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'''Robert Spencer''' is Director of Jihad Watch | '''Robert Spencer''' is Director of Jihad Watch, and a member of the advisory board of the American Congress for Truth. He holds a MA, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a thesis in Christianity; his study of Islamic theology, law, and history is self-directed. He was an Adjunct Fellow with the Free Congress Foundation in 2002 and 2003.<ref>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.jihadwatch.org/spencer/ | | url = http://www.jihadwatch.org/spencer/ | ||
| title = About Robert Spencer | | title = About Robert Spencer | ||
| publisher = Jihad Watch | | publisher = Jihad Watch}}</ref> His site quotes praise of his scholarship from Daniel Pipes and Frank Gaffney, Jr. Michelle Malkin endorses his book, ''Religion of Peace? Why Christianity is and Islam Isn’t'', and calls him "public enemy number one of CAIR {Council on American Islamic Relations). <ref>{{citation | ||
| title =Religion of Peace? | | title =Religion of Peace? | ||
| author = Michelle Malkin | | author = Michelle Malkin | ||
| date = 13 August 2007 | | date = 13 August 2007 | ||
| url = http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/13/religion-of-peace/}}</ref> | | url = http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/13/religion-of-peace/}}</ref> | ||
Jihad Watch and Frontpage Magazine | Jihad Watch and Frontpage Magazine, to which he contributes, are funded by the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Jihad Watch has challenged the commentary of Carl Ernst of the University of North Carolina, <blockquote> | ||
Since Carl Ernst refuses to debate Robert Spencer, instead of a debate, why not a specific question that deserves to be answered? | Since Carl Ernst refuses to debate Robert Spencer, instead of a debate, why not a specific question that deserves to be answered? | ||
A few years ago, entering freshman at the University of North Carolina were required to read Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations by Michael Sells. This bowdlerized version of the Qur'an, turning it into some kind of cross between Rumi and Omar Khayyam, conveyed absolutely nothing to those hapless freshman about what Islam, or about what the Qur'an, is all about.<ref>{{citation | A few years ago, entering freshman at the University of North Carolina were required to read Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations by Michael Sells. This bowdlerized version of the Qur'an, turning it into some kind of cross between Rumi and Omar Khayyam, conveyed absolutely nothing to those hapless freshman about what Islam, or about what the Qur'an, is all about.<ref>{{citation | ||
| title = Fitzgerald: A question for Carl Ernst | | title = Fitzgerald: A question for Carl Ernst | ||
| publisher = Jihad Watch | | publisher = Jihad Watch | ||
| url = http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/08/fitzgerald-a-question-for-carl-ernst.html}}</ref></blockquote> | | url = http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/08/fitzgerald-a-question-for-carl-ernst.html}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
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| publisher = Jihad Watch}}</ref> | | publisher = Jihad Watch}}</ref> | ||
''Financial Times | ''Financial Times'', reviewing a Spencer book, ''The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam'', described him as "...a hero of the American right...Like any book written in hatred, his new work is a depressing read."<ref name=FT>{{citation | ||
| title = Balancing the Prophet | | title = Balancing the Prophet | ||
| url = http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4a05a4a4-f134-11db-838b-000b5df10621.html | | url = http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4a05a4a4-f134-11db-838b-000b5df10621.html |
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Robert Spencer is Director of Jihad Watch, and a member of the advisory board of the American Congress for Truth. He holds a MA, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a thesis in Christianity; his study of Islamic theology, law, and history is self-directed. He was an Adjunct Fellow with the Free Congress Foundation in 2002 and 2003.[1] His site quotes praise of his scholarship from Daniel Pipes and Frank Gaffney, Jr. Michelle Malkin endorses his book, Religion of Peace? Why Christianity is and Islam Isn’t, and calls him "public enemy number one of CAIR {Council on American Islamic Relations). [2] Jihad Watch and Frontpage Magazine, to which he contributes, are funded by the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Jihad Watch has challenged the commentary of Carl Ernst of the University of North Carolina,Ernst had written of Spencer,
Spencer explains that his graduate study is "about the Christological controversies of the early Church, and their connection to various ecclesiological models. It led me to study the Eastern Churches in depth, which coalesced nicely with my study of Islam."[5] Financial Times, reviewing a Spencer book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam, described him as "...a hero of the American right...Like any book written in hatred, his new work is a depressing read."[6] The accuracy of Jihad Watch posts have been challenged. [7] References
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