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Watch Record- Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Return to Earth Tonight. NASA astronaut and biochemist Peggy Whitson will return to Earth as the planet’s new record holder for longest time cumulatively spent on space by an American or a woman this weekend, touching down in a Russian Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan at 7: 2. Eastern). Whitson has spent the last nine and a half months in Earth orbit on the International Space Station, per the Washington Post, and counting her previous flights, will have logged 6. During her current mission, she also set the world record for oldest woman in space at 5.

As the Post noted, she is also the only female astronaut to have commanded the ISS twice. According to the Post, one of the colleagues returning with her has spent even longer in the aether: Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, who has cumulatively spent eight more days aloft than Whitson at 6. The current world record holder, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, spent some 8. Russians have long dominated both cumulative and single- flight durations in space; the single longest spaceflight record holder is Valeri Polyakov, who spent just short of 4. As Tech. Crunch noted, Whitson was scheduled to return in June but “happily accepted” an invitation to stay on the ISS longer when Russian space agency Roscosmos canceled a joint mission to the station earlier in 2. Also accompanying Whitson and Yurchikhin on their way home is US astronaut Jack Fischer, who will have spent 1. Whitson wrote she will “hugely miss the freedom of floating and moving with the lightest of touch, especially those first few days after my return when gravity will especially SUCK,” the Post reported.

She will also miss “the enchantingly peaceful limb of our Earth,” adding, “Until the end of my days, my eyes will search the horizon to see that curve.” Watch Whitson, Yurchikhin and Fischer’s return in real time via NASA’s live feed below.[Tech.

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Robert Spencer (author) - Wikipedia. Robert Bruce Spencer (born February 2. American author and blogger and a key figure of the "counter- jihad" movement in the United States.[1] He appears frequently on Fox News[2] and has given seminars to various law enforcement units in the United States.[3]Spencer, a self- proclaimed expert on radical Islam,[4] has published a number of books on the subject including two New York Times bestsellers.[5] In 2. Jihad Watch, a blog which he describes as containing "news of the international jihad, [and] commentary"[6] which is dedicated to "bringing public attention to the role that jihad theology and ideology plays in the modern world, and to correcting popular misconceptions about the role of jihad and religion in modern- day conflicts".[7]He has also co- founded Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) and the Freedom Defense Initiative with blogger Pamela Geller, with whom he also co- authored a book, The Post- American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America.

His viewpoints have been described as anti- Islamic or Islamophobic,[8] while he denies this and says he focuses his criticism on radical Islam and its violence.[4] In 2. UK Home Office has barred Spencer and Geller from travel to the UK for 3 to 5 years for "making statements that may foster hatred that might lead to inter- community violence". Background. Spencer is a member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, the Eastern Catholic Antiochian Greek Catholic counterpart of the ancient Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.[9][1. It is a sui iuris church of the Catholic Church whose adherents are, according to Spencer, "mostly concentrated in Lebanon and Syria, also in Jordan and the Palestinian territories."[6] In a 2. Spencer stated that his grandparents were forced to emigrate from an area that is now part of Turkey because they were Christians.[6] According to a 2. New York magazine, Spencer's father worked for the Voice of America during the Cold War, and in his younger days, Spencer himself worked at Revolution Books, a Maoist bookstore in New York City founded by Robert Avakian.[1.

Spencer received an M. A. in 1. 98. 6 in religious studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His masters thesis was on Catholic history.[1. He has said he has been studying Islamic theology, law, and history since 1. He worked in think tanks for more than 2.

Free Congress Foundation, an arm of the Heritage Foundation.[1. Spencer named Paul Weyrich, also a Melkite Catholic, as a mentor of his writings on Islam.

Spencer writes, "Paul Weyrich taught me a great deal, by word and by example – about how to deal both personally and professionally with the slanders and smears that are a daily aspect of this work."[1. Views on Islam. Spencer does not believe that traditional Islam is "inherently terroristic" but says he can prove that "traditional Islam contains violent and supremacist elements", and that "its various schools unanimously teach warfare against and the subjugation of unbelievers".[1. However, he rejects the notion that all Muslims are necessarily violent people.[1.

He has said that among moderate Muslims, "there are some who are genuinely trying to frame a theory and practice of Islam that will allow for peaceful coexistence with unbelievers as equals."[1. Spencer co- founded Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) and the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) with Pamela Geller in 2. Both organizations are designated as hate groups by the Anti- Defamation League[1.

Southern Poverty Law Center.[1. In an interview with The Washington Post he was ".. Spencer chuckled. Why not?" he asked.

It's fun.""[2. 2]The Council on American- Islamic Relations has also condemned Robert Spencer on various occasions.[2. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto accused Spencer of "falsely constructing a divide between Islam and West".

She said he was using the Internet to spread hatred of Islam by presenting a "skewed, one- sided, and inflammatory story that only helps to sow the seed of civilizational conflict".[2. Spencer stated that the passage Bhutto cited was written by Ibn Warraq.[2.

Karen Armstrong has criticized Spencer's work as showing "entrenched hostility" towards Islam, and contends that his citations of Islamic scripture are cherry- picked,[2. Spencer never cites the Koran's condemnation of all warfare as an 'awesome evil', its prohibition of aggression or its insistence that only self- defence justifies armed conflict.." She concludes that "His book is a gift to extremists who can use it to 'prove' .. Spencer responds: "Yet the verse she quotes (2: 2. Persecution is worse than killing.'" Spencer accuses Armstrong of context- dropping by omitting the fact that this was a defense for Muhammad's war in response to his persecution.[2. Abraham Foxman of the Anti- Defamation League (ADL) called Spencer and Geller American anti- Muslim writers because their writings "promote a conspiratorial anti- Muslim agenda under the pretext of fighting radical Islam.

This belief system parallels the creation of an ideological—and far more deadly—form of anti- Semitism in the late 1. He continued, "we must always be wary of those whose love for the Jewish people is born out of hatred of Muslims or Arabs."[2. The Institute on Religion and Democracy said about him: “Spencer’s comprehensive understanding of his Christian faith and Islam along with lucidly insightful writing give the lie to his international notoriety as a bigoted ‘Islamophobe.'”[3.

Dinesh D'Souza, of the Hoover Institution, wrote that Spencer downplays the passages of the Quran that urge peace and goodwill to reach one- sided opinions. He contends that Spencer applies a moral standard to Muslim empires that could not have been met by any European empire.[3. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) listed Spencer as a "Smearcaster" in an article in 2. Islamic texts and commentaries, Spencer concludes that Islam is innately extremist and violent".[3. During a chapter of ACT! America in Mission Vejo in 2. Spencer said that: "When we see the Islamic State (ISIS), we see not only that they embody Islam as I have explained here in this, that's all in the Quran what they do, but also that they embody what may be, the foremost evil force that the world has ever seen."[3.

Steve Bannon praised him: "He's… one of the top two or three experts in the world on this great war we are fighting against fundamental Islam."[3. Reverend C. John Mc.

Closkey praised him: "Robert Spencer, perhaps the foremost Catholic expert on Islam in our country".[3. Author Peter D. Hannaford praised his book Did Muhammad Exist?: "He has engaged in concerted detective work of a scholarly nature. His book is no polemic. It is a serious quest for facts.

The ones wrapped up in the Muslim canon are, alas, elusive .. This book is well- written and moves right along despite considerable detail."[3. Wolf Bachner from the website Inquisitr defended him in the introduction for an interview: "Spencer uses the authentic teachings of the Qur’an and the Hadith, decades of Islamic Jurisprudence and the actual words of living Islamic clerics and leaders to illustrate the undying hostility expressed towards the non- Muslim world by centuries of Islamic doctrine."[3. Mark Steyn praised him: "Robert Spencer, the author of several bestselling books on Islam, a brave crusader against the dopier multiculti illusions and the proprietor of the indispensable Jihad Watch..

Robert Spencer raises."[3. Daniel Pipes praised him: "A number of individuals on the MPAC list of 2. Take the example of Robert Spencer: he has a mere M. A. in religious studies, lacks fluency in Middle Eastern languages, and has not lived in a Muslim- majority country, to be sure, but he has developed a deep erudition on Islam demonstrated in his many books. Indeed, I challenge MPAC to put him toe- to- toe with any Ph. D'd expert on Islam of its choosing. I nominate that foremost credentialist, John Esposito, for the job."[3.