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 […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “I’m a Muslim — Ask Me Anything,” Answers 16-23
Recently I offered 38 questions to ask those carrying signs proclaiming, “I’m A Muslim — Ask Me Anything.” Here are answers to questions sixteen through twenty-three. 16. This question again underscores the harsh treatment of critics of Muhammad raised in the previous question. When he was asked about Abu Afak, Muhammad is reported in a […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “I’m a Muslim — Ask Me Anything,” Answers 11-15
Recently I offered 38 questions to ask those carrying signs proclaiming, “I’m A Muslim — Ask Me Anything.” Here are answers to questions eleven through fifteen. 11. The question is meant simply to elicit that for Muslims, morality is determined by whatever Muhammad thought or did. What else can the Messenger of God, the Seal […]
Erdogan tells off Merkel for using phrase “Islamist terrorism”
“This expression ‘Islamist terror’ seriously saddens us Muslims,” Erdogan said. “Such an expression is not correct because Islam and terror cannot be associated. The meaning of Islam is peace.” Now if only he can convince Islamic jihad terrorists of this. They routinely associate Islam with terror, without a murmur of protest from Erdogan. Islamic spokesmen […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “I’m a Muslim — Ask Me Anything,” Answers 7-10
Recently I offered 38 questions to ask those carrying signs proclaiming, “I’m A Muslim — Ask Me Anything.” Here are answers to questions seven through ten. 7. Muslims often claim that Muhammad only attacked in self-defense. Among the clear exceptions to that claim was his attack on the inoffensive farmers of the Khaybar Oasis. They […]