Robert Spencer

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Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer (born February 27, 1962 in Bedford, New Hampshire ) is an American religious scholar , writer and blogger . In his books, he primarily deals with Islam and jihad . He is the founder and director of the Jihadwatch website . . Considered anti-Muslim, he claims that the Muslim religion is inherently violent and that extremists commit acts of terror because they follow their teachings. Spencer has ties to European racists and neo-fascists. He says these are just casual acquaintances.

Life

Spencer graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Masters Degree in Religious Studies in 1986 . He is a Fellow of the Free Congress Foundation . Spencer decided not to pursue a doctorate or professor title because - according to his own account - "the studies of the Middle East were highly politicized and had distanced themselves from honest academic work". He was a member of the Christian-Islamic Forum , a Catholic group that has set itself the task of proselytizing Muslims. His views on Islam have been published on Vatican Radio , New York Post , The Washington Times , Canada's The National Post , FrontPageMag, and WorldNet Daily , among others . Spencer was a prominent participant in the anti-Islamization conference in Cologne in 2007, where he met with politicians from the right-wing populist Vlaams Belang to establish a transatlantic alliance. In 2008, he replied to the criticism rejecting the fact that he did not officially support any parties, including Vlaams Belang and the right-wing British National Party .

Stop Islamization of America (SIOA), run by Pamela Geller and Spencer, is classified by the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center as a so-called Hategroup (group that incites hatred). Spencer is a member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church . His grandparents immigrated to the United States because of the religious persecution of Christians from Lebanon , which was then part of the Ottoman Empire .

JihadWatch is a blog created by Spencer. This has been described as one of the most important aspects of counter-jihad .

Reception and controversy

  • His work has been praised by Islam and religion critics Ibn Warraq , Michelle Malkin and Dennis Prager .
  • He was criticized, however, by the late politician and multiple Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto and the religious scholar Karen Armstrong .
  • On December 20, 2006, the government of Pakistan announced that Spencer's book The Truth About Muhammad would be banned. The government cited the reason for being against the material presented in the book.
  • In August 2010, the Washington Post named Spencer, along with Geller, as conservative bloggers who lobbied to prevent the 49-51 Park Place project from being built. Spencer and Geller refer to this project as the “ Ground Zero Mosque ”.
  • The Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik , who killed 77 people on July 22, 2011, referred to Spencer's writings several times in his 1,500-page manifesto.
  • The British government banned Spencer and Geller from entering the UK in June 2013. Spencer and Geller planned to give speeches at an English Defense League event .
  • In 2017, Spencer supported Donald Trump's entry ban for citizens from Muslim countries. He suggested adding Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to the list of prohibited countries. In 2015, together with Geller, he had drafted an 18-point plan for the “preservation and defense of free societies”. He also wrote the script for Geller's anti-Muslim film Can't We Talk About This in 2017 .

See also

Works (selection)

Spencer wrote several monographs on Islam for the Free Congress Foundation :

  • An Introduction to the Qur'an.
  • Women and Islam.
  • An Islamic Primer.
  • Islam and the West.
  • The Islamic Disinformation Lobby.
  • Islam vs. Christianity.
  • Jihad in Context.

He also wrote articles in magazines.

  • Islamic extremism is deeply rooted . In: Ottawa Jewish Archives (Ed.): The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin . tape 68 , no. 8 , 2004, p. 9 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

bestseller

  • The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades) . Regnery Publishing, Washington 2005, ISBN 0-89526-013-1 (English).
  • The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion . Regnery Publishing, Washington 2006, ISBN 1-59698-028-1 (English).

Other books

  • Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith . Encounter Books, San Francisco 2002, ISBN 1-893554-58-9 (English).
  • Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West . Regnery Pub, Washington 2003, ISBN 0-89526-100-6 (English).
  • with Daniel Ali: Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics: 100 questions and answers . Ascension Press, West Chester 2003, ISBN 0-9659228-5-5 .
  • The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims . Prometheus Books, Amherst 2005, ISBN 1-59102-249-5 (English).
  • Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't . Regnery Publishing, Washington 2007, ISBN 978-1-59698-515-5 (English).
  • Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs . Regnery Press, Washington 2008, ISBN 978-1-59698-556-8 (English).
  • The Complete Infidels' Guide to the Koran . Regnery Press, Washington / New York 2009, ISBN 978-1-59698-104-1 (English).
  • with John Bolton, Pamela Geller: The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America . Threshold Editions, New York 2010, ISBN 978-1-4391-8930-6 .
  • with Johannes JG Jansen: Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam's Obscure Origins . ISI Books, Wilmington 2012, ISBN 978-1-61017-061-1 .
  • Not Peace But a Sword: The Great Chasm Between Christianity and Islam . Catholic Answers, San Diego 2013, ISBN 978-1-938983-28-3 (English).
  • The Arab Winter Comes to America: The Truth about the War We're In . Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company, Washington 2014, ISBN 978-1-62157-204-6 (English).
  • The Complete Infidel's Guide to ISIS . Regnery Press, Washington 2015, ISBN 978-1-62157-453-8 (English).
  • The Complete Infidels' Guide to Iran . Regnery Press =, Washington 2016, ISBN 978-1-62157-516-0 (English).
  • Confessions of an Islamophobe . Bombardier Books, Los Gatos 2017, ISBN 978-1-68261-491-4 (English).
  • The Complete Infidel's Guide to Free Speech (and Its Enemies) . Regnery Press, Washington 2017, ISBN 978-1-62157-627-3 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Spencer Jihad Watch, Director Q&A with Brian Lamb . August 20, 2006. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c Robert Spencer. Southern Poverty Law Center, accessed May 22, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Pamela Geller is the anti-Muslim movement's most visible and flamboyant figure head. Southern Poverty Law Center, accessed May 22, 2020 .
  4. ^ Stop Islamization of America (SIOA); John Spencer and Pamela Geller . In: Extremism . September 14, 2010. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved on May 29, 2012.
  5. ^ Siemaszko: Southern Poverty Law Center lists anti-Islamic NYC blogger Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, followers a hate group . In: New York Daily News . Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved on May 29, 2012. 
  6. ^ Robert Spencer Joins the David Horowitz Freedom Center. In: FrontPage Magazine. September 6, 2006 (archive version of April 18, 2009, swap.stanford.edu ).
  7. ^ Robert Spencer ( Memento from December 28, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Jihadwatch.
  8. ↑ Glenn Beck CNN : Is Foiled Terror Plot Part of Something Bigger? Is Iran Working Towards the Apocalypse? , August 10, 2006. and Seeds of Holy War Planted in Europe ?; Gridlock Coming to Congress? , October 23, 2006 (transcript).
  9. ↑ Thomas Hegghammer: Opinion - The Rise of the Macro-Nationalists . In: The New York Times . July 31, 2011 ( nytimes.com ).
  10. ^ Robert Spencer: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades) . Regnery Publishing, Washington 2005, ISBN 0-89526-013-1 , pp. 271 .
  11. ↑ Paula Zahn: Koran in the Toilet: Hate Crime ?; Political Bedtime Stories . July 31, 2007. 
  12. ↑ Benazir Bhutto, Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West. Harper, 2008, pp. 245-246.
  13. ^ Karen Armstrong: Balancing the Prophet . In: Financial Times . April 27, 2007 ( ft.com - not open access).
  14. ^ Pakistan: Book Closed on Muhammad .
  15. ↑ Michelle Boorstein: In flap over mosque near Ground Zero, conservative bloggers gaining influence . In: The Washington Post , August 19, 2010. 
  16. ↑ US bloggers banned from entering UK. In: BBC News. June 26, 2013 (English).
  17. ↑ Kevin Rawlinson: Anti-Ground Zero Mosque campaigners Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer barred from entering Britain to speak at an EDL rally. independent.co.uk, June 26, 2013, accessed August 2, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Hate Watch - Can not We Talk About This ?: More anti-Muslim propaganda from Pamela Geller. Southern Poverty Law Center, October 2, 2017, accessed May 22, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Spencer, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spencer, Robert Bruce (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Bedford , New Hampshire