Robert Spencer
Robert Bruce Spencer is an American scholar and commentator on
Islam and
Jihad. He has written five books, including two bestsellers, on topics related to
Islam and
terrorism, is the founder and current director of the
Jihad Watch and
Dhimmi Watch websites covering Islam and
Islamist terrorism-related events from a critical perspective, and is currently a
columnist writing for
Front Page Magazine.
Robert Spencer holds a
Master's degree in Religious Studies from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1986, and is an Adjunct
Fellow with the
Free Congress Foundation.
He began his career in
1980 at the University of North Carolina. His MA thesis is entitled
"The Monophysite in the Mirror" (concerning the conversion of
John Henry Newman to Catholicism in 1837 and Newman's denunciationof the
Church of England as
monophysite).
*
Islam: What the West Needs to KnowThe Truth About Muhammad: The Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion, Regnery Publishing 2006
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims (editor), Prometheus Books, 2005. ISBN 1591022495
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades), Regnery Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0895260131
*
Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West, Regnery Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0895261006
Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics (with
Daniel Ali), Ascension Press, 2003. ISBN 0965922855
*
Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith (Foreword by
David Pryce-Jones), Encounter Books, 2002. ISBN 1893554589
Additionally, Spencer has written seven
monographs on Islam for the
Free Congress Foundation:
An Introduction to the Qur'an,
Women and Islam,
An Islamic Primer,
Islam and the West,
The Islamic Disinformation Lobby,
Islam vs. Christianity, and
Jihad in Context.
*Robert Spencer's
Front Page Magazine column archive*
JihadWatch weblog
*
Dhimmiwatch weblog
*
Robert Spencer on
Fox News
