Author Archives: Andrew Bostom

The danger of Islamic convictions The courage of Western convictions Dr. Wafa Sultan, a remarkably courageous and thoughtful Muslim freethinker, recently debated Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad. Dr. Sultan watched passively while the good Sheik expressed without equivocation his pious views—in … Continue reading →

Dubya Democrats For Hurriyya, Not Freedom, in Egypt Yesterday former President George W. Bush delivered a speech in Washington, D.C., at an event entitled “Celebration of Human Freedom,” sponsored by his presidential foundation, the George W. Bush Institute. The former … Continue reading →

A survey of 1,000 Likely Voters nationwide conducted on May 10-11, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports has revealed the following key findings: 63% total—80% of Republicans and 62% of  Independents, but only (or even?) 46% of Democrats—believe there is a conflict … Continue reading →

  Where are the heirs of Pope Pius V and the heroes of Lepanto? *** Professor Sergio Itzhak Minerbi was a senior lecturer at the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at Hebrew University and Professor in the Department of Political Science … Continue reading →

Islam’s defining doctrine of jihad war against non-Muslims, and resultant 14 centuries of sanguinary imperialism, and accompanying acts of terrorism, through the present, notwithstanding, ad nauseum contemporary State Department pronouncements re-affirm what Muslim propagandists insist—that the creed is an enlightened … Continue reading →

David Petraeus, aka Dawoud of Ghazni, Post-Modern Strategic Genius A 5/9/12 report by MEMRI highlights the ultimate failure of our “Af-Pak policy.” The delusional, See-No-Jihad post-modern COIN “strategy” of Petraeus and McChrystal, has culminated, inexorably, with faux “reconciliation,” i.e., capitulation … Continue reading →

The living, ignoble tradition of teaching jihad and Islamic Jew-hatred to Muslim children Cross-posted at Pajamas Media *** A complaint filed by Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center has prompted an investigation of the East End Madrassah, an Islamic school … Continue reading →

Serendipitously, perhaps, in the midst of Geert Wilders’ visit to the U.S., warning of the consequences of Europe’s ongoing Islamization, today I came across a State Department memo from the U.S. embassy in Madrid, dated September 19, 1974 (1974 Madrid … Continue reading →

Mr. Obama repeatedly insists that the United States has “2% of the world’s oil reserves, but uses 20% of the world’s oil supply.” This is an ignorant, and/or deliberately mendacious claim. From a primer (hat tip Janet Levy) by the … Continue reading →

I was privileged to attend a luncheon Monday, 4/30/12, in Manhattan, marking the release of Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders’ “Marked for Death.” This courageous, profoundly important book was assessed at length in an excellent formal review by Jerry Gordon, and … Continue reading →