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| The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History | 
 enlarge | Creators: Ibn Warraq, Andrew G. Bostom
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 63626
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 766
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.4 x 2.1
ISBN: 1591025540
Dewey Decimal Number: 297.282
EAN: 9781591025542
ASIN: 1591025540
Publication Date: June 5, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Factual Historic Analysis June 22, 2008
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Andrew Bostom has performed an invaluable service in editing this volume. All one hears are opinions and projections of personal beliefs onto the religion of Islam. (Our President's view is one such example.) Using the words and expositions of Islamic leaders and scholars, rather than our own revisionism, Dr. Bostom shows clearly that there is a very long history of anti-Jewish bias and prejudice in Islamic thought. The concept that all this "anti-Zionism" is a phenomenon of the 20th century is put to rest in a clear, cool and scholarly fashion. His opening esssay - with ca. 1,000 footnotes - should be required reading in every house of worship and university in the Western world. Sadly, this will not happen but readers can purchase the book and see the facts for themselves.
An Essential Resource on Islam's Views on the Jews June 24, 2008
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Andrew Bostom has produced a magisterial expose of the foundations, development and impact of Islamic anti-semitism. Shrouded in perverse denial and historical revisionism, Islamic Jew-hatred is in fact grounded in the Qur'an and the life of Muhammad (the Sunna). Bostom has done the world a courageous service by exposing the roots together with the fruits of this persistent characteristic of Islamic theology and practice. In doing so, he has exposed and disarmed many deceits.
This will be a standard reference on Islam's treatment of the Jews for decades to come. A brilliant and confronting work, The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism is a must-read for all who would understand Islam and its sacred history.
 Considerably biased July 14, 2008
10 out of 41 found this review helpful
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 subject by reading or talking to Muslims. Furthermore, consider that it would be quite easy for a Muslim to write a similarly-biased book arguing that Judaism or Christianity is at its core anti-Muslim.
 Keep on going but an advice: READ HISTORY June 19, 2008
8 out of 63 found this review helpful
This book really twist facts. I will summarize my opinion in few sentences for the muslim haters:
- In the muslim books, the Quran and Sunna, jews and christians were referred to as the people of the book like the muslims. It is a must for muslims to believe in the old and new testament the way they came to the prophets: Moses and Jesus
- Jews and Christians were always free to practice their religion where muslims ruled, and were even treated evenly in the eyes of the law. Testimonies in the books can prove it. The history of Jerusalem can prove it.
- Jews and christians were given high positions in the muslim political and social systems. This applies to the present.
- In the history, I don't recall any slaughter of the jews by muslims, but I recall the ones by Romans, and the one by Europeans
- Last one: How could Muslims be anti-semitic if a big percentage of the muslims are Arabs and the Arabs are semitic as they descend from Sam. This point alone proves that the writer did not gather true facts.
Too much hatred towards muslims. I have seen good christians and Jews writing true historic events and giving credits where it is due.
The Legacy of Islamic Anti-Semitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History July 25, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
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 wondrous scholarly achievement, it is a stab at the greater narrative of Islamic history and religiosity. Come one come all and take a walk on the historical wild side, cause you might never come back. Read it and enjoy.
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