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Karen Armstrong has declined all invitations to debate Robert Spencer. | Karen Armstrong has declined all invitations to debate Robert Spencer. | ||
Some of her other claims include that “until the 20th century, [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitism]] was not part of Islamic culture”, that [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Muhammad|Muhammad]] was a “peacemaker” who “respected” Jews and other non-Muslims, and that “until recently, no Muslim thinker had ever claimed [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Scholars on Jihad|violent Jihad]] was a central tenet of Islam." | Some of her other claims include that “until the 20th century, [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitism]] was not part of Islamic culture”, that [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Muhammad|Muhammad]] was a “peacemaker” who “respected” Jews and other non-Muslims, and that “until recently, no Muslim thinker had ever claimed [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Scholars on Jihad|violent Jihad]] was a central tenet of Islam." | ||
==In popular culture== | |||
In the past, the 14th Dalai Lama said that Islam is not violent, any Muslim who commits bloodshed is no longer a genuine practitioner of Islam, and jihad is a spiritual struggle. Frontpage Magazine wrote about him, "he clearly had been reading too much Karen Armstrong". | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||