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The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS
- Narrated by: Robert Spencer
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
The comprehensive history of the role of war and terror in the spread of Islam.
It is taken for granted, even among many Washington policymakers, that Islam is a fundamentally peaceful religion and that Islamic jihad terrorism is something relatively new, a product of the economic and political ferment of the 20th century. But in The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS, Islamic scholar Robert Spencer proves definitively that Islamic terror is as old as Islam itself, as old as Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, who said “I have been made victorious through terror.”
Spencer briskly traces the 1,400-year war of Islamic jihadis against the rest of the world, detailing the jihad against Europe, including the 700-year struggle to conquer Constantinople; the jihad in Spain, where non-Muslims fought for another 700 years to get the jihadi invaders out of the country; and the jihad against India, where Muslim warriors and conquerors wrought unparalleled and unfathomable devastation in the name of their religion.
Told in great part in the words of contemporary chroniclers themselves, both Muslim and non-Muslim, The History of Jihad shows that jihad warfare has been a constant of Islam from its very beginnings, and present-day jihad terrorism proceeds along exactly the same ideological and theological foundations as did the great Islamic warrior states and jihad commanders of the past.
The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS is the first one-volume history of jihad in the English language, and the first book to tell the whole truth about Islam’s bloody history in an age when Islamic jihadis are more assertive in Western countries than they have been for centuries. This book is indispensable to understanding the geopolitical situation of the twenty-first century, and ultimately to formulating strategies to reform Islam and defeat radical terror.
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- Tom Hanna
- 11-05-21
Everyone should read this!
This should be on every school's "must read" list as essential reading. A disturbing but very informative experience.
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- Tulin Oruch
- 07-12-20
Brilliant !!
A must read to anyone who wants to understand the true nature of jihad, and the reason behind the terror attacks around the world today
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- Chris Earp
- 27-10-18
A must read for anyone interested in world history
Very interesting. Not opinion based just historical fact from mainly contemporary sources. If history is written by the victors I shudder to imagine the real horror of the past.
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- Saurabh
- 08-08-20
To understand the present you need 2 know the past
very well written , tells us how not to see current problem of terrorism not in isolation but in its entirety from past events.
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- JB
- 28-06-22
Nothing to do with…or everything to do with…?
If most of the population in the west read this book the penny would finally drop. The western world’s leaders are actively deceiving their populations.
The modus operandi has never changed. The same tactics are employed in every region in the world.
Read the book and compare to what happened in medieval times, then compare to the former Yugoslavia. Then compare to what happens in Nigeria right now. Then compare to IS. Coincidence or the same tactical play book? I suspect the latter.
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- Matthew Balquin Jones
- 22-10-19
Essential reading
This book is essential for understanding how jihad remains in a modern world. It is well researched, and consists of historical accounts with little in the way of opinion on the part of the author.
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- W GRAHAM ESQ
- 22-03-24
Depth of historical detail
Terrifying level of tolerance for the intolerant. It is unfortunate that care and compassion can be portrayed as weakness naivete and gullibility by so many bad actors and zealotry.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-04-20
Enlightening and inducing metanoia!
I tried to listen to this on the fence, aware that transgressions go both ways BUT...
PEOPLE judge the Nazis by their historical accounts and activities! WHY should it be any different for other groups ? ? ?
Tolernce of the intolerant is NOT tolerance, It is Cowardice!
You wil only see the snake in the Grass if You are aware of it!
Revelations of the over a millennia old Nemesis!
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- N E Body
- 14-04-19
essential reading.
the problem is even worse than can be imagined.
it's 23.59. awaken before it's too late
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- Louise Fallon
- 20-02-19
Very biased viewpoint. Google the author
This book is very anti Muslim. The author was banned from entering the UK to speak to the EDL. This isn't an unbiased view of the historical elements.
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