Robert B. Spencer
Robert Spencer | |
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Spencer in 2020 | |
| Born | Robert Bruce Spencer February 27, 1962 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA) |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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| Known for | Anti-Muslim views, Jihad Watch, books |
Robert Bruce Spencer (born February 27, 1962) is an American anti-Muslim author and blogger, and one of the key figures of the counter-jihad movement. Spencer founded and has directed the blog Jihad Watch since 2003. In 2010 he co-founded the organization Stop Islamization of America with Pamela Geller.
Three of Spencer's books reached The New York Times Best Seller list. Reports that two of Spencer's books were listed in FBI training materials and that he had given seminars to various law enforcement units in the United States stirred controversy. In 2013, the UK Home Office barred Spencer from travel to the United Kingdom for three to five years for "making statements that may foster hatred that might lead to inter-community violence". He has frequently appeared on Fox News.