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Robert Bruce Spencer (born February 27, 1962) is an American author and blogger best known for his criticism of Islam and jihad. , he has published twelve books, including two ''New York Times'' best-selling books. In 2003 he founded and has since directed Jihad Watch, a blog which he describes as containing "news of the international jihad, () commentary"〔 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".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why Jihad Watch? )〕 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 Administration's War on America''. His viewpoints have been described as anti-Islamic or Islamophobic. The UK Home Office has barred Spencer and Geller from travel to the UK for "making statements that may foster hatred that might lead to inter-community violence".〔http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/06/britain-capitulates-to-jihad.html〕 ==Background== Spencer is a member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, the Uniat Antiochian Greek Catholic counterpart of the ancient Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Robert Spencer )〕 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."〔 His grandparents were forced to emigrate from an area that is now part of Turkey because they were Christians. According to a 2010 interview in ''New York'' magazine, Spencer's father worked for the Voice of America during the Cold War, and in his younger days, Spencer himself worked at Revolution Books, a Communist bookstore in New York City founded by Robert Avakian. Spencer received an M.A. in 1986 in religious studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His masters thesis was on Catholic history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=UNC-CH Libraries )〕 He has said he has been studying Islamic theology, law, and history since 1980.〔 He worked in think tanks for more than 20 years,〔 and in 2002–2003 was an adjunct fellow with the Free Congress Foundation, an arm of the Heritage Foundation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Robert Spencer )〕 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."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Spencer (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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