Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald. 30. Why have there been more than 30,000 terrorist attacks by Muslims since 9/11/2001? Ask those individuals. The primary victims of terrorist attacks are Muslims. Those terrorists are responsible for justifying their own actions. Islam is a […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part V)
Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald. 24. According to Islamic law, what must a Muslim husband do to be divorced from his wife? The Quran says, “Such divorce may be pronounced twice; then, either retain them in a becoming manner or send them […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part IV)
Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald. 16. How did Muhammad react when he heard that a 120-year-old Jewish poet, Abu ‘Afak, had been killed? Where is the name Abu ‘Afak mentioned anywhere in the six authentic books of Hadith? As for blasphemy, the […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part III)
Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald. 11. Why is Muhammad called the Perfect Man (“al-insan al-kamil”), and the Model of Conduct (“uswa hasana”)? Because his conduct was in perfect conformity with the Quran. In Islam, the Quran is perfect: “This is a perfect […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part II)
Continuing my responses to the disingenuous Islamic apologetics of Ahmadiyya leader Rizwan Khan in reply to Hugh Fitzgerald, which I began here. 7. Why did Muhammad attack the Jewish date farmers at the Khaybar Oasis? What narration says that date farmers were attacked? Sahih Bukhari narrates that the farmers took refuge in the fort before […]
Georgetown prof Jonathan Brown now says Islam forbids slavery and rape, but in 2015 said it allowed them
Georgetown professor Jonathan A. C. Brown is not interesting in himself, and so I am loathe to devote yet another post to him, but he is illustrative of so many things: the corruption of the academic establishment in general and Georgetown University in particular; the intellectual bankruptcy of Leftists and Islamic supremacists; the open and […]
Robert Spencer: Answering an Islamic apologist (Part I)
It all started when Jihad Watch writer Hugh Fitzgerald offered 38 uncomfortable questions that could be used by those who encountered “I’m a Muslim — Ask Me Anything” Islamic apologists. Hugh then gave answers to the questions: 1-6; 7-10; 11-15; 16-23; 24-29; and 30-38. Now a Muslim named Rizwan Khan, who is a member of […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Islam and the Propaganda War (Part II): The Debater’s Handbook
In Part I, I reviewed the propaganda war conducted by the American government during the Cold War, and lamented the lack of such a campaign against the forces of Jihad today. I discussed the need to reprint in full, and with a critical commentary appended, the Qur’an, and also to print intelligently abridged versions of […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “I’m a Muslim — Ask Me Anything,” Answers 30-38
Recently I offered 38 questions to ask those carrying signs proclaiming, “I’m A Muslim — Ask Me Anything.” Here are answers to questions thirty through thirty-eight. 30. The point of this question is really nothing more than to publicize the huge number of Islamic terrorist attacks since 9/11. If you did not know this figure, […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “I’m a Muslim — Ask Me Anything,” Answers 24-29
Recently I offered 38 questions to ask those carrying signs proclaiming, “I’m A Muslim — Ask Me Anything.” Here are answers to questions twenty-four through twenty-nine. 24. This question goes to the matter of how women are treated in Islam. A Muslim man need only repeat “taaleq, taaleq, taaleq” to divorce — according to the […]