The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History

Editorial Review:

This comprehensive meticulously documented collection of scholarly articles presents indisputable evidence that a readily discernible and uniquely Islamic antisemitism has been expressed continuously since the advent of Islam. The contributors show that the "Koran" itself is a significant source of hostility towards Jews as well as other foundational texts.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History:

Excellent. Not a beach book. Leaves no doubt that mainstream Islam is a bloodthirsty, oppressive religion.

weak Islamic bashing:

This is highly selective and predictably biased. Not really worthy of
being dignified as "scholarship" at all as most balanced scholars of the history of Islam
will affirm.

The Legacy of Islamic Anti-Semitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History:

Professor Bostom has accomplished a daring feat by refuting an age old myth within the discipline of Middle Eastern History. His thesis statement, that Jews were not treated better under Muslim auspices, cuts through preconceived notions. It is an immense work that will take the avid historian weeks to go through, but it is all worth the work. Even though he is not an historian by trade he still manages to conjure new and old muslim source material, which makes his case all the more solid. It is not only a... more info

Considerably biased:

As a non-Muslim who has done some minimal study of Islam, I found this book to be very one-sided and polemical. Even a non-expert like myself can easily identify the biases and one-sided arguments in this book. Given the somewhat understandable bias against Islam in the Western world, no doubt many people will find this book confirms their views of Islam. However, I would encourage those inclined to agree with the author to consider that many Muslims do not hate Jews and to do their own research on this... more info

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