The politically incorrect guide to Islam (and the Crusades)

by Robert Spencer

Paper Book, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

297

Publication

Washington, DC : Lanham, MD : Regnery Pub. ; Distributed to the book trade by National Book Network, c2005.

Description

While many choose to simply blame the West for provoking terrorists, Robert Spencer's new book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)� reveals why it is time to ignore political correctness and identify the enemy - if we hope to ever defeat them. In a fast-paced, politically incorrect tour of Islamic teachings and Crusades history, Spencer reveals the roots of Islamic violence and hatred. Spencer refutes the myths popularized by left-wing academics and Islamic apologists who justify their political agendas with contrived historical "facts." Exposing myth after myth, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)� tackles Islam's institutionalized mistreatment of non-Muslims, the stifling effect Islam has on science and free inquiry, the ghastly lure of Islam's X-rated Paradise for suicide bombers and jihad terrorists, the brutal Islamic conquests of the Christian lands of the Middle East and North Africa, and more. In The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)�, you will learn: How Muhammad did not teach "peace and tolerance"-instead he led armies and ordered the assassination of his enemies Why American Muslim groups and left-wing academics are engaged in a huge cover-up of Islamic doctrine and historyHow today's jihad terrorists following the Qur'an's command to make war on Jews and Christians have the same motives and goals as the Muslims who fought the Crusaders Why the Crusades were not acts of unprovoked aggression by Europe against the Islamic world, but a delayed response to centuries of Muslim aggression What must be done today-from reading the Qur'an to reclassifying Muslim organizations-in order to defeat jihad terrorists.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member sergerca

What a great read! A very misleading title to a very well researched and strongly argued book. The things the average person is not taught about the birth and rise of Islam, and the effects we're suffering today, is unforgivable. Don't miss this one.

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LibraryThing member DrT

I appreciated the information in this book. I like hoiw the author had key questions, common PC perspectives, quotes from Muslim writings, what the core religious doctrins call the followers too, and his ability to compared and contrasted teachings and what it means to other religions today. I'm

sure I am unable to take it all at face value but really learned a lot from this book. I appreciate the time I put into it.

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LibraryThing member 4bonasa

If you wonder what drives ISIS and their ilk I suggest you read this book. Well researched and documented.

LibraryThing member Theodore.Zachariades

This is a wonderful book that tells it like it is! The writer is a foremost authority on his subject and he is candid where others may be a little fearful. Much to chew on, and for those super enthusiasts, Spencer has several recommendations to further research Islam and its many dangers!

LibraryThing member DrT

Interesting, informative and thought provoking. It will be interesting to see where the tenants of the Islamic faith leads and how the world will respond based on the historical, current and future given the underlying desire to have Islamic rule. I appreciated the book references, the history and

comparison with the Christian faith.

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LibraryThing member tuckerresearch

Not a bad book, but like all the volumes in the Politically Incorrect Guide series, the format and the cover alone screams "preaching to the choir." Still, Spencer's book rehashes all the standard stuff. Namely, when you compare the Koran to the New Testament, Muhammed and Jesus come across as

quite different. The Koran has some quite good bits, but, quite a number of bad bits. Namely, modern civil liberties and representative government (I would add the free enterprise system too) are products of a Christian West, but Islam and Islamic society is generally incompatible with such things. A secularized Islamic state, like Turkey, may make it possible, but Islam and the West really don't mix that well (unless you ignore a lot of the Koran and many a hadith). I'm sorry. History and the statements of Islamic fundamentalists make that plain. This book, in the typically PIG way, underscores that truth.

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