Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts

Bush after 9/11: “Islam is peace.” The historical record says otherwise.

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I wrote my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS mostly chronologically, starting with Muhammad’s conquests in Arabia and moving forward. It’s a bloody history, and one indelible impression one gets from proceeding through the centuries of jihad warfare is of the persistence of the jihadis. They never give up, they never […]

Video: Robert Spencer at the Westminster Institute on what we DON’T see in the history of Islam

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Last Wednesday evening, I spoke at the Westminster Institute on the history of jihad, and on my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. The focus of the speech was what we do not see in the history of Islam. (Hint: the things we do not see are what many, if not […]

Robert Spencer’s History of Jihad outselling Rumi…and the Qur’an!

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This graphic comes from Amazon’s “Islam” category, where my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS today placed ahead of Rumi and the Qur’an itself in sales. Indeed, demand has been so high that the publisher and distributors were caught by surprise, and the book is now in its third printing, just […]

Leftists and Islamic apologists are rewriting history to manipulate you into favoring their modern-day policies

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Akbar Ahmed has a sterling reputation as a “moderate” Muslim and thoughtful academic, but there is a sinister undercurrent to his new book Journey Into Europe: he calls for a “New Andalusia,” which to non-Muslims who have forgotten their own history conjures up the newly-minted historical myth of a paradise of peace and tolerance, under […]

The History of Jihad: Now in its third printing, less than a month after release

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Interest is extremely high in my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. Demand was so much higher than expected that the first and second printings sold out almost immediately. However, a third printing is now in process, and the book will be available again soon; you can order it here now […]

Obama said “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.” But does it really?

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In his famous outreach speech to the Islamic world from Cairo on June 4, 2009, Barack Obama said: Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition. I saw it firsthand as a child in Indonesia, where devout Christians worshiped freely in an overwhelmingly […]

“The History of Jihad is not just a history book, it is a veritable key to understanding present-day conflicts”

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Over at the Mackenzie Institute, my Jihad Watch colleague Christine Douglass-Williams reviews my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, which you can order here. Demand has been unexpectedly high, but the book is now in its third printing, and if you order now, your order should be filled soon. “Robert Spencer […]

Admiral: “Anybody who doesn’t understand the evil of jihad after reading The History of Jihad has to be brain dead!”

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Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons, USN (ret) is the former commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations. He wrote this to me after reading my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, which you can order here now. Robert, just finished your great […]

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