Jamie Glazov (born 1966) is a Russian-born Canadian conservative author, historian and the managing editor of ''

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''. He also hosts ''The Glazov Gang'', a web show which regularly features interviews with leading

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figures.

Biography

Glazov was born in

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to professor Yuri Glazov and Marina Glazov, dissidents who fled the Soviet Union for Canada in 1972, after finding that they were not welcomed on leftist American campuses. He later received a

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from

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in 1990, and a Ph.D. in history with a specialty in Soviet studies from

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in 1997. Later residing in

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, Glazov has worked for the

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which owns ''FrontPage Magazine'' and ''The Glazov Gang'', and has been described as a "key figure in the transnational counterjihad movement". In his 2003 book ''Canadian Policy toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union'', published by the

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, Glazov argues that Canada's policy towards the Soviet Union was unique as it sought to contain as well as to accommodate the country. In his 2009 book '' United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror'', Glazov analyses segments of the political left's sympathies for

radical Islam Islamic extremism refers to extremist beliefs, behaviors and ideologies adhered to by some Muslims within Islam. The term 'Islamic extremism' is contentious, encompassing a spectrum of definitions, ranging from academic interpretations of Is ...

ists. His 2010 book ''Showdown With Evil'' features a collection of interviews with thirty leading thinkers which he had conducted since 2004. In his 2018 book ''Jihadist Psychopath'', he claims that

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are operating like

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. The same year, he received a notice from

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that content on his account about his book violated Pakistan's

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, which carries a life sentence and death penalty.

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