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 Nothing but an Angry Envier's Grumbles October 5, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Waste your money to buy,
Waste your time to read.
Nothing is researched as it was claimed by the author.
You can not study Islam by reading only what you like to read, and translating it and intrepreting it in the way only you want it to be intrepreted.
Highly opnionated. Shallowly researched and deeply biased.
Everybody knows the authors opinion about Islam and the last of the prophets Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family). None is interested in reading it because there are enough angry Christians and other opponetents of Islam going around out of the anger of loss to Islam their previous reputation in many spheres.
Those who oppose Islam are the haters, and this books proves how great is their hatred is.
 A lot of Quran details, excellent historical interpretation of the writings of the "prophet" September 9, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I would have given it 5 stars but for the fact that it is a difficult read. If one reads in parallel with a Quran, one can see there is a near perfect correspondence with the text, and then one can interpret the material according to his beliefs.
I do not think Islam in itself is evil but rather the orthodox Islamic view of other faiths, intolerance for diverging opinions and lack of understanding of the west, and pluralistic societies (taking the Quran literally leads to this).
Wahabism has not helped at all in the understanding between Islamic East and the West, and it is unfortunate some middle East countries continue to fund its spread across the Islamic and 3rd worlds.
A clash of cultures is inevitable, and this book helps in reading, not necessarily understanding, the prophet and his hate for anything not Islamic and unbelievers.
 No Modifing The Truth September 7, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
By reading Spencer's book, I now have a clear idea of the dangers involved in trusting any Muslin. Mohammed, being the example for all Muslims was ultimately untrustworthy and strove to find fault in other while all the time harboring great defect in himself. All of his "revelations" echo the same delusional tone found in Joseph Smith. As a matter of fact they really have a lot in common, distrust of others while all the while being untrustworthy, polygamy, convenient revelations, deception and the killing of innocents.
If indeed Mohammed were the ideal man, I would prefer Hell. For as Spencer repeatedly notes, to understand a religion one must have an understanding of the founder.
To believe that I would spend eternity with the likes of Mohammed or Osama Bin Laden is no inducement to conversion.
It is apparent that Islam is the product of a singularly human mind that may have been trying to do good but was very lost.
There can be no treaty with an ideology that has it's origin in the imperialistic delusion of a 7th century lunatic. If of course you have no beliefs and are content to see all professions of faith as equal then you do not need to read this book. However, if you believe the there is a moral standard the rises above all else and murdering in the name of a pagan god is not included in that standard, read this book.
As for my family and me, we will trust Jesus, for his example is above all others, no matter what you believe.
nothing was researched but own opinions September 7, 2008
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
I fully disagree with the author and his unproven personal opinions. He uses the words "faulty knowledge of Judaism and Christianity" but it's a shame that, he himself is at fault and without any knowledge at all about Islam. He is a biggot who thinks all Islam belivers are terrorists and trying very hard to have everyone hate them. It is not true Muhammad forced people to kill for him and took great satisfaction from doing so. As a matter of fact, Muhammad was defending himself and his people against enemies and had to kill to survive/live unlike most people today who kill for fun, kill for free oil and worst of all, kill for sadisctic pleasures. Robert Spencer is an ignorant biggot who should fully research the subjects he intends to write about.
ICreative exuberance of a self styled expert of Islam August 29, 2008
8 out of 26 found this review helpful
Ever since the first Crusade and to this day, multiple distortions and twists to make a story fit the insidious hatred of the author is standard menu. Books of this nature run into tens of thousands.
It is rather sickening to read emotional regurgitation and this one distinctively emerges as the best of the worst. A few examples will suffice in comparative history, which makes this book utter rubbish.
Prophets of early years also waged war. Among them were kings who had absolute power. Prophets also had multiple wives. There is nothing new. If Robert Spencer is an Islam expert, then seven year school children are all Einstein's. When the 2nd Caliph of Islam entered Jerusalem, there was no blood spilt and freedom of religion proclaimed. When the Crusades entered Jerusalem, the city was knee deep in blood. European imperialism is mired as the most grotesque in comparative history. Read the history of the Americas - both North and South and Africa.
Perhaps Robert Spencer should read the accolades of famous people who commented on Prophet Muhammad.
Observations of some Western scholars about the high moral character of the Prophet before his marriages to Khadija (R.A.) are worth nothing: Sir William Muir, a very hostile critic admits: "All authorities agree in ascribing to the youth of Mahomet a modesty of deportment and purity of manners rare among the people of Mecca".
Emile Dermengham states that the Prophet "remained faithful to one wife much older than himself for a quarter of a century".
George Bernard Shaw said about him:
"He must be called the Saviour of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it much needed peace and happiness."
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