Our Ramadan inspiration for today is a lesson in Islamic tolerance from Mamluk Egypt. In my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, I recount that in 1301, according to the fourteenth-century Muslim historian Ibn Naqqash, the vizier of Gharb in North Africa visited the Mamluk sultan al-Malik an-Nasir and several other […]
Ramadan Day 5 thought for the day from Robert Spencer’s The History of Jihad
Today’s holy month inspiration comes from the time of the Crusades. In 1268, as I recount in my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, when the jihad forces of the Mamluk sultan Baybars took Antioch from the Crusaders, Baybars was annoyed to find that the Crusader ruler, Count Bohemond VI, had […]
Ramadan Day 4 thought for the day from Robert Spencer’s The History of Jihad
Today’s Ramadan inspiration from my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS comes from Muslim Spain, that celebrated beacon of tolerance and multiculturalism. The tolerance of Abd al-Rahman III, the tenth-century Umayyad caliph of Córdoba, is illustrated by the eleventh-century Muslim historian Ibn Hayyan of Córdoba as he details a typical incident […]
Ramadan Day 2 thought for the day from Robert Spencer’s The History of Jihad
Since Ramadan is the month of jihad, I’m offering some inspirational statements from Muslim leaders, as quoted in my new book The History of Jihad. Today’s Ramadan inspiration comes from the sixteenth-century Muslim historian Firishta, who recounted that at Kondapalli in India in 1481, The Hindus, according to custom, when they saw their chief destroyed, […]
Ramadan thought for the day from Robert Spencer’s The History of Jihad
Now that another Ramadan is upon us, it is important to remember that Ramadan is the month of jihad. In keeping with the spirit of the season, I have decided to offer some inspirational statements from Muslim leaders, as quoted in my new book The History of Jihad. Today’s comes from a renowned Muslim leader, […]
Netanyahu: “President Trump, by recognizing history, you have made history”
During his remarks at the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “Dear friends, what a glorious day. Remember this moment. This is history. President Trump, by recognizing history, you have made history. All of us are deeply moved, all of us are deeply grateful.” By recognizing […]
Historian Pietrusza on Spencer’s History of Jihad: “Essential account of a millennium-old war on human freedom”
Bestselling author David Pietrusza has been called a “scholar, author, editor, and renaissance man” and “a 21st century Theodore White,” and “one of the most accomplished historians in the U.S.” He has written or edited over three dozen books, including the superb Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the […]
The lesson of Korea is not applied often enough
The world is in the midst of momentous change, brought about largely because of Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the conventional foreign policy wisdom that appeasement and accommodation of sinister forces such as North Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran is the path to peace, when actually appeasement only increases the aggression and bellicosity […]
The Armenian and Greek Genocides: What the Turkish government is covering up
Recently three organizations, Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch, Commission Against Racism and Discrimination, and the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement (EGAM) planned to hold a commemoration in Istanbul, honoring the victims of the Armenian Genocide of April 1915. The Turkish government, however, first demanded that the word “genocide” be removed from the statement that was […]
Video: Robert Spencer on The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS
Yesterday I appeared on Off the Cuff with John Cardillo on Rebel Media, discussing my upcoming book, which is the first and only comprehensive history of jihad activity worldwide, from Spain to India and Israel and Africa, in the English language. Preorder The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS here.