The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS

By: Robert Spencer

Narrated by: Robert Spencer

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.

©2018 Robert Spencer (P)2018 Post Hill Press

Masterful!

This book should be compulsive reading in Secondary schools throughout the West, particularly as RE (or RI) is no longer included in the Curriculum.

knowledge is power

it's important to know your history. Great book. great author 10-star review recommend for everyone

Important book. Also one random cough 3/4 of the way through

This is a really important book and I think more should read it. Also there's a random spot in the book where the narrator coughs and they didn't edit it out. Kind of funny. If you listen look for it.

Profound realignment of Western understanding of Islam.

Excellent historical research depends exclusively on original sources. It was nauseating and wearying to read so much about the commonplace brutality of The One True Religion. The vast colonial enterprise of Jihad will succeed if we continue to debase our own Judeo-Christian and liberal-secular values, as expressed in Western democracies.

Complete Historical Account

Robert Spencer offers the most complete historical account of Muslim jihad and quotes Islam's support for jihad within their holy books. A must read for all people.

A history of Jihad is an excellent book

Well researched, informative, rings true and not exaggerated and definitely woke me up to the reality of what Islam is. Highly recommended.

A MUST READ!!!!

Another EXELLENT book and narration by mr. Spencer. This should be part of every history lesson in schools, but I am afraid this is wishful thinking. So important for the preservation of our FREEDOM!!!
Thank you, Audible, JK.

Fantastic, requires reading for anyone in the West

Spencer’s book is a careful, assiduously researched work that is essential for all Americans, Canadians and Europeans to understand how jihad is central to Islamic theology.

Stark reminder that jihad history repeats itself

this book is a full recounting Muslim Jihad against everyone since its inception. those Muslims who continue to have a traditional interpretation of the Koran will undoubtedly follow in these footsteps. until Islam recast itself as a force for good in the world, we will have find ways to resist Jihad.

A necessary read for every American.

How could so much history be supressed? I was blown away by The History of Jihad. What the Muslim religion has done throughout history is more horrifying than anything the Nazi did. The last couple of chapters are the most important, as they are the most current.