The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (43 page)
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Authors: Robert Spencer
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Philip
Philip IV
Philippines
Philips, Jonathan
Pickthall, Mohammed Marmaduke
Pinet, Jasmine
Pipes, Daniel
Plato
pluralism
Poland
Polo, Marco
polygamy
Pontifical Council for the Inter-Religious Dialogue
Probus of Antioch
Prophet of Islam.
See
Muhammad prostitution
Q
Qaddafi, Muammar
al-Qalanisi, Ibn
al-Qaradawi, Yusuf
al-Qayrawani, Ibn Abi Zayd
Qilaba, Abu
Qur’an: abrogation (
naskh
) and; Allah and; Bible vs.; bin Laden, Osama and; as book of war; canceling of verses of; child marriage and; dhimmitude and; divorce and; female circumcision and; jihad and; jizya and; lying and; Muhammad as man of war and; murder and; Paradise and; PC myths about; as peaceful; recruitment and; science and; suicide and temporary wives and; terrorism and; theft and; tolerance and; unbelievers and; Verse of the Sword in; violence in; women and
See also
Allah; Hadith; Islam; Muhammad
Quraysh tribe
Qutb, Sayyid
R
Rabi’a, Shaiba bin
Rabi’a, ‘Utba bin
racism
The Raft of Mohammed (Péroncel-Hugoz)
Rahman, Omar Abdel
Rajab
Ramadan, Hani
rape: adultery and; Islamic law (Sharia) and; Muslim understanding of
al-Rashid, Harun
Raymond, Count of Toulouse
ar-Razi, Abu Bakr
Razmara, Haji-Ali
recruitment: jihad and; Qur’an and
The Reformation of Morals (‘Adi)
Reliance of the Traveller
religious fundamentalism
Revell, Oliver
Reynald of Chatillon
Rhazes
Rice, Condoleezza
Richard the Lionhearted
Riley-Smith, Jonathan
Robertson, Pat
Romans
Romanus IV Diogenes
Rome, Italy
Rudolph, Eric
Rumi, Jalaluddin
Runciman, Steven
Rushd, Abul-Waleed Muhammad Ibn
See
Averroes
Rushdie, Salman
Russell, Bertrand
Russians, in Chechnya
S
el-Saadawi, Nawal.
Sacred Mosque
Sa’deddin, Hoca
Saladin: Crusades and; jihad and.
Salemah, Yussef
Salfi, Younas.
al-Samaraai, Bakr Abed Al-Razzaq.
Saracens
Satan
Saudi Arabia; Islamic law (Sharia) in; jihad in; Wahhabi Islam in; women in
Sauma, Rabban
Schwartz, Stephen
science: Allah and; Christianity and; Islam and; Judaism and; Qur’an and
Scot, Daniel
Scott, Sir Ridley
Seljuk Turks
Sellouk, Ariel
September 11; bin Laden, Osama and; Islam and; jihad and; responsibility for
Serbia
sexism
Sha’ban
Shafi’i Islam
Shi’ite Islam: Assassins and; religious deception and; Sunni Islam and; temporary wives and
A Short History of the Crusades (Riley-Smith)
Sicily
Siddiqui, Haroon
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Sistani, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husayni
socialism
Solomon’s Temple
Sophronius
South Africa
Spain; Islamic conquest in;
reconquista
in
Sperry, Paul
Stalinism
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
State Defense Council (Majlis al-Shura)
State Department, U.S.
Stewart, Lynne
Submission
Sufi Islam
Sufyan, Abu
suicide bombers, Paradise and
Sunni Islam: caliphate and; jihad and; murder and; religious deception and; Shi’ite Islam and
Surat Al-Masad
Suyuti, Jalal al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria; Islamic conquest in
T
Tabandeh, Sultanhussein
Tabuk, Battle of
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Taghribirdi, Ibn
Taliban
Tamerlane
Tancred
Tantawi, Muhammad Sayyed
taqiyya (religious deception)
Tarik
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste
Taymiyya, Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn
Tefft, Bruce
Ten Commandments
terrorism.
See
jihad
Thailand
Thaqif tribe
theft
Theodosius
The Thousand and One Nights (Rumi)
Tibet
Tocqueville, Alexis de
tolerance: Islam and; Muhammad and; Qur’an and
Torah
Toronto Star
Treaty of Hudaybiyya
Trench, Battle of (627)
Tripoli
Tritton, A. S.
“The True Meaning of Jihad”
tsunami (2004)
Turks; Constantinople and; Seljuk
23 Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad (Dashti)
U
Uhud
Ulama (Muslim scholars)
Umar
‘Umar, Lieutenant
Umdat al-Salik
umma (community)
unbelievers; distinction between believers and; Islamic theology and; jihad and unbelievers (continued): jizya and; Qur’an and
See also
dhimmitude
United Nations (UN); Islamic tolerance and; Islamophobia and
United States: caliphate in; defeat of jihad and; energy sources of; foreign aid of; global alliances of; Islam and; jihad and; Muslims in, xv; neo-colonialism of
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Urban II, Crusades and
‘Utba, Hind bint
Uthmani, Tafsir
Uwaq, Atsiz bin
V
Vacalopoulos, Apostolos E.
van Gogh, Theo
Verse of the Sword (Ayat al-Sayf)
Vesalius, Andreas
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Virgil
Voices Behind the Veil: The World of Islam Through the Eyes of Women (ed. Caner), 76
W
Wadud, Amina
Wahaj, Siraj
Waheed, Imran
Wahhabi Islam
Wallachia
War on Terror
Washington Post
Washington Times
Wesley, John
West: Catholic Church and; Christianity and; Crusades and; defense of; Islam and; pride in; recovering pride in
Williams, John.
See
Muhammad, John
women: Allah and; child marriage and; divorce and; domestic violence and; dress regulations and; education of; female circumcision and; in Islam; Islamic law (Sharia) and; Islamic oppression of; Muhammad and; PC myths about Islam and; polygamy and; prostitution and; Qur’an and; rape and; in Saudi Arabia; spiritual equality of; temporary wives and
Woods, Thomas E., Jr.
World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, xiv
World Trade Center bombing (1993)
World War I
World War II
Y
Yeagley, David
Yemen
Ye’or, Bat
Z
zakat
Zaman
Zaraqawi
Zoroaster (Zarathustra)
Zoroastrians; in Afghanistan; dhimmitude and; jihad and
Zur’a Abi ‘Ali ‘Isa ibn
Table of Contents
In victory and defeat, more Islam
PC Myth: We can negotiate with these people
PC Myth: The Qur’an teaches tolerance and peace
PC Myth: The Qur’an teaches believers to take up arms only in self-defense
The Qur’an’s tolerant verses: “canceled”
PC Myth: The Qur’an and the Bible are equally violent
PC Myth: Islam’s war teachings are only a tiny element of the religion
It’s not just Muhammad’s opinion. It’s the law.
PC Myth: Islam is a religion of peace that has been hijacked by a tiny minority of extremists
But what about moderate Muslims?
Islam: Religion of Intolerance
PC Myth: Islam is a tolerant faith
PC Myth: Historically the dhimma wasn’t so bad
PC Myth: Jews had it better in Muslim lands than in Christian Europe
PC Myth: Dhimmitude is a thing of the past
PC Myth: Islam values pre-Islamic cultures in Muslim countries
PC Myth: Islam respects and honors women
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.
PC Myth: Islam forbids the killing of the innocent
PC Myth: Islam was once the foundation of a great cultural and scientific flowering
What happened to the Golden Age?
But all is not lost: Some things for which we can thank Islam
How to gain entry into Paradise
The Assassins and the lure of Paradise
Islam—Spread by the Sword? You Bet.
PC Myth: Early Muslims had no bellicose designs on neighboring lands
PC Myth: Early jihad warriors were merely defending Muslim lands from their non-Muslim neighbors
PC Myth: Christianity and Islam spread in pretty much the same way
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
The Crusades: Myth and Reality
PC Myth: The Crusaders established European colonies in the Middle East
