Peer review.
That guy says himself that he smiles that people focus so much on his academical credits, and that he openly admits they are low-ranking. You better educate yourself a bit in Islam's view of itself, and the content of it's teachings, and the going of it'S history, and the figure of muhammad, and then check what Spencer is saying yourself. He says it himself:he is picking up what Islam is saying himself, and reprints it. That simple.
Judge yourself. but no, that would lead you to perspectives that do not match what you want it to be, and what believe you know about it. Instead cling to wishful thinking, and flawed perceptions.
At the end of that History of Islam-essay of mine (no peer review for that as well, I apologize), I have given a short list of books, that I especially payed attention to in recent years. the list is far from complete, but go through these books only, and when you have done that, you can come back and tell us you have learned a bit about Islam's theology, history, self-perception and the figure of Muhammad. Until then, you are only defending selfmade illusions and talk of something you have no clue of, sorry. Believing to know something, and actually knowing, are two different things. i also recommend you try to arrange yourself a longer stay, let's say 4-6 months somewhere in the Middle East or North Africa, and do a little travelling offside the metropoles and tourist centres, and try to get your nose into people's lifes in small communities, and tribes. this is the face of these countries there vast majorities do live in. Here you find the the man-material that determines Islam's future acting - not in its Westernized tourist traps. Check your elf, check your own perspectives for a change. So far you always demand others to proove the views differing from you, and when someone points you at something, or gives you a solid info, or comes with a logical argument, and it happens to be not what you want to hear - you ignore it, label it as absurd and wipe it off the table with big gesture, and hold the others responsible for doing what actually you do yourself. But you do not come up with solid data and argument that would destroy these flawed and heavily mistalen arguments and information confronting your opinion. Test your own knowledge, for a change. Test if your political correctness really is that much correct.
Done here.