Spencer is just repeating what enemies of islam has been saying from centuries ago , what did that change in islam?
Spencer is doing nothing but wasting his time!! did not he read this?
"They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, and Allah will not consent save to perfect His light, though the unbelievers are averse." 9-32
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Good analysis and refutation, kamala. May I suggest though removing some of the exclamation marks?

I'm at present working with two earlier books, one by Aslan "No god But God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam" (2006) and "People Like Us: How arrogance is dividing Islam and the West" (2007) by Waleed Aly, an Muslim Australian academic. If one reads these two personal testimonies against the background say of Efraim Karsh's "Islamic Imperialism: A History" (updated edn., 2007) it's as if they're discussing entirely different religions and their accompanying politics. The two former authors both display the same arrogance in their dismissal of books "with histrionic titles", singling out for example Robert Spencer's "The Truth About Mohammed, Founder of the Worlds Most Intolerant Religion" and including presumably Karsh's work, which is sober, accurate and fully annotated and grounded in scholarship.

Both Aly and Aslan approve of, and are mutually approved, by John Esposito at Georgetown University, author of "Unholy War". Martin Kramer (martinkramer.org) is a well-founded and informed critic of Esposito's Saudi-funded Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding. (Presumably the Jews are already well understood.)

In sum, you hit the nail on the head by saying that Muslim apologists such as these must either be ignorant or deceptive - or both. I presume you've not received any answers to the questions you posed for the author of The Muslim Next Door?

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the writer doesn't really know well about Muhammad (May Peace Be Upon Him) He should learn more aned meet Islamic Scholars to understand Islam and its Prophet.

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An excellent, well-written piece - an expose, you might say, of the irony and duplicitous/ignorant meaning behind the book. This is reflected in the newly-demonstrated irony of the approbation on the front cover which speaks in passing of "exposure to the Other" as a remedy for fear and ignorance. Well, just change the proposition "to" to "of" and you have a neat subtitle.

Thanks for this good work, and I look forward to reading more from this site.

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"And KILL them where ever you find them..." Quran 2:191

http://answeringPROPHETOFDOOM.net/Islam_in_Action_Kill_Them_Where_Ever_You_Find_Them.php

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It really is important, as this reviewer does, to contrast various biographies of such controversial icons. There is so much disinformation out there about Muhammad. I would also recommend the biography at http://www.prophetofdoom.net/ .

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well the problem is that only Muslims are guaranteed human rights if you look in the Koran and do some reading you'll find infidels because they have not accepted allha and his pet pervert sorry profit Mohammed are considered to be damned souls and not considered to be fully human but subhuman until such time as they become Muslims and this is very carefully not mention one thing Muslims are good at is only telling part of the truth and screaming blue murder when someone points out what the entire statement from the Koran says

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The so called muslim moderates are a dangerous lot, for they perpetuate disinformation about islam either wilfully or innocently. This is fine when the number of muslims is small and the non-muslims are happy to hear these very reassuring and comforting words. But when the crunch comes and muslims reach a critical mass capable of overpowering the others, these very "moderates" either suffer from amnesia or feign helplessness (probably tinged with admiration and a sense of camaraderie for their own brothers) in face of the hijackers of the religion of peace. Shades of The Carpenter and the Walrus:

"O Oysters, come and walk with us!"
The Walrus did beseech.
"A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:.......
..........
Now if you're ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed."

"But not on us!" the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue.
"After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!"
"The night is fine," the Walrus said.
"Do you admire the view?

"It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"Cut us another slice:
I wish you were not quite so deaf--
I've had to ask you twice!"

"It seems a shame," the Walrus said,
"To play them such a trick,
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"The butter's spread too thick!"

In Indian Kashmir, the entire population of Hindus - probably half a million people - were driven out of the state after 1989, when the muslims there felt they could get away with it, given the mujahideen fire power freed up from Afghanistan and the Indian government's complete lack of understanding of Islam thanks to propaganda similar to that in the Posters cited here.
The population of Hindus in Pakistan came down from over 10% in 1947 to 2.5% in the last census. The story goes on in every muslim country or countries where muslims have been permitted to thrive at the cost of the natives.

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Excellent expose' of the deceit and double talk enedemic among the Jihadis. Keep up the good work.

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