Author Archives: Andrew Bostom

A number of conservatives and libertarians (some of whom were also ex-Communists, or ex-fellow travelers) proffered compelling defenses of Senator McCarthy during the early to mid-1950s. These incisive contemporaneous rebuttals of anti-McCarthy smears have been effectively relegated to non-existence by … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s now infamous speech at a Hamas-linked Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) event March 23, 2019, was ostensibly about “justice” in Islam. Indeed Ms. Omar, acknowledging that although she wasn’t a hafiz (i.e., an extremely devout Muslim … Continue reading →

Anyone keeping abreast of the ongoing global jihad carnage—from Somalia to Stockholm— would not be surprised that “white supremacist” killings remain a marginal epiphenomenon. The most recent U.S. Department of State (USDOS) “Country Reports on Terrorism”, published September 2018, illustrates … Continue reading →

Since its founding in 973 C.E., Al Azhar University (and its mosque) have represented a pinnacle of Islamic religious education, which evolved into the de facto Vatican of Sunni Islam. Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University, Ahmed al-Tayeb, was the number … Continue reading →

Now also posted at PJ Media. Pope Francis made an unscheduled visit to the campus of St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, September 27, 2015, to view the sculpture by artist Joshua Koffman commemorating the 50th anniversary of Nostre-Aetate, the Second … Continue reading →

Also posted at PJ Media,  here. Next Tuesday, April 9th, the House Judiciary Committee is slated to hold a hearing entitled, “Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism.” One would surmise hate crimes against Jews will be center stage given … Continue reading →

Also posted at PJ Media, here. As a “preface”, I have added the results of the following polling data to put the impact of Hama’s indoctrination of the beliefs of Palestinian Muslim population in real life perspective. In July, 2011, … Continue reading →

NOTE: A version of this essay appeared at Brietbart News. I requested that this version be taken down because without my permission edits were made which deliberately obfuscated the direct linkage between mainstream (i.e., by inserting the word “radical”) Islamic … Continue reading →

Also posted at PJ Media, here Turkish President Erdogan, while campaigning for re-election, has repeatedly displayed ghoulish video of the recent New Zealand mosque massacres. Opining on the New Zealand mosque carnage at a related commemoration of the (World War … Continue reading →

Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) director Yigal Carmon, is a fluent Arabic speaker, and translator, whose organization scrupulously monitors and records mosque sermons across the world, including within the U.S. Interviewed for a recent chilling documentary (channel 13, Israel, … Continue reading →