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Spencer, a self proclaimed expert on radical Islam,4 has published a number of books on the subject including two New York Times bestsellers. In 2. Jihad Watch, a blog which he describes as containing news of the international jihad, and commentary6 which is dedicated to bringing public attention to the role that jihad theology and ideology plays in the modern world, and to correcting popular misconceptions about the role of jihad and religion in modern day conflicts. He has also co founded Stop Islamization of America SIOA and the Freedom Defense Initiative with blogger Pamela Geller, with whom he also co authored a book, The Post American Presidency The Obama Administrations War on America. His viewpoints have been described as anti Islamic or Islamophobic,8 while he denies this and says he focuses his criticism on radical Islam and its violence. In 2. UK Home Office has barred Spencer and Geller from travel to the UK for 3 to 5 years for making statements that may foster hatred that might lead to inter community violence. Background. Spencer is a member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, the Eastern Catholic Antiochian Greek Catholic counterpart of the ancient Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. It is a sui iuris church of the Catholic Church whose adherents are, according to Spencer, mostly concentrated in Lebanon and Syria, also in Jordan and the Palestinian territories. In a 2. Spencer stated that his grandparents were forced to emigrate from an area that is now part of Turkey because they were Christians. According to a 2. New York magazine, Spencers father worked for the Voice of America during the Cold War, and in his younger days, Spencer himself worked at Revolution Books, a Maoist bookstore in New York City founded by Robert Avakian. Spencer received an M. A. in 1. 98. 6 in religious studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His masters thesis was on Catholic history. Modern Family Saison 6 Episode 18 here. He has said he has been studying Islamic theology, law, and history since 1. He worked in think tanks for more than 2. Free Congress Foundation, an arm of the Heritage Foundation. Spencer named Paul Weyrich, also a Melkite Catholic, as a mentor of his writings on Islam. Spencer writes, Paul Weyrich taught me a great deal, by word and by example  about how to deal both personally and professionally with the slanders and smears that are a daily aspect of this work. Views on Islam. Spencer does not believe that traditional Islam is inherently terroristic but says he can prove that traditional Islam contains violent and supremacist elements, and that its various schools unanimously teach warfare against and the subjugation of unbelievers. However, he rejects the notion that all Muslims are necessarily violent people. He has said that among moderate Muslims, there are some who are genuinely trying to frame a theory and practice of Islam that will allow for peaceful coexistence with unbelievers as equals. Spencer co founded Stop Islamization of America SIOA and the American Freedom Defense Initiative AFDI with Pamela Geller in 2. Both organizations are designated as hate groups by the Anti Defamation League1. Southern Poverty Law Center. In an interview with The Washington Post he was. Spencer chuckled. Why not he asked. Its fun. 2. 2The Council on American Islamic Relations has also condemned Robert Spencer on various occasions. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto accused Spencer of falsely constructing a divide between Islam and West. She said he was using the Internet to spread hatred of Islam by presenting a skewed, one sided, and inflammatory story that only helps to sow the seed of civilizational conflict. Spencer stated that the passage Bhutto cited was written by Ibn Warraq. Karen Armstrong has criticized Spencers work as showing entrenched hostility towards Islam, and contends that his citations of Islamic scripture are cherry picked,2. Spencer never cites the Korans condemnation of all warfare as an awesome evil, its prohibition of aggression or its insistence that only self defence justifies armed conflict. She concludes that His book is a gift to extremists who can use it to prove. Spencer responds Yet the verse she quotes 2 2. Persecution is worse than killing. Spencer accuses Armstrong of context dropping by omitting the fact that this was a defense for Muhammads war in response to his persecution. Abraham Foxman of the Anti Defamation League ADL called Spencer and Geller American anti Muslim writers because their writings promote a conspiratorial anti Muslim agenda under the pretext of fighting radical Islam. This belief system parallels the creation of an ideologicaland far more deadlyform of anti Semitism in the late 1. He continued, we must always be wary of those whose love for the Jewish people is born out of hatred of Muslims or Arabs. The Institute on Religion and Democracy said about him Spencers comprehensive understanding of his Christian faith and Islam along with lucidly insightful writing give the lie to his international notoriety as a bigoted Islamophobe. Dinesh DSouza, of the Hoover Institution, wrote that Spencer downplays the passages of the Quran that urge peace and goodwill to reach one sided opinions. He contends that Spencer applies a moral standard to Muslim empires that could not have been met by any European empire. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting FAIR listed Spencer as a Smearcaster in an article in 2. Islamic texts and commentaries, Spencer concludes that Islam is innately extremist and violent. During a chapter of ACT America in Mission Vejo in 2. Spencer said that When we see the Islamic State ISIS, we see not only that they embody Islam as I have explained here in this, thats all in the Quran what they do, but also that they embody what may be, the foremost evil force that the world has ever seen. Steve Bannon praised him Hes one of the top two or three experts in the world on this great war we are fighting against fundamental Islam. Reverend C. John Mc.