Andrew Bostom
Andrew Bostom is an American professor of medicine and author of several books which have been influential in the counterjihad movement.
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Activities
Primarily between 2007 and 2008, Bostom contributed articles to the magazine New English Review.[1] His work has also been published by Family Security Matters and the Gatestone Institute.
In October 2007 Bostom delivered a talk on Islamic anti-semitism at the CounterJihad Brussels 2007 conference[2]entitled The First and Last Enemy: Jew Hatred in Islam.[3]
In November 2008, Alan Johnson, who would later work for British pro-Israel lobby group BICOM, interviewed Bostom for Democratiya.[4]
In 2009 Bostom was on the advisory board of the International Free Press Society (IFPS).[5]
February 2009 Geert Wilders tour
Bostom reportedly attended, supported and spoke at events which gave a prominent platform to Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders during his U.S. tour in February 2009:
- On 23 February Bostom attended a talk by Wilders at the Four Seasons hotel in New York.[6]
- On 25 February Bostom attended a screening of Wilders anti-Islam film Fitna, at which Wilders was present, held at the Ahavath Torah Congregation in Boston and co-sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition and the Middle East Forum's Legal Project.[7]
- On 27 February Wilders addressed a reception in his honour at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, venue for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an event co-sponsored by Bostom, Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch, the David Horowitz Freedom Center and Pamela Geller's Atlas Shrugs blog, according to a report on the latter. Bostom, Spencer and Geller also spoke at the event. Other attendees included right wing and counterjihad activists like Diana West, Tom Trento, Frank Gaffney and Christine Brim.[8]
Affiliations
- CounterJihad Europa - Conference speaker
- New English Review
- Democratiya - interviewee
- International Free Press Society - Board of Advisors
- Center for Security Policy - Contributor to CSP front group Family Security Matters
- Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies - articles published on this website
Publications
- The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims (2005): Prometheus Books.
- The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History (2008): Prometheus Books.
- Sharia versus Freedom: The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism (2012): Prometheus Books.
- The Mufti's Islamic Jew-Hatred: What the Nazis Learned from the 'Muslim Pope' (2013).
- Iran's Final Solution for Israel: The Legacy of Jihad and Shi'ite Islamic Jew-Hatred in Iran (2014).
Contact
- Website: http://www.andrewbostom.org
- Blog: www.andrewbostom.org/blog
- Twitter: @andrewbostom
- Email: info@andrewbostom.org
References
- ↑ The Iconoclast, accessed 24 February 2015
- ↑ CounterJihad Brussels 2007 Presentations, CounterJihad Europa, accessed 5 January 2009.
- ↑ The First and Last Enemy: Jew-Hatred in Islam, by Andrew Bostom, CounterJihad Europa, accessed 5 January 2009.
- ↑ Interview with Andrew G. Bostom/Islam and Anti-Semitism, by Alan Johnson, Democratiya, Winter 2008. Accessed via the internet Archive, 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Daniel Luban and Eli Clifton, POLITICS: Dutch Foe of Islam Ignores US Allies' Far Right Ties, Inter Press Service, 28 February 2009.
- ↑ Phyllis Chesler, A Dutch Hero Comes to Warn Us, Seek Our Support. The Incomparable Geert Wilders, MP, in New York City., Chesler Chronicles, 23 February 2009, accessed via the Web Archive 24 February 2015.
- ↑ Jerry Gordon, An Interview with a Local Hero: Rabbi Jon Hausman, New English Review, March 2009, accessed via the Web Archive 24 February 2015.
- ↑ Pamela Geller, WILDERS EVENT: OBSERVATIONS FROM ATLAS READERS, Atlas Shrugs], 28 February 2009.
