I will settle for the Blarney myself.
"To this day the Arabs worship stones, and so do all the followers of Muhammad...
"Of all the places which Muslims are enjoined to visit in their pilgrimage, or Hajj, only one is intimately connected with the Prophet; all the other places, and all the sacrifices performed at them, derive from the age when Arabs worshiped stones."
Payne has some interesting things to say about jihad as well, and it is far removed from the apologia we've been getting from the Muslim spokespeople.