Robert Spencer's mission – to 'dispel myths and stereotypes' about Islam
Wednesday, August 3, 2005 Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, blamed political correctness, which "stifles public discourse", combined with a general unwillingness among public officials to recognize the fundamental teachings of Islam as a source for acts of terror throughout the Western world for distorting the public's perception of the War on Terror. He cited British Prime Minister Tony Blair's rush to defend Islam as a peaceful religion as an example of the public's failure to recognize that the motivation of Islamic extremism often comes directly from the Koran itself.
According to Spencer, to effectively engage the real enemy and achieve victory in the War on Terror, Americans must move beyond political correctness and confront the Islamic terrorism by restoring "sanity in immigration", "monitoring the mosques", and most importantly promoting "pride in our own cultural history".