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Dr.

Bill Warner
Dr.; Bill Warner
Born	1941 (age 82–83)
Occupation	Founder and President of the ″Center for the Study of Political Islam International″ (CSPII)
Nationality	American
Education	North Carolina State University, Ph.D.
Subject	Writer
Notable works	"Sharia Law for Non-Muslims", "Factual Persuasion: Changing the Minds of Islam's Supporters"
Website
	www.politicalislam.com

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Bill Warner is the pen name of Bill French (born 1941), an American writer, critic of Islam, author of several books, including "Sharia Law for non-Muslims" and "Factual Persuasion: Changing the Minds of Islam's Supporters",^[1] and the founder of the ″Center for the Study of Political Islam International″. He is a former physics professor whom the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2011 counted among a core group of 10 anti-Islam hardliners in the United States.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Warner graduated from North Carolina State University where he got his PhD in physics and mathematics in 1968.^[4] He is a former Tennessee State University physics professor.^[2]

Criticism

Middlebury Institute professor and terrorism expert Jeffrey M. Bale refers to Warner as an example of writers who identify Islam with Islamism. According to Bale, these writers relate all the characteristics associated with Islamism with Islam as a whole, alleging that "such characteristics are intrinsic to Islam itself, and therefore that Islamism and jihadism are simply logical extensions - or simple applications in practice - of the authentic tenets and core values of Islam." He argues that, what they "fail to acknowledge is that these particular interpretations are by no means the only possible interpretations of core Islamic doctrines, traditions, and values, nor are they necessarily the most authentic, valid, or widely shared interpretations." This he says, is like claiming that Christian Reconstructionism is identical to Christianity.^[5]

Warner has been compared to Geert Wilders in considering Islam a totalitarian political ideology demanding complete submission.^[6]

Events

During the 2009-2012 protests against the building of the Murfreesboro Mosque, Bill Warner was asked to play an active role.^[7]^[8] On advice of his lawyer, he did not participate in the protests or testify in court.

A "Homeland Security Summit" organised by Republican gubernatorial candidate Mae Beavers to take place at Trevecca Nazarene University in January 2018 was cancelled by the university after the speakers, who included Warner, were described as a "who's who of Islamophobes" by the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR).

In October 2015 Bill Warner spoke at “Europe, Immigration and Islam” Conference in Prague, officially patronaged by the Czech President, Czech Republic.^[9]

References

^ Warner, Bill (2011). Factual persuasion : changing the minds of Islam's supporters. Center for the Study of Political Islam. [Nashville, TN]. ISBN 978-1-936659-14-2. OCLC 951428679.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Steinback, Robert. "THE ANTI-MUSLIM INNER CIRCLE". splc.org. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ Campbell, Kay (2012-08-27). "Anti-Islam writer Bill Warner warns of political Islam". al. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
^ "Dr. Bill Warner - Author, Speaker, and Teacher on the History of Political Islam". drbillwarner.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ Bale, Jeffrey M. (2017). The Darkest Sides of Politics, II: State Terrorism, "Weapons of Mass Destruction," Religious Extremism, and Organized Crime. Apple Academic Press. pp. 217–231. ISBN 978-1138785625. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ Iqbal, Zafar (2019). Islamophobia: History, Context and Deconstruction. SAGE Publishing India. p. 199. ISBN 978-93-5328-697-2. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ Uddin, Asma T. (2019). When Islam Is Not a Religion. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64313-174-0. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ Marzouki, Nadia (2017). Islam: An American Religion. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54392-7. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ Z konference "Evropa, imigrace a islám" – October 27, 2015 – Hospodářské noviny (October 27, 2015). Retrieved on 2021-11-18.

Bibliography

Warner, Bill (2015). Sharia Law for Non-Muslims. Centre for the Study of Political Islam. ISBN 978-0-9795794-8-6.
Warner, Bill (2016). The Hadith. Center for the Study of Political Islam. ISBN 978-1-936659-01-2.
Warner, Bill (2016). A Two-Hour Koran. Center for the Study of Political Islam. ISBN 978-1-936659-02-9.
Warner, Bill (2016). The Life of Mohammed. Center for the Study of Political Islam. ISBN 978-1-936659-06-7.
Warner, Bill (2019). Measuring Mohammed. Center for the Study of Political Islam. ISBN 978-1-936659-38-8.

External links

Official website

[1] Warner, Bill (2011). Factual persuasion : changing the minds of Islam's supporters. Center for the Study of Political Islam. [Nashville, TN]. ISBN 978-1-936659-14-2. OCLC 951428679.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[splc-2] Steinback, Robert. "THE ANTI-MUSLIM INNER CIRCLE". splc.org. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[3] Campbell, Kay (2012-08-27). "Anti-Islam writer Bill Warner warns of political Islam". al. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

[Warnerweb-4] "Dr. Bill Warner - Author, Speaker, and Teacher on the History of Political Islam". drbillwarner.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[5] Bale, Jeffrey M. (2017). The Darkest Sides of Politics, II: State Terrorism, "Weapons of Mass Destruction," Religious Extremism, and Organized Crime. Apple Academic Press. pp. 217–231. ISBN 978-1138785625. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[6] Iqbal, Zafar (2019). Islamophobia: History, Context and Deconstruction. SAGE Publishing India. p. 199. ISBN 978-93-5328-697-2. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[Uddin-7] Uddin, Asma T. (2019). When Islam Is Not a Religion. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64313-174-0. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[Marzouki-8] Marzouki, Nadia (2017). Islam: An American Religion. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54392-7. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[9] Z konference "Evropa, imigrace a islám" – October 27, 2015 – Hospodářské noviny (October 27, 2015). Retrieved on 2021-11-18.

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-'''Bill Warner''' is the pen name of '''Bill French''' (born 1941), an American writer, critic of [[Islam]], author of several books, including "Sharia Law for non-Muslims" and "Factual Persuasion: Changing the Minds of Islam's Supporters",<ref>{{Cite book|last=Warner|first=Bill|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/951428679|title=Factual persuasion : changing the minds of Islam's supporters|date=2011|others=Center for the Study of Political Islam|isbn=978-1-936659-14-2|location=[Nashville, TN]|oclc=951428679}}</ref> and the founder of the ″Center for the Study of [[Political Islam]] International″. He is a former physics professor whom the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] in 2011 counted among a core group of 10 anti-Islam hardliners in the United States.<ref name="splc">{{cite web|last1=Steinback|first1=Robert|title=THE ANTI-MUSLIM INNER CIRCLE| url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2011/anti-muslim-inner-circle| website=splc.org| publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center| access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref>
+'''Bill Warner''' is the pen name of '''Bill French''' (born 1941), an American writer, critic of [[Islam]], author of several books, including "Sharia Law for non-Muslims" and "Factual Persuasion: Changing the Minds of Islam's Supporters",<ref>{{Cite book|last=Warner|first=Bill|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/951428679|title=Factual persuasion : changing the minds of Islam's supporters|date=2011|others=Center for the Study of Political Islam|isbn=978-1-936659-14-2|location=[Nashville, TN]|oclc=951428679}}</ref> and the founder of the ″Center for the Study of [[Political Islam]] International″. He is a former physics professor whom the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] in 2011 counted among a core group of 10 anti-Islam hardliners in the United States.<ref name="splc">{{cite web|last1=Steinback|first1=Robert|title=THE ANTI-MUSLIM INNER CIRCLE| url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2011/anti-muslim-inner-circle| website=splc.org| publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center| access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Kay|date=2012-08-27|title=Anti-Islam writer Bill Warner warns of political Islam|url=https://www.al.com/living/2012/08/bill_warner_political_islam.html|access-date=2021-11-18|website=al|language=en}}</ref>
-Warner is «not talking about contemporary Muslims, but about political teachings of Islam».<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Kay|date=2012-08-27|title=Anti-Islam writer Bill Warner warns of political Islam|url=https://www.al.com/living/2012/08/bill_warner_political_islam.html|access-date=2021-11-17|website=al|language=en}}</ref> He differentiates Islam as a religion and what he refers to as [[Political Islam]]. Warner with the help of statistical methods proves that a substantive part of the Islamic doctrine is not religious but falls within the domain of politics. Warner defines Political Islam as that part of Islamic doctrine which concerns the non-Muslim.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2007-08-30|title=Four views on Islam and the state|work=Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0830/p09s01-coop.html?page=4.|access-date=2021-11-18|issn=0882-7729}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Warner|first=Bill|date=2012-01-24|title=A Taste of Islam: An Interview with Bill Warner|url=http://www.politicalislam.com/a-taste-of-islam-an-interview-with-bill-warner/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=Political Islam|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Bio|url=http://www.politicalislam.com/about-2/full-bio/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=Political Islam|language=en}}</ref> Center for the Study of Political Islam founded by Warner sees its mission in educating the world about the doctrine of Islamic politics through his work and CSPII research.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Political Islam in numbers|url=https://www.cspii.org/education/articles/statistical-islam/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.cspii.org|language=en}}</ref>
 == Biography ==
-Warner graduated from [[North Carolina State University]] where he got his PhD in [[physics]] and [[mathematics]] in 1968.<ref name="Warnerweb">{{cite web |title=Dr. Bill Warner - Author, Speaker, and Teacher on the History of Political Islam |url=http://drbillwarner.com/ |website=drbillwarner.com |access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref> He is a former [[Tennessee State University]] physics professor.<ref name="splc" /> According to his official bio, Warner has a lifelong interest in religion and the effects that religious beliefs have on the course of history and civilization. After leaving college he began a more intensive study of the foundational texts of the the world’s major religions, and has now been studying Islam for over 30 years. The day after [[September 11 attacks|9/11]] he decided to make the source texts of Islam available for the average person who wants to know more.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Bio|url=http://www.politicalislam.com/about-2/full-bio/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=Political Islam|language=en}}</ref> In 2006, he founded the Center for the Study of Political Islam (CSPI) to further the study of Political Islam. The Center became International in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Center for the Study of Political Islam International|url=https://www.cspii.org/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.cspii.org}}</ref>
+Warner graduated from [[North Carolina State University]] where he got his PhD in [[physics]] and [[mathematics]] in 1968.<ref name="Warnerweb">{{cite web |title=Dr. Bill Warner - Author, Speaker, and Teacher on the History of Political Islam |url=http://drbillwarner.com/ |website=drbillwarner.com |access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref> He is a former [[Tennessee State University]] physics professor.<ref name="splc" />
+== Criticism ==
-==  Writings on Political Islam ==
+[[Middlebury Institute]] professor and terrorism expert Jeffrey M. Bale refers to Warner as an example of writers who identify Islam with Islamism. According to Bale, these writers relate all the characteristics associated with Islamism with Islam as a whole, alleging that "such characteristics are intrinsic to Islam itself, and therefore that Islamism and jihadism are simply logical extensions - or simple applications in practice - of the authentic tenets and core values of Islam." He argues that, what they "fail to acknowledge is that these particular interpretations are by no means the only possible interpretations of core Islamic doctrines, traditions, and values, nor are they necessarily the most authentic, valid, or widely shared interpretations." This he says, is like claiming that [[Christian Reconstructionism]] is identical to Christianity.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bale|first1=Jeffrey M.|title=The Darkest Sides of Politics, II: State Terrorism, "Weapons of Mass Destruction," Religious Extremism, and Organized Crime|date=2017|publisher=Apple Academic Press|isbn=978-1138785625|pages=217–231|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXo4DwAAQBAJ&q=The+Darkest+Sides+of+Politics%2C+II%3A+State+Terrorism%2C+%E2%80%9CWeapons+of+Mass&pg=PT5|access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref>
-Warner has said that his focus is on the political aspects of [[Islamic]] doctrine related to [[kafir]]s (non-Muslims). Warner «is not talking about contemporary Muslims, but about political teachings of Islam».<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Kay|date=2012-08-27|title=Anti-Islam writer Bill Warner warns of political Islam|url=https://www.al.com/living/2012/08/bill_warner_political_islam.html|access-date=2021-11-18|website=al|language=en}}</ref> He differentiates Islam as a religion and what he refers to as [[Political Islam]].
-Warner has been compared to [[Geert Wilders]] in considering Islam a totalitarian political ideology demanding complete submission.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Iqbal |first1=Zafar |title=Islamophobia: History, Context and Deconstruction |date=2019 |publisher=SAGE Publishing India |isbn=978-93-5328-697-2 |page=199 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j--9DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Bill+warner%22+++&pg=PA199 |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
+Warner has been compared to [[Geert Wilders]] in considering Islam a totalitarian political ideology demanding complete submission.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Iqbal|first1=Zafar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j--9DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Bill+warner%22+++&pg=PA199|title=Islamophobia: History, Context and Deconstruction|date=2019|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=978-93-5328-697-2|page=199|language=en|access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref>
-Warner has written 15 books translated in up to 20 languages that teach about Political Islam and make it understandable. He also developed the first self-study course on Political Islam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Bio|url=http://www.politicalislam.com/about-2/full-bio/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=Political Islam|language=en}}</ref>
-== Critics ==
-[[Middlebury Institute]] professor and terrorism expert Jeffrey M. Bale refers to Warner as an example of writers who identify Islam with Islamism. According to Bale, these writers relate all the characteristics associated with Islamism with Islam as a whole, alleging that "such characteristics are intrinsic to Islam itself, and therefore that Islamism and jihadism are simply logical extensions - or simple applications in practice - of the authentic tenets and core values of Islam." He argues that, what they "fail to acknowledge is that these particular interpretations are by no means the only possible interpretations of core Islamic doctrines, traditions, and values, nor are they necessarily the most authentic, valid, or widely shared interpretations." This he says, is like claiming that [[Christian Reconstructionism]] is identical to Christianity.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bale|first1=Jeffrey M.|title=The Darkest Sides of Politics, II: State Terrorism, "Weapons of Mass Destruction," Religious Extremism, and Organized Crime|date=2017|publisher=Apple Academic Press|isbn=978-1138785625|pages=217–231|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXo4DwAAQBAJ&q=The+Darkest+Sides+of+Politics%2C+II%3A+State+Terrorism%2C+%E2%80%9CWeapons+of+Mass&pg=PT5|access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref>
 == Events ==
 During the 2009-2012 protests against the building of the [[Islamic Center of Murfreesboro|Murfreesboro Mosque]], Bill Warner was asked to play an active role.<ref name="Uddin">{{cite book |last1=Uddin |first1=Asma T. |title=When Islam Is Not a Religion |date=2019 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-64313-174-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KWdDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Bill+French%22++Islam&pg=PT34 |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Marzouki">{{cite book |last1=Marzouki |first1=Nadia |title=Islam: An American Religion |date=2017 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-54392-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pg8pDgAAQBAJ&q=%22Bill+French%22++%22political+Islam%22&pg=PT125 |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> On advice of his lawyer, he did not participate in the protests or testify in court.
+A "Homeland Security Summit" organised by Republican gubernatorial candidate [[Mae Beavers]] to take place at [[Trevecca Nazarene University]] in January 2018 was cancelled by the university after the speakers, who included Warner, were described as a "who's who of Islamophobes" by the [[Council on American–Islamic Relations]] (CAIR).
-A "Homeland Security Summit" organised by Republican gubernatorial candidate [[Mae Beavers]] to take place at [[Trevecca Nazarene University]] in January 2018 was cancelled by the university after the speakers, who included Warner, were described as a "who's who of Islamophobes" by the [[Council on American–Islamic Relations]] (CAIR). Critics of CAIR have accused it of pursuing an [[Islamist]] agenda<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/washington/14cair.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin | title=Scrutiny Increases for a Group Advocating for Muslims in U.S. | work=The New York Times. | date=March 14, 2007 | access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/08/calling-the-muslim-brotherhood-a-terrorist-group-would-hurt-all-american-muslims/|title=Calling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group would hurt all American Muslims|first=Arjun Singh|last=Sethi|date=February 8, 2017|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> and have claimed the group is connected to [[Hamas]]<ref name="foxnews.com">[[Fox News]]: [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/30/fbi-cuts-ties-cair-following-terror-financing-trial/ ''FBI Cuts Ties With CAIR Following Terror Financing Trial''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128044509/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/30/fbi-cuts-ties-cair-following-terror-financing-trial/ |date=November 28, 2015 }}, January 30, 2009, retrieved November 29, 2012</ref> and the [[Muslim Brotherhood]],<ref>http://coop.txnd.uscourts.gov/judges/hlf2.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128132942/http://coop.txnd.uscourts.gov/judges/hlf2.html |date=November 28, 2017 }} Elbarasse Search 1 -40  US v Holy Land Foundation (HLF) trial (Dallas, 2008), the largest terrorism financing and Hamas trial in American history</ref><ref name="Wapo20141107">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/11/17/why-the-u-a-e-is-calling-2-american-groups-terrorists/ Washington Post: "Why the U.A.E. is calling 2 American groups terrorists" By Adam Taylor] November 17, 2014</ref> which CAIR has rejected and described as an [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]] [[smear campaign]]. As of 2015, [[Muslim Brotherhood]] is considered a terrorist organization by the governments of [[Bahrain]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/609752|agency=Bahrain News Agency |title=Bahrain backs Saudi Arabia, UAE, Foreign Minister says|access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref> [[Egypt]],<ref name="EgyptGovtDeclaresTerrorist">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25515932|title=Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood declared 'terrorist group'|work=BBC News|date=25 December 2013|access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref> [[Russia]],<ref name="base.consultant.ru">{{cite web|url=http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=EXP;n=257852|title=Resolution of the State Duma, 2 December 2003 N 3624-III GD "on the Application of the State Duma of the Russian Federation" on the suppression of the activities of terrorist organizations on the territory of the Russian Federation|publisher=[[Consultant Plus]]|language=ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101081242/http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc%3Bbase%3DEXP%3Bn%3D257852|archive-date=1 January 2016}}</ref> [[Syria]],<ref name="SyriaTerror">{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/assad-says-factors-not-in-place-for-syria-peace-talks.aspx?pageID=238&nID=56611&NewsCatID=352|publisher=[[Hurriyet]] (AFP)|title=Assad says 'factors not in place' for Syria peace talks|access-date=26 December 2013|date=21 October 2013}}</ref> [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26487092?print=true|title=Saudi Arabia declares Muslim Brotherhood 'terrorist group'|work=BBC News|date=7 March 2014|access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref> and the [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref name="Alaa Shahine and Glen Carey, Bloomberg News">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-09/u-a-e-supports-saudi-arabia-against-qatar-backed-brotherhood.html|last1=Shahine|first1=Alaa|last2=Carey|first2=Glen|name-list-style=amp |publisher=Bloomberg News|title=U.A.E. Supports Saudi Arabia Against Qatar-Backed Brotherhood|access-date=9 March 2014 |date=9 March 2014}}</ref>
 In October 2015 Bill Warner spoke at “Europe, Immigration and Islam” Conference in [[Prague]], officially patronaged by the Czech President, [[Czech Republic]].<ref>[https://hn.cz/c1-64746160-z-konference-evropa-imigrace-a-islam Z konference "Evropa, imigrace a islám"] – October 27, 2015 – ''Hospodářské noviny'' (October 27, 2015). Retrieved on 2021-11-18.</ref>

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