Author Archives: Andrew Bostom

Egypt’s Intractable Dilemma

The late (d. 1997) historian and political scientist P.J. Vatikiotis’s prescient (and well-nigh timeless) insights on Muslim Egypt must be urgently re-considered ** Ibrahim Nawar, an outspoken advocate of press freedom in Araby, has just published (Thursday 1/10/13) a wistful … Continue reading

Diana West on Rupert Murdoch’s Ikhwannabe TV

Murdoch’s Man, Director-General of Al-Risala Tareq al-Suwaidan with Fellow Jew-Hating Jihadist and Broadcasting Companion at Al-Risala, Salah Sultan The perspicacious and intellectually courageous journalist and writer Diana West has just published an exposé which unveils the breathtaking hypocrisy of the … Continue reading

Interview on Mainstream Islamic Jihadism, Antisemitism, and Totalitarianism (Sharia)

You Tube link here; Embedded below. Description: Author, Islam, Middle East, and Sharia Law expert Andrew G. Bostom, M.D. joins Host, Lee Lazerson for a very candid discussion on Islam, Sharia Law, Jihad and his conviction that Islamic “Extremism” is … Continue reading

Sesquicentennial Comparisons—Black Slavery in America and Ottoman Turkey

Head Eunuch at Topkapi Palace   ** January 1, 2013 marks the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which set the United States firmly on the path toward the abolition of slavery. Frederick Douglass, in his autobiography, … Continue reading

Quenching “Sharia Thirst” on the Nile

Will their “Sharia thirst” indeed be fully quenched? ** Three days before the first round of voting began for Egypt’s constitutional referendum on December 15, 2012, Hesham Darwish, from Cairo’s Hadayeq al-Qobba district, summarized the views of those who planned … Continue reading

“Sharia Thirsty” Take Solid First Round Lead in Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum

A female Morsi supporter holds aloft a placard that reads: “yes to the constitution” Al-Ahram is reporting the ten individual governorate and pooled final results, noting that all these unofficial tallies, are from governorates’ presiding judges, except Cairo’s, which are … Continue reading

View A Muslim Apostate’s Muhammad Documentary

Hat Tip Religion of Peace Imran Firasat is a Pakistani Muslim “apostate,” who in this 12/13/12 interview with the International Business Times  described the key unapologetic points highlighted in his new documentary movie, “The Innocent Prophet”: Muhammad married a six-year-old … Continue reading

Hadd Times Ahead for Egypt?

Ahmad al-Zind, Egypt Judges Club chairman, said his judicial body has decided to reject overseeing Dec. 15th and 22nd 2012 constitutional referendum. He also said this on November 26, 2012: “The judges have a burning desire to instate shari’a laws … Continue reading

Egyptian Human Rights Organizations Decry Blasphemy Verdict

Al-Masry Al-Youm is reporting that nine Egyptian human rights organizations, including the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, and El Nadim Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, released a joint statement Thursday decrying yesterday’s … Continue reading

Will Egyptian “Liberals” Condemn Blasphemy Sentence of Coptic Christian Blogger?

Reuters is reporting (12/12/12) that a court in Cairo has sentenced Coptic Christian blogger Alber Saber to a three year imprisonment for alleged “blasphemy and contempt of religion.” The offense for which Saber was convicted was sharing on Facebook the … Continue reading