Author Archives: Andrew Bostom

I discussed the abject failure of media coverage to address the issue of IIsmaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley’s potential Islamic influences and motivations with the intrepid Steve Malzberg. My analysis linked Brinsley’s attack to three other jihadist attacks on police since the … Continue reading →

              Reflecting upon Maimonides’ timeless wisdom, we must have the intellectual fortitude to contemplate, with candor, from a non-Muslim perspective, whether Islamic jihadism and “madness”/“madmen” may interact in a complementary, even synergistic manner. ** At … Continue reading →

My discussion of Islamic persecution of Christians in the Middle East (and beyond), and Pakistan’s release of the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai jihad massacre of Hindus and Jews (see here; here; and here on this event), within 24-hours of … Continue reading →

Muslim immigrant Man Haron Monis recently declared, in the Christmas spirit of his adopted Australian refuge, “Islam is the religion of peace and a Muslim should be a peace activist.” December 15, 2014, consistent with legions of his Muslim co-religionists … Continue reading →

“As Christmas approaches, and the usual Jew-hating calumnies against Israel, holding her responsible for the plight of Christians in the Holy Land, are leveled, Christy Anastas’ honest, uncompromised observations identifying the Sharia-based source of Christian persecution in Gaza, Judea-Samaria, and … Continue reading →

              The very belated publication of (2011), and scant attention paid to Herbert Hoover’s own magnum opus, Freedom Betrayed, has continued to obfuscate this great, quintessential American’s unequaled championing of Western, Judeo-Christian-based liberty—the antithesis … Continue reading →

Adam Smith, S.D. Goitein, and the “Economics” (and “Sexual Ethics”) of Islamic Jihad Slavery Shlomo Dov [S. D.] Goitein (d. 1985) was a historian of Muslim-Jewish relations whose seminal research findings were widely published, most notably in the monumental five-volume … Continue reading →

He had a conscience, so he forsook Islam—i.e., he was a “conscientious objector to Islam”—a term that should be in widespread usage, instead of “Muslim apostate.” The pious Al-Azhar cleric (and Fatwa Committee member) he “debated,” on the other hand, … Continue reading →

My discussion with Tom Trento about why Israel needs to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities NOW during the window of opportunity created by the 7-month extension of the dangerously de-stabilizing “P5 + 1” negotiations, and the current absence of any binding … Continue reading →