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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".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271371/two-versions-dalai-lama-hugh-fitzgerald |title=Two Versions of The Dalai Lama |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontpagemag.com%2Ffpm%2F271371%2Ftwo-versions-dalai-lama-hugh-fitzgerald&date=2018-10-16 |deadurl=no}}</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||