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

A painstakingly researched scholarly book on the sources and consequences of anti-Semitism in Islam. Dr. Bostom provides an objective look at the scriptural roots of Muslim anti-Semitism in the Koran and hadiths and shows how this hatred has been expressed throughout history.


Bostom completely debunks the myth that the history of anti-semitism in the Arab world began with the rebirth of Israel. This book is a methodical and eye opening account into the genealogy of Islamic anti-semitism. An almost encyclopedic compendium of religous personalities, Islamic liturgy and historical account of Jewish minorities treatment in Islamic host societies. This is a book on an Islamic faith that has throughout its history (1600 years) to the present day, inspired its own distinct and virulent form of anti-semitism .