It has become conventional wisdom that the current proliferation of Muslim antisemitism is a 20th century phenomenon that is principally driven by the Arab-Israeli conflict. However, in The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History ($39.95, June 2008), editor Andrew Bostom provides enough evidence collected from primary-source material and the works of numerous Islamic scholars to definitively prove otherwise. Library Journal agrees, "Bostom persuasively--almost overwhelmingly--demonstrates the anti-Semitic tendencies in Islam, presenting his case like a prosecuting attorney."

This comprehensive, meticulously documented collection of scholarly articles demonstrates that a readily discernible, uniquely Islamic antisemitism--a specific Muslim hatred of Jews--has been expressed continuously since the advent of Islam. The contributors show that the Koran itself is a significant source of hostility toward Jews, as well as other foundational Muslim texts including the hadith (the words and deeds of Muhammad as recorded by pious Muslim transmitters) and the sira (the earliest Muslim biographies of Muhammad). Many other examples are adduced in the writings of influential Muslim jurists, theologians, and scholars, from the Middle Ages through the contemporary era.

These primary sources, and seminal secondary analyses translated here for the first time into English--such as Hartwig Hirschfeld's mid-1880s essays on Muhammad's subjugation of the Jews of Medina and George Vajda's elegant, comprehensive 1937 study of the hadith--detail the sacralized rationale for Islam's anti-Jewish bigotry. Numerous complementary historical accounts illustrate the resulting plight of Jewish communities in the Muslim world across space and time, culminating in the genocidal threat posed to the Jews of Israel today. 

Islamic dissident Ayaan Hirsi Ali calls The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism, "one of the most important books of our time" and emphasizes that, "it should be read by all."

Scholars, educators, and interested lay readers will find this collection an invaluable resource for understanding the phenomenon of Muslim antisemitism, past and present.

Andrew Bostom's groundbreaking work The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims ($29.00, August 2005), deemed "invaluable," "unparalleled," "indispensable," "monumental," "extraordinary," and "a cut above any competing title in depth and coverage" and acclaimed in such media as the Washington Times, American Thinker, Jerusalem Post, and Middle East Quarterly, will be available in trade paperback in July 2008 ($19.95). The Legacy of Jihad offers another comprehensive historical analysis of an issue of immediate international concern--Islamic jihad. Specifically, it reveals how for well over a millennium, across three continents--Asia, Africa, and Europe--non-Muslims who were vanquished by jihad wars, became forced tributaries (called dhimmi in Arabic), in lieu of being slain. Under the dhimmi religious caste system, non-Muslims were subjected to legal and financial oppression, as well as social isolation. Extensive primary and secondary source materials, many translated here for the first time into English, are presented, making clear that jihad conquests were brutal, imperialist advances, which spurred waves of Muslims to expropriate a vast expanse of lands and subdue millions of indigenous peoples. Finally, the book examines how jihad war, as a permanent and uniquely Islamic institution, ultimately regulates the relations of Muslims with non-Muslims to this day.

National Review calls it an, "impressive compendium that meticulously documents the terror that is jihad...an unparalleled documentary history of nearly 14 centuries of jihad, and of the non-Muslims who have been subjugated as a result of that relentless campaign. His account is a sober warning of the mortal challenge posed to free societies by the ongoing jihad of the militants." 

In order to find the quickest route to peace between the West and the Middle East, one must understand the cultural and historical underpinnings of both cultures. Together these books provide significant insights into aspects of Islamic culture that are implicated in many current international controversies that greatly affect Americans.