Bill Warner (writer)

Bill Warner is the pen name of Bill French (born 1941), an American writer, critic of Islam, and the founder of the Center for the Study of Political Islam. He is a former Tennessee State University physics professor.[1] He is listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as part of a core group of 10 Anti-Muslim hard-liners.[1]

Bill Warner
Born1941 (age 78–79)
NationalityUnited States
EducationNorth Carolina State University
SubjectCriticism of Islam
Notable works"Sharia Law for Non-Muslims"

Warner has said that his focus is on the political aspects of Islamic doctrine related to kafirs (non-Muslims) rather than on the beliefs of contemporary Muslims.[2] He differentiates Islam as a religion and what he refers to as Political Islam. Warner defines "political Islam," which he also calls Islamism, "as a belief that Islam should control society and politics, not simply personal religious life."[3]

Biography

According to his website, Warner graduated from North Carolina State University where he got his PhD in Physics and Mathematics in 1968.[4]

Political Islam

Warner has been compared to Geert Wilders in considering Islam a totalitarian political ideology demanding complete submission.[5]

Middlebury Institute professor and terrorism expert Jeffrey M. Bale refers to Warner as an example of writers he calls "Islam-Bashers" due to their identification of Islam with Islamism. According to Bale, these writers relate all the negative 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.[6]

Events

During the 2009-2012 protests against the building of the Murfreesboro Mosque Warner was one of the most active protestors, often seen draped in an American flag.[7][8]

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.[9]

References
  1. Steinback, Robert. "THE ANTI-MUSLIM INNER CIRCLE". splc.org. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. Campbell, Kay. "Anti-Islam writer Bill Warner warns of political Islam". Alabama Living. Alabama Living. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. Warner, Bill (6 May 2013). "The Guarantee Clause". PoliticalIslam.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  4. "Dr. Bill Warner - Author, Speaker, and Teacher on the History of Political Islam". drbillwarner.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. Iqbal, Zafar (2019). Islamophobia: History, Context and Deconstruction. SAGE Publishing India. p. 199. ISBN 978-93-5328-697-2. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. Uddin, Asma T. (2019). When Islam Is Not a Religion. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64313-174-0. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  8. Marzouki, Nadia (2017). Islam: An American Religion. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54392-7. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  9. "Governor Hopeful's Summit Nixed Over Anti-Muslim Concerns". Memphis Daily News. Associated Press. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

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.
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