Deep Thoughts from Tariq Ramadan by Robert Spencer Reza Aslan, the immature young apologist for the Islamic Republic of Iran and Sharia oppression, recently bragged in a tweet about being among the “people that press actually takes seriously.” But how does the “press” select those whom it “actually takes seriously”? Does it undertake a rigorous…
Is Freedom Worth Defending?By Robert Spencer Muslim threats last week led Lady Gaga to cancel her planned concert in Indonesia. Because of their disapproval of Lady Gaga, some conservatives in the West have applauded this, noting that Christians there opposed her as well, and asserting that any non-Muslim society with a healthy regard for decent…
As Long As Men Take the Qur’an At Face Value, Women Will be At RiskBy Robert Spencer The treatment of women in Islamic countries is consistently shocking to modern Westerners, although the fog of political correctness that blankets the Western world today prevents most observers of the mistreatment of Muslim women from saying anything about…
Kansas Senate Votes for Freedom by Robert Spencer The Kansas Senate just passed legislation restricting the use of foreign law in state courtrooms, and many other states are considering similar laws. These laws are designed to halt the use of Islamic law, Sharia, by American judges – a measure that many see as necessary, since…
Can we even ask if Muhammad never existed?By Robert Spencer Did Muhammad exist? The question startles most people, either because they have taken for granted that he did, or because they are aware that asking such questions can get you killed. My new book, Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam’s Obscure Origins, came out…
Muhammad: The Man Who Wasn’t There By Robert Spencer When I mention the title of my new book Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam’s Obscure Origins, many are startled, as they had no idea that there was any question that such a larger-than-life character might be legendary rather than historical. But in reality, no…
Save the Misunderstanders of Islam!By Robert Spencer Why don’t the leading Muslim groups in the United States care about Muslims? It’s a serious question. Its urgency became clear yet again last week, when three more warriors of Allah got their just desserts: Tarek Mehanna, a young Muslim in Massachusetts, got seventeen and a half years…
Framing Geller and Spencer For MurderBy Robert Spencer Shaima Alawadi, murdered in her home, and for awhile, it was the fault of Pamela Geller and me. A hijab-wearing mother, in death Alawadi quickly became much more prominent than she had ever been in life. Paired with Trayvon Martin, she was made into the symbol of…
Accommodating Islam On the Checkout LineBy Robert Spencer Wegman’s, a supermarket in Rochester, New York, has set up a special checkout line for a hijab-wearing Muslim cashier, directing customers to go to other lines if they have pork or alcohol. Islamic law forbids Muslims not just to eat, but to handle or sell pork or…
The Empire of FearBy Robert Spencer As I wrote last week, Muslim and non-Muslim analysts often tell us that Muslims hate the West for its decadence, its immorality, its lasciviousness, which they contrast unfavorably with the supposed morality and uprightness of the Islamic world. Often this boils down to a Muslim critique of Western “freedom,”…
Sex, Jihad and Islam By Robert Spencer They hate us because we’re pigs. No, not the apes and pigs into which Allah transforms the Sabbath-breaking Jews in the Qur’an (2:62-66; 5:59-60; 7:166), but pigs as in…dogs. Wolves. Immoral, lecherous, lustful, fornicating creeps. Western immorality is a frequent feature of the Islamic critique of the contemporary…
I am happy to announce a new feature: Robert Spencer's popular column, called Jihad Watch like his weblog (which is also essential daily reading), has run weekly for nearly ten years elsewhere and been widely acclaimed. Now it is exclusively here at Atlas. Here's the first, "Why Can’t Non-Muslims Criticize Islam?": The Organization of Islamic…
Here, in an Atlas exclusive, Robert Spencer on this news story Atlas covered here: Mr Jihad's Neighborhood Is the Jihad On Its Way to Your Neighborhood?By Robert Spencer National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said last Thursday that some of the 240 prisoners who are still being held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base may be…
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