical Biography: “A Review of Robert Spencer’s Muhammad: A Critical Biography: Did a man create a religion, or did a religion create a man?,” by Lincoln Brown, American Spectator, December 3, 2024: Whether or not one views Islam as a threat, […]