''FrontPage Magazine'', also known as ''FrontPageMag.com'', is an American political website edited by
David Horowitz
David Joel Horowitz (born January 10, 1939) is an American conservative writer. He is a founder and president of the right-wing David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's website '' FrontPage Magazine''; and director of Dis ...
and published by the
David Horowitz Freedom Center
The David Horowitz Freedom Center, formerly the Center for the Study of Popular Culture (CSPC), is a Conservatism in the United States, conservative anti-Islam foundation founded in 1988 by political activist David Horowitz and his long-time co ...
. It has been described by scholars and writers as
right-wing
Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, autho ...
,
far-right
Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of bein ...
, and
Islamophobic
Islamophobia is the fear of, hatred of, or prejudice against the religion of Islam or Muslims in general, especially when seen as a geopolitical force or a source of terrorism.
The scope and precise definition of the term ''Islamophobia ...
.
History
''FrontPage Magazine'' is a conservative journal of news and political commentary originally published under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture,
later called the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
Contributors have included
David Horowitz
David Joel Horowitz (born January 10, 1939) is an American conservative writer. He is a founder and president of the right-wing David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's website '' FrontPage Magazine''; and director of Dis ...
(editor in chief),
Paul Gottfried
Paul Edward Gottfried (born November 21, 1941) is an American paleoconservative political philosopher, historian, and writer. He is a former Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. He is editor-in-chief of the paleoco ...
,
John Derbyshire
John Derbyshire (born 3 June 1945) is a British-born American far-right political commentator, writer, journalist and computer programmer. He was once known as a paleoconservative, until he was fired from the ''National Review'' in 2012 for w ...
,
Ann Coulter
Ann Hart Coulter (; born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative media pundit, author, syndicated columnist, and lawyer. She became known as a media pundit in the late 1990s, appearing in print and on cable news as an outspoken critic ...
,
Mustafa Akyol
Mustafa Akyol (born 20 February 1972) is a Turkish writer and journalist. He is the author of ''Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty'', long-listed in 2012 for the Lionel Gelber Prize, a literary award for the world's best non-fict ...
, Jamie Glazov,
Robert Spencer,
Bruce Thornton,
Raymond Ibrahim Raymond Ibrahim (born 1973) is an American author, translator, columnist, critic of Islam and a former librarian. His focus is Arabic history and language, and current events. He is the author of four books, ''Defenders of the West: The Christian ...
,
Kenneth Timmerman
Kenneth R. Timmerman (born November 4, 1953) is a political writer and conservative activist who was the 2012 Republican nominee for U.S. Representative for the newly redrawn , facing the incumbent Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat. Timmerman lost to ...
,
and
Stephen Miller.
Content
''FrontPage Magazine'' has published commentary advancing the
Eurabia
Eurabia is a political neologism, a portmanteau of Europe and Arabia, used to describe a far-right, anti-Muslim conspiracy theory, involving globalist entities allegedly led by French and Arab powers, to Islamise and Arabise Europe, thereby we ...
conspiracy theory, and has been described as part of the
counter-jihad
Counter-jihad, also spelled counterjihad and known as the counter-jihad movement, is a self-titled political current loosely consisting of authors, bloggers, think tanks, street movements and campaign organisations all linked by apocalyptic bel ...
movement. The website is edited by Jamie Glazov, considered a "key figure in the transnational counterjihad movement", who also hosts the online TV show ''The Glazov Gang'' which "regularly broadcasts interviews with key counterjihad figures".
The website has been described by scholars and writers as right-wing, far-right, Islamophobic, and anti-Islam.
References
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