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Title: Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith by Robert Spencer, David Pryce-Jones ISBN: 1-893554-58-9 Publisher: Encounter Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.99 (86 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Should be a five star book
Comment: Overall, an excellent book. Yes, I say overall. Robert Spencer gives the reader a good and an honest appraisal of the more aggressive Qur'anic verses and how they've been applied throughout the history of Islam, the concept of jihad, perceived as unlimited and a religious obligation that will continue until all the world has either adopted the Muslim faith or submitted to Muslim rule, "human rights" under Islam, the role of women in Islam, Islam's historic treatment of non-Muslims (something which Bat Ye'or, whom he acknowledges, goes into great depth), "The Crusades: Christian and Muslim," etc. He does not gloss over the violent episodes in Christianity but points out to the reader that these acts of violence cannot be justified on the basis of the text itself. (There are those who would rightly disagree, maintaining at least in part, that the seeds of anti-Semitism can be found in the text; e.g., 1Thes 2:14-16 for example) Mr. Spencer gives a good deal of space to other authors such as Paul Fregosi, Phiip Hitti, V. S. Naipaul, Daniel Pipes, Bernard Lewis, Yoseph Bodanksy, David Pryce-Jones and even Karen Armstrong (who is way off in left-field), Mr. Spencer offering his own refreshing insights into their respective viewpoints. For a guy who is very picky about the books I read, this one is highly readable and it's available on tape as well.
In the prologue, the author makes this difficult statement. One which those who are fair-minded and knowledgeable about the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict (or better, the Israeli-Muslim world conflict) might regard as an act of appeasement or worse, a sop; something which Mr. Spencer himself readily exposes and acknowledges on the part of an insecure West. The statement: "Today, Palestinians and other Muslims in fact suffer wrongs that cannot be justified." Now Israel, as a nation (perhaps no better or worse than is the U.S. in the conduct of warfare), has been fighting for her very existence in a very dangerous neighborhood for decades. On September 11, 2001, Americans only got a small taste of what Israel experiences on a daily and weekly basis, and we Americans were rightly outraged and therefore mobilized. Nonetheless, this statement would be akin to saying "Afghanis, Iraqis and other Muslims in fact suffered wrongs (presumably at the hands of the Americans) that simply cannot be justified." This would be the implication of Mr. Spencer's statement here, otherwise what other explanation is there except, as he writes, "Islam itself in some way exacerbates the conflicts in which these wrongs occur."(?) In some way?
Again, this is an otherwise exceptional book.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Religion of Peace--NOT
Comment: Although most Muslims are peaceful, Islam lends itself to intolerance and violence.
This very unpolitcally correct book is readable, well-researched, interesting, and frightening.
Those of us privileged to grow up in the freedom-loving United States have no conception of how many in the world live.
If a Muslim is true to Islam it is his duty to shun and stamp out infidels. And infidels are anyone who is NOT a Muslim.
That is why democracy has failed to take hold in all Muslim countries except Turkey. There is no separation of church and state in Islam. That idea is foreign to them. All states must be theocratic states based upon the principles in the Koran.
Yes, I have heard the argument that all religions have histories of violence against others, but ONLY Islam specifically encourages and exhortates its followers to kill, yes kill, infidels. If a Christian persecutes those who are not Christian, he does so against the conscripts of his faith and is condemned by other Christians.
That is why we heard so few Imans condemn the September 11 bombings. Even though they may have regretted what happened, they know that the terrorists have the Koran to back them up.
We are dealing with a fanatic and well-funded foe who is committed to kill every man, woman, and child in this country.
We had better face up to facts and protect ourselves.
Rating: 5
Summary: Every American should read this book
Comment: Most American's think that Muslim's hate America due to its support of Israel. That could not be farther from the truth. Even if America were not pro-Israel, they still would have the USA.
American's are non-believers and for that, they are infidels. Being an infidel is one of the worst things in Islam.
This is a horrifying book since it is so close to home.
The facts are real.
The Arabs don't deny it.
15 of the 19 hijackers of 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia, and they don't even apologize.
Every American should read this book, and then write their congressman to take action against the dangers of Islam.
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Title: Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West by Robert Spencer ISBN: 0895261006 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 03 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Sword of the Prophet: History, Theology, Impact on the World by Srdja Trifkovic, Serge Trifkovic ISBN: 1928653111 Publisher: BHB International, Inc. Pub. Date: 11 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Why I Am Not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq ISBN: 0879759844 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Militant Islam Reaches America by Daniel Pipes ISBN: 0393325318 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary by Ibn Warraq, Ibn Warraq ISBN: 157392945X Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $36.00 |
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