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Damian Thompson, editor of the Catholic Herald in England and blogger for the Telegraph, goes after Karen Armstrong, <\/a>popular author on comparative religions and most recently, biographer of Mohammad and frequently quoted expert on same. Armstrong recently reviewed Robert Spencer’s own biography of Mohammad for the Financial Times<\/a>. Negatively, of course. Spencer responds in his blog.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damian Thompson, editor of the Catholic Herald in England and blogger for the Telegraph, goes after Karen Armstrong, popular author on comparative religions and most recently, biographer of Mohammad and frequently quoted expert on same. Armstrong recently reviewed Robert Spencer’s own biography of Mohammad for the Financial Times. Negatively, of course. 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