The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) called Jihad Watch an "Internet hate site" and said it is "notorious for its depiction of Islam as an inherently violent faith that is a threat to world peace."[citation needed] Guardian writer Brian Whitaker described Jihad Watch as a "notoriously Islamophobic website",[35] while other critics such as Dinesh D'Souza,[36] Karen Armstrong,[37] and Cathy Young,[38] pointed to what they see as "deliberate mischaracterizations" of Islam and Muslims by Spencer as inherently violent and therefore prone to terrorism. Spencer has denied such criticism.[39]