Author Archives: Andrew Bostom

“Ayatollah Khamenei’s March 12, 2015 speech should serve as confirmation of mid-19th century Western scholarly characterizations of Islam as an aggressive, bellicose, Allah-inspired despotism, or in the parlance of 20th century scholars, totalitarianism, akin to Communism. Hope springs eternal that … Continue reading →

Sam Sorbo was gracious enough to discuss my recent arguments about the Iranian nuclear “negotiations” in book, and essay formats (the latter here, here, here, here, and here). Our current Obama Administration policies, in short, mimicking Soviet era failures, are delusive, … Continue reading →

My essay on the developments since last week’s Tom Cotton/GOP 47 letter to Iran’s leaders, was published at PJ Media, under the title,“Mindslaughtered”: U.S. Arms Negotiations From Communists to Jihadists. Please read the full essay, but key extracts are included, … Continue reading →

My colleague Diana West has written a series of remembrances (here; here; here; and here) of her late mentor, M. Stanton Evans (d. March 3, 2015), peerless scholar of Senator Joseph McCarthy, champion of Western freedom, keen wit, and consummate, … Continue reading →

I support Sen. Tom Cotton/ the GOP-47, and their March 9, 2015 “Open Letter to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” as a means of clarifying, and then ending the self-destructive “negotiations” (elaborated here; here/here; and here) with … Continue reading →

Jim Bohannon and I had a ~ 40 minute conversation about my 2-part essay (part 1 “Israel and the U.S.: Two (‘Unclean’) Dogs in the Same Fight With Iranian Jihadism”; part 2 “Jihad, Islamic Jew-Hatred, and ‘Najis’ Doctrine in Shiite … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech just delivered to the U.S. Congress Tuesday 3/3/15 included these accurate assessments: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei spews the oldest hatred, the oldest hatred of anti-Semitism with the newest technology. He tweets that Israel must be … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Monday 3/2/15, at Breitbart.com, I published a lengthy 2-part (part 1; part 2) essay which highlighted the Shiite Islamic doctrine of “najis.” This doctrine elucidates the spiritual and physical “impurity/uncleanliness” of non-Muslims in general, and Jews in particular, being … Continue reading →

The brutal beheading of some 21 Coptic Christians by ISIS jihadists on a Libyan beach—captured in a grisly video—was accompanied by this warning: Today we are south of Rome. We will conquer Rome with Allah’s permission. Subsequently, an ISIS sympathizer, … Continue reading →

An updated discussion indicating that the Copenhagen jihadist el-Hussein was in attendance at the mosque where this sermon was delivered the night before he attacked. The sermon by Hajj Saeed, Imam of the Al-Faruq Mosque in Copenhagen, described why interfaith … Continue reading →