
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades).
Title:
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades).
Author:
Spencer, Robert.
ISBN:
9781596980334
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (235 pages)
Series:
Politically Incorrect Guides
Contents:
Praise -- Title Page -- Introduction -- Part I - ISLAM -- Chapter 1 - MUHAMMAD: PROPHET OF WAR -- Muhammad the raider -- The Battle of Badr -- Assassination and deceit -- Revenge and pretexts -- In victory and defeat, more Islam -- Chapter 2 - THE QUR'AN: BOOK OF WAR -- The Qur'an counsels war -- The Qur'an's tolerant verses: "canceled" -- Chapter 3 - ISLAM: RELIGION OF WAR -- . -- Three choices -- It's not just Muhammad's opinion. It's the law. -- But what about moderate Muslims? -- Chapter 4 - ISLAM: RELIGION OF INTOLERANCE -- The dhimma -- Taxpayer woes -- Pushing too hard -- Chapter 5 - ISLAM OPPRESSES WOMEN -- The great Islamic cover-up -- Child marriage -- Wife-beating -- An offer they can't refuse -- Don't go out alone -- Temporary husbands -- Prophetic license -- Temporary wives -- Rape: Four witnesses needed -- Female circumcision -- Long-term prospects? Dim -- Chapter 6 - ISLAMIC LAW: LIE, STEAL, AND KILL -- Lying: It's wrong-except when it isn't -- Theft: It all depends on who you're stealing from -- Murder: It all depends on whom you're killing -- Universal moral values? Can't find them. -- Chapter 7 - HOW ALLAH KILLED SCIENCE -- What about art and music? -- What happened to the Golden Age? -- Allah kills science -- But all is not lost: Some things for which we can thank Islam -- Chapter 8 - THE LURE OF ISLAMIC PARADISE -- What's behind Door Number One -- The joy of sex -- How to gain entry into Paradise -- The Assassins and the lure of Paradise -- Chapter 9 - ISLAM-SPREAD BY THE SWORD? YOU BET. -- . -- Not only West, but East -- What did the Muslims want? -- Part II - THE CRUSADES -- Chapter 10 - WHY THE CRUSADES WERE CALLED -- PC Myth: The Crusades were an unprovoked attack by Europe against the Islamic world -- PC Myth: The Crusades were an early example of the West's predatory imperialism.
PC Myth: The Crusades were fought by Westerners greedy for gain -- PC Myth: The Crusades were fought to convert Muslims to Christianity by force -- Chapter 11 - THE CRUSADES: MYTH AND REALITY -- PC Myth: The Crusaders established European colonies in the Middle East -- PC Myth: The capture of Jerusalem was unique in medieval history and caused ... -- PC Myth: The Muslim leader Saladin was more merciful and magnanimous than the Crusaders -- PC Myth: Crusades were called against Jews in addition to Muslims -- PC Myth: The Crusades were bloodier than the Islamic jihads -- Chapter 12 - WHAT THE CRUSADES ACCOMPLISHED-AND WHAT THEY DIDN'T -- Making deals with the Mongols -- Making deals with the Muslims -- The jihad in Eastern Europe -- Help from an unlikely quarter -- Chapter 13 - WHAT IF THE CRUSADES HAD NEVER HAPPENED? -- PC Myth: The Crusades accomplished nothing -- Case study: The Zoroastrians -- Case study: The Assyrians -- Chapter 14 - ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY: EQUIVALENT TRADITIONS? -- The whitewash of Kingdom of Heaven -- But surely you're not saying that Islam is the problem? -- That makes sense. Why is it so hard for people to accept? -- Recovering pride in Western civilization -- Why the truth must be told -- Part III - TODAY'S JIHAD -- Chapter 15 - THE JIHAD CONTINUES -- What are they fighting for? -- That was when our heartaches began -- Only one thing will fix this problem -- Caliphate dreams in Britain-and the United States -- Khomeini in Dearborn and Dallas -- A tiny minority of extremists? -- Restoration of Muslim unity -- Chapter 16 - "ISLAMOPHOBIA" AND TODAY'S IDEOLOGICAL JIHAD -- At the UN: A new word for a new tool of political manipulation -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Islamic responses -- What is Islamophobia, anyway? -- "Islamophobia" as a weapon of jihad -- Reform or denial?.
News flash: Islam as Muslims live it is false Islam! -- Misrepresenting Islam -- Dhimmitude from media and officials -- Chapter 17 - CRITICIZING ISLAM MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH -- The chilling of free speech in America: FOX's 24 and CAIR -- Dealing with the devil -- Death knell for the West? -- A predetermined outcome -- To criticize is not to incite -- The murder of Theo van Gogh -- Van Gogh was not the first -- The costs of maintaining the PC myths -- Living in fear of being a Christian-in Falls Church, Virginia -- If you leave Islam, you must die -- What happens when the law looks the other way -- Chapter 18 - THE CRUSADE WE MUST FIGHT TODAY -- The Islamization of Europe -- What is to be done? -- Defeating the jihad internationally -- Defeating the jihad domestically -- Acknowledgements -- NOTES -- INDEX -- Copyright Page.
Abstract:
Islam expert Robert Spencer reveals Islam's ongoing, unshakable quest for global conquest and why the West today faces the same threat as the Crusaders did--and what we can learn from their experience. A clarion call for the defense of the West before it is too late." -- Ibn Warraq, author "A much-needed antidote to the poisonous propaganda that compromises our current battle against jihadist murder." -- Bruce Thornton, historian "An enormous amount of well-researched material. Throws the ball back into the camp of Arabist historians." -- Walid Phares, terror analyst "Assails, with much erudition, the taboos imposed by the Politically Correct League." -- Bat Ye'or, historian "The courageous Robert Spencer busts myths and tells truths about jihadists that no one else will tell." -- Michelle Malkin, bestselling author and columnist.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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