Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh Joseph D'Souza (Konkani:

; born April 25, 1961) is an Indian-American
political commentator and author. D'Souza is aliated
with a number of conservative organizations and publications, including the American Enterprise Institute, the
Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institution, and Policy
Review.[2] In 20102012, he served as president of The
Kings College, a small Christian school in New York
City.[3][4][5]

student in 1978 through a Rotary International program.

He attended Patagonia Union High School in Patagonia,
Arizona. He attended Dartmouth College, where he
graduated with a B.A. in English Phi Beta Kappa in
1983.[1][17][18]

At Dartmouth, D'Souza became the editor of a monthly

called The Prospect. The paper and its writers ignited
much controversy during D'Souzas editorship by, among
other things, criticizing the Colleges armative action
Born in Bombay (Mumbai), D'Souza came to the policies.[19] He was also a writer for the Dartmouth ReUnited States as an exchange student, graduating from view, an independent student publication subsidized by
Dartmouth College. He became a naturalized citizen alumni and organizations not aliated with Dartmouth
in 1991. He is the author of several New York Times College.
best-selling books, including on Christian apologetics, After his time in Dartmouth, D'Souza moved to
such as Whats So Great About Christianity and Life After Washington, D.C., where he served from 1985 to 1987
Death: The Evidence. D'Souza has also been a critic of as an editor of Policy Review, a journal then published
"New Atheism".[6][7][8] In 2012, D'Souza released 2016: by the Heritage Foundation (and since acquired by the
Obamas America, a documentary lm based on his 2010 Hoover Institution).[1] In his September 1985 article The
book The Roots of Obamas Rage. Both posit that Barack Bishops as Pawns, D'Souza theorized that U.S. Catholic
Obama's attitude toward America derives from his fa- bishops were being manipulated by American liberals in
thers anti-colonialism and from a psychological desire agreeing to oppose the U.S. military buildup and use of
to fulll his fathers dream of diminishing the power of
power abroad when, D'Souza believed they knew very litWestern imperial states. The lm has been the highest- tle about these subjects to which they were lending their
grossing conservative documentary lm produced in the
religious credibility, writing:
United States.[9]
In January 2014, D'Souza was indicted on charges of
making illegal political contributions to a 2012 United
States Senate campaign.[10] On May 20, 2014, D'Souza
pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to a charge of using "straw
donors" to make illegal political campaign donations. On
September 23, D'Souza was sentenced to eight months in
a community connement center near his home in San
Diego, California, ve years probation, and a $30,000
ne.[11][12]

1
1.1

Interviews with these bishops suggest that

they know little or nothing about the ideas and
proposals to which they are putting their signature and lending their religious authority.
The bishops are unfamiliar with existing defense and economic programs, unable to identify even in general terms the Soviet military
capability, ignorant of roughly how much of
the budget currently goes to defense, unclear
about how much should be reallocated to social programs, and innocent of the most basic concepts underlying the intelligent laymans
discussion of these questions.[20]

Life and career

Early life and career

D'Souza was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1961.

His parents were Catholics from Goa[13] in Western India. His father was an executive for Johnson & Johnson, and his mother was a housewife.[14] He went to
the Jesuit school St. Stanislaus High School in what
served as a policy adviser to President Ronald Reawas then Bombay.[15] He graduated in 1976 and com- He [3]
between 1987 and 1988.[1]
gan
pleted his 11th and 12th at Sydenham College, also in
Bombay.[16] He went to the United States as an exchange In 1991, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.[21]
1

2 POLITICAL ADVISER AND COMMENTATOR

Political adviser and commentator

In August 2010, D'Souza was named president of The

Kings College, a Christian liberal arts college then
housed in the Empire State Building in Manhattan.[22]
The college relocated to a larger space in Fall 2012, next
door to the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattans nancial district.[23] On October 18, 2012, after
claims became public that he had stayed in a hotel with
a new girlfriend though not yet divorced from his wife,
D'Souza resigned his post at The Kings College.[24][25]

2.1

Political criticism

the non-prot sector and the universities are

the primary cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the Islamic
world.[28]
D'Souzas 2003 book, Whats So Great About America,
defends the United States against the criticisms of the
last couple of decades. In particular, he argues against
the criticisms leveled by the Islamic world, domestic
multiculturalists, those seeking slavery reparations, and
especially the left wing in the United States. He contends Americans themselves are too critical and take for
granted the blessings bestowed on them by living within
the borders of the United States.[29]
He also takes this a step further and challenges the notion that all world cultures are equal. If one begins with
the multicultural premise that all cultures are equal, then
the world as it is makes very little sense, he says. Some
cultures have completely outperformed others in providing the things that all people seek health, food, housing,
security and the amenities of life.[29]
D'Souza has also criticized aspects of feminism in Letters
to a Young Conservative, writing that:

Dinesh D'Souza speaking at CPAC 2012.

The feminist error was to embrace the

value of the workplace as greater than the
value of the home. Feminism has endorsed
the public sphere as inherently more constitutive of womens worth than the private sphere.
Feminists have established as their criterion of
success and self-worth an equal representation
with men at the top of the career ladder. The
consequence of this feminist scale of values is a
terrible and unjust devaluation of women who
work at home.[30]

D'Souza is a noted conservative, and denes conservatism

in the American sense as conserving the principles of
the American Revolution".[26] In Letters to a Young Conservative, written as an introduction to conservative ideas
for youth, D'Souza argues that it is a blend of classical liberalism and ancient virtue, in particular, the belief that
there are moral standards in the universe and that living In an interview with Enter Stage Right, he said same-sex
up to them is the best way to have a full and happy life. marriage did not work because
He also argues against what he calls the modern liberal
Marriage does not civilize men. Women
belief that human nature is intrinsically good, and thus
do. This point is even evident in the gay comthat the great conicts in the world...arise out of terrible
munity: it helps to explain why lesbians are
misunderstandings that can be corrected through ongoing
generally much better than male homosexuals
conversation and through the mediation of the United Nain sustaining long-term relationships. The reations".[27]
son that society privileges marriage and gives
D'Souza challenges beliefs and projects such as
it a special legal status is because marriage is
armative action and social welfare. In the book
the only known incubator for the raising of
Illiberal Education, D'Souza argued that intolerance of
children.[31]
conservative views is common at many universities. He
has attributed many modern social problems to what he
calls the cultural left. In his 2007 book, The Enemy at 2.2 Christianity and religion
Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11
he wrote that:
D'Souza attended non-denominational Calvary Chapel
The cultural left in this country is responsible for causing 9/11 ... the cultural left and
its allies in Congress, the media, Hollywood,

from 2000 at least until 2010.[32] D'Souza says that his

Catholic background is important to him, but he is also
comfortable with Protestant Reformation theology; he
identies as a nondenominational Christian.[33] He often

2.3

Colonialism

writes and discusses Christian apologetics and has debated against prominent atheists and skeptics, including
Dan Barker, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Singer, Daniel
Dennett, Michael Shermer, and Bart Ehrman.[34] In a
Christian Science Monitor article, he stated, the moral
teachings of Jesus provide no support for indeed they
stand as a stern rebuke to the historical injustices perpetrated in the name of Christianity.[35] D'Souza often
speaks out against atheism, nonbelief, and secularism.
He elaborated his views in his 2007 book, Whats so
Great about Christianity. In 2009, he published Life After Death: The Evidence, which attempts to use scientic
and philosophical arguments to support the concept of
the afterlife. He also relies on theoretical physics to support the concept of God and the ne-tuned Universe,
and to refute atheist arguments. The book earned praise
from atheist Christopher Hitchens for Dineshs argumentative skills.[36] In 2012, D'Souza published Godforsaken,
which addresses questions of how a benevolent God could
allow evil and suering in the world.
D'Souza says living creatures are the products of intelligent design, but he is not a proponent of the intelligent
design (ID) movement, as he does not consider ID to be
a satisfactory alternative to the theory of evolution by
natural selection.[37] He argues that belief in the afterlife
and in a supreme being are reasonable conclusions given
the evidence available, and that atheists have misrepresented the case for Christianity on many fronts.
In a Catholic Education Resource Center article, he
shared his belief on the separation of church and state:
Groups like the ACLU, with the acquiescence if not collusion of the courts, are actively promoting a jurisprudence of anti-religious discrimination. In a way the
Supreme Court has distorted the Constitution to make religious believers of all faiths into second-class citizens.
D'Souza argues that current jurisprudence unfairly promotes secularism.[38] More clearly, D'Souza states, Today courts wrongly interpret separation of church and
state to mean that religion has no place in the public arena,
or that morality derived from religion should not be permitted to shape our laws. Somehow freedom for religious
expression has become freedom from religious expression. Secularists want to empty the public square of religion and religious-based morality so they can monopolize
the shared space of society with their own views.[39]
D'Souza stated that he has studied radical Islam for several years[40] and read the Qur'an.[41] D'Souza debated
Robert Spencer about Islam at the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference and labelled Spencer an Islamophobe. D'Souza said Spencer was an eective polemicist in his writings on Islam.[42]
D'Souza has also shown his support for the Christian tradition of placing articial Christmas trees in homes by
pitching[43] the FlipTree articial Christmas tree.

2.3 Colonialism
In the second chapter of Whats So Great About America,
D'Souza defends colonialism, arguing that the problem
with Africa is not that it was colonized, but rather that it
was not colonized long enough. He supports the European colonization of India and other countries, claiming
that Christian colonization was a good thing for India because it was a way for Indians to escape the caste system,
superstitions and poverty.[44][45]

2.4 Abu Ghraib

D'Souza has argued that the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal was a result of the sexual immodesty of liberal America. He further asserted that the
conditions of prisoners at Abu Ghraib are comparable to the accommodations in midlevel Middle Eastern
hotels.[46][47]

2.5 Media appearances

D'Souza has appeared on numerous national television
networks and programs.[48] On November 30, 2007,
he debated Tufts University professor Daniel Dennett
at Tufts on whether or not God was a man-made
invention.[49]
Six days after the September 11, 2001 attacks, D'Souza
appeared on Politically Incorrect hosted by Bill Maher.
He disputed the assertion that terrorists were cowards by
saying, Look at what they did. You have a whole bunch
of guys who were willing to give their life; none of them
backed out. All of them slammed themselves into pieces
of concrete. These are warriors. Maher agreed with
D'Souzas comments and said, We have been the cowards. Lobbing cruise missiles from two thousand miles
away. Mahers comments ultimately led to advertisers
ending their support and his show being cancelled.[50]
During an interview on The Colbert Report on January 16,
2007, while promoting his book, The Enemy At Home:
The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11, D'Souza
maintained that liberals had some responsibility for the
September 11 attacks. He says liberals penchant for interference had a decided eect in convincing the Carter
administration to withdraw support from the Shah, which
brought on Muslim fundamentalists control of the Iranian
government. He also said that the distorted representation of American culture on television is one source of
resentment of the United States by Muslims worldwide.
D'Souza believes that traditional Muslims are not too different from traditional Jews and Christians in America.
Towards the end of the interview, he admitted that he and
Islamic militants share some of the same negative beliefs
about liberal Americans.[51]
D'Souza has debated several atheists and critics of Chris-

2 POLITICAL ADVISER AND COMMENTATOR

tianity at programs at various universities, including Peter

Singer,[52] Bart Ehrman,[53] Christopher Hitchens,[54] and
David Silverman,[55] on religious and moral issues, including whether there can be morality without God, how
a benevolent God can allow suering, the concept of religion in general, and whether Christianity is good for
America, among others.

2.6

Authorship

In early 2007, D'Souza published The Enemy at Home:

The Cultural Left and its Responsibility for 9/11, in which
he argues that the American cultural left was in large
part responsible for the Muslim anger that led to the
September 11 attacks.[28] He argues that Muslims do
not hate America because of its freedom and democracy, but because they perceive America to be imposing
its moral depravity (support for sexual licentiousness) on
the world.[56] The conclusion of the book, as stated by
D'Souza in the introduction, is, "[t]he [George W.] Bush
administration and the conservatives must stop promoting
American popular culture because it is producing a blowback of Muslim rage. With a few exceptions, the right
should not bother to defend American movies, music, and
television. From the point of view of traditional values,
they are indefensible. Moreover, why should the right
stand up for the lefts debased values? Why should our
people defend their America? Rather, American conservatives should join the Muslims and others in condemning the global moral degeneracy that is produced by liberal values.[57] The book was criticized in major American newspapers and magazines and described as, among
other things, the worst nonction book about terrorism
published by a major house since 9/11[58] and a national
disgrace.[59] D'Souzas book caused a controversy in the
conservative movement. His conservative critics widely
mocked his thesis that the cultural left was responsible
for 9/11. In response, D'Souza posted a 6,500-word essay on National Review Online,[60] and NRO subsequently
published a litany of responses from conservative authors
who accused D'Souza of character assassination, elitism
and pseudo-intellectualism.[61]

the dreams of a Luo tribesman of the 1950s.

This philandering, inebriated African socialist,
who raged against the world for denying him
the realization of his anticolonial ambitions,
is now setting the nations agenda through the
reincarnation of his dreams in his son. The son
makes it happen, but he candidly admits he is
only living out his fathers dream. The invisible father provides the inspiration, and the son
dutifully gets the job done. America today is
governed by a ghost.[64]
Several liberal/progressive leaning groups and commentaters take issue with D'Souza. Media Matters for America, Ryan Chittum in the Columbia Journalism Review,
and others, disputed D'Souzas assertions about President
Barack Obama.[65][66]
Conservative publications also criticized D'Souzas theory. Daniel Larison of The American Conservative states,
Dinesh D'Souza has authored what may possibly be
the most ridiculous piece of Obama analysis yet written...All in all, D'Souzas article reads like a bad conspiracy theory.[67] Larison also criticizes D'Souzas suggestion that Obama is anti-business, noting his lack of evidence. Andrew Ferguson of The Weekly Standard writes,
D'Souza always sees absence of evidence as evidence
of something or other...There is, indeed, a name for the
beliefs that motivate President Obama, but its not anticolonialism; its not even socialism. Its liberalism!"[68]
The magazine published D'Souzas letter, in which he expressed surprise at the petty, vindictive tone of Andrew
Fergusons review.[69]
His book, The Roots of Obamas Rage, of which the
Forbes article was a condensed version, was published
in September 2010 by Regnery Publishing. The book
presents his interpretation of President Barack Obamas
past and how it formed his beliefs; it was on The New
York Times Best Seller list for four weeks in October/November 2010.[70] D'Souza appeared on Glenn Beck
in September 2010 to discuss some of his theories.[71]

His Christian apologetics books, Whats So Great About 2.7.2 2016: Obamas America lm
Christianity and Life After Death: The Evidence, were
Main articles: 2016: Obamas America and America:
both New York Times Best Sellers.[62][63]
Imagine the World Without Her

2.7

Opposition to Barack Obama

Next, D'Souza began to work with Gerald R. Molen, coproducer of Schindlers List, on a documentary lm called
2.7.1 Forbes article and The Roots of Obamas Rage 2016: Obamas America.[72] Through interviews and
reenactments, the lm compares the similarities in the
At the conclusion of a September 2010 opinion article lives of D'Souza and President Barack Obama. D'Souza
in Forbes about President Barack Obama, titled How suggests his theory of how early inuences on Obama
Obama Thinks, D'Souza wrote that the president was
are aecting the decisions he makes as president. The
lms tagline is Love him or hate him, you don't know
...trapped in his fathers time machine. Inhim. The lm has been critiqued on the grounds that
credibly, the U.S. is being ruled according to
what D'Souza claims to be an investigation of Obama in-

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cludes considerable projection and speculation and selective borrowing from Obamas autobiography to prove his
own psychobiography.[73][74] The Obama administration
described the lm as an insidious attempt to dishonestly
smear the president.[75]

Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said in an interview, The idea of charging him with a felony for this
doesnt sound like a proper exercise of prosecutorial discretion.... I cant help but think that [D'Souzas] politics
have something to do with it.... It smacks of selective
alleged campaign
After a limited release on July 13, 2012, the release prosecution. He went on to say such
[92]
violations
are
common
in
politics.
was expanded to over 1,000 theaters in late August 2012
and reached more than 2,000 theaters before the end of However, D'Souzas admission of guilt upon which he was
September 2012. As of October 19, 2012, the lm had convicted has been cited as enough evidence of the approgrossed more than $33.4 million,[76] making it the 4th priateness of conviction, with prosecutorial bias considhighest-grossing documentary of all time[76] and the 2nd ered unlikely given that the sentence did not include any
highest-grossing political documentary of all time in the jail time despite a request for 10-16 months of incarcerUnited States.[77]
ation by the prosecution.[93] [94] Judge Berman also made
In March 2013, D'Souza announced work on a lm titled explicit reference in his sentencing remarks to claims of
America, for release in 2014.[78] He announced the lm persecution that D'Souza made publicly outside of court
at Conservative Political Action Conference 2013.[79] The proceedings. According to the New York Times, While
Atlantic Wire has called the planned movie a sequel to the judge said that Mr. DSouza had an absolute right
to express his opinions, he described his claims of politi2016: Obamas America.[80]
cal persecution as nonsense, and scolded the defendant,
saying that he continued to deect and minimize the seriousness of his crime.[12]

Election campaign nance conviction

In January 2014, D'Souza was indicted by federal prosecutors for campaign nance law violations.[81][82][83] He
was arraigned in a Manhattan federal court on January
24.[84] The two charges were for making illegal campaign
contributions and causing false statements to be made to
the Federal Election Commission.[85]

4 Personal life

In 1992, D'Souza married Dixie Brubaker, whom he rst

met when he worked in Washington, D.C. They have one
daughter, born in 1995. [1] In his book Life After Death:
The Evidence, D'Souza stated that Dixie had a near-death
experience at the age of 19.[95] The couple lived together
D'Souzas attorney argued that D'Souza did not act
in California until D'Souza moved to New York as preswith any corrupt or criminal intent whatsoever and deident of Kings College.[96] He maintained a residence
scribed the incident as at most...an act of misguided
near San Diego where his wife and daughter remained.[97]
friendship.[81][86] His co-producers alleged that the indictment was politically motivated retribution for the suc- In an October 16, 2012 article in World Magazine, author
cess of his 2016 movie.[87] In May, United States District Warren Cole Smith reported on D'Souzas activities after
Judge Richard M. Berman rejected that contention, stat- a September 28 talk that year in Spartanburg, South Caring, The court concludes the defendant has respectfully olina.[96] Smith said that D'Souza, who was married at the
submitted no evidence he was selectively prosecuted.[88] time, checked into a hotel with another woman, and left
with her the following day. In his rebuttal, D'Souza said
In May 2014, D'Souza pleaded guilty to one felony count
that he and his wife had separated. He conrmed that he
[89]
of making illegal contributions in the names of others.
had been engaged to Denise Odie Joseph, noted in the arD'Souza told Judge Berman, I knew that causing a camticle. After an investigation by ocials at Kings College,
paign contribution to be made in the name of another was
he suspended the engagement to Joseph.[4] D'Souza owrong and something the law forbids. I deeply regret my
cially led for divorce from Dixie Brubaker on October
conduct. During sentencing, D'Souza submitted a let4, 2012.[98][99]
ter to the court arguing that prosecutors purposefully neglected to present an honest comparison of past sentences After D'Souzas engagement became public, the trustees
for the same oense[90] and in September 2014, the court of The Kings College announced after meeting on Octosentenced D'Souza to 5 years probation, 8 months in a ber 17, 2012, that D'Souza had resigned his position as
community connement center, and $30,000 ne, reject- president of the university in order to attend to his pering the prosecutors recommendations of prison time.[12] sonal and family needs.[100]
He is also required to perform a day (eight hours) of
community service each week during his probation and
must undergo therapy on a weekly basis.[11]
D'Souzas claim of selective prosecution has received
support from some legal scholars and commentators.[91]

5 Works

5.1

Books

Books authored by D'Souza include:

REFERENCES

5.2 Articles
Articles written by D'Souza include:

1984: Falwell, Before the Millennium: A Critical Biography, Regnery Publishing (ISBN 0-89526-6075)

"Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the

mass murders of history"

1986: The Catholic Classics (ISBN 0-87973-545-7)

Moons Planet: The Politics and Theology of the

Unication Church

1987: My Dear Alex: Letters From The KGB (with

Gregory Fossedal), Regnery Publishing (ISBN 089526-576-1)

"Atheism and Child Murder"

Ten Great Things About America

How Ronald Reagan Won The Cold War

1991: Illiberal Education (ISBN 0-684-86384-7)

Technology And Moral Progress

1995: The End of Racism (ISBN 0-684-82524-4)

We the Slaveowners: In Jeersons America, Were

Some Men Not Created Equal?"

1997: Ronald Reagan: How An Ordinary Man

Became an Extraordinary Leader (ISBN 0-68484823-6)
2000: The Virtue of Prosperity (ISBN 0-684-868156)
2002: Whats So Great About America, Regnery
Publishing (ISBN 0-89526-153-7)

The Self Esteem Hoax

"Two Cheers For Colonialism"
Reagan Versus The Intellectuals
"10 things to celebrate: Why I'm an anti-antiAmerican"
"God Knows Why Faith is Thriving"

2002: Letters to a Young Conservative (ISBN 0-46501734-7)

How Obama Thinks, Forbes cover story, with correction, 2010-09-27 issue. Retrieved 2012-08-29.

2007: The Enemy At Home: The Cultural Left and

Its Responsibility for 9/11 (ISBN 0-385-51012-8)

"Why Barack Obama is an anti-colonialist"

2007: Whats So Great About Christianity, Regnery 5.3 Film

Publishing (ISBN 1-596-98517-8)
2004: Michael Moore Hates America, co-star.[101]
2009: Life After Death: The Evidence (ISBN 978 2012: 2016: Obamas America, executive producer,
1596980990)
co-director, co-writer, and star.
2010: The Roots of Obamas Rage, Regnery Publishing (ISBN 9781596986251)
2012: Godforsaken: Bad things happen. Is there a
God who cares? YES. Heres proof, Tyndale House
(ISBN 978-1414324852)

2014: America: Imagine the World Without Her, executive producer, director, co-writer, and star.[102]

6 References

2012: Obamas America: Unmaking the American

Dream, Regnery Publishing (ISBN 1596987782)

[1] Dinesh D'Souza. NNDB. Soylent Communications. Retrieved November 12, 2007.

2014: America: Imagine a World without Her,

Regnery Publishing (ISBN 978-1-62157-203-9)

[2] About Dinesh D'Souza NY Times Bestselling Author |

Dinesh D'Souza. Dineshdsouza.com. Retrieved September 7, 2012.

D'Souza has also contributed to:

2008: Foreword to Conspiracies and the Cross by
Timothy Paul Jones, Frontline Books (ISBN 1-59979205-2)

[3] Forbes Article Spurs Media Soul Searching. The New

York Times. September 24, 2010. Retrieved September
7, 2012.
[4] Kaminer, Ariel (October 19, 2012). Dinesh d'Souza is
out as Kings college president in scandal. The New York
Times.

[5] New Atheists Are Not Great. Christianity Today. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
[6] Dinesh D'Souza. Staring into the Abyss. Christianity
Today. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
[7] Dinesh D'Souza: Whats So Great About Christianity.
FORA.tv. Retrieved September 7, 2012.

[27] D'Souza (2002), Letters to a Young Conservative, p. 9

[28] salon.com/news, January 20, 2007
[29] Thomas Sowell (June 7, 2002). "Whats So Great About
America?". Capitalism Magazine. Retrieved October 1,
2007.
[30] D'Souza, Letters to a Young Conservative, pp. 1056

[8] "[Whats So Great About Christianity] - C-SPAN Video

Library. C-spanvideo.org. February 8, 2008. Retrieved
September 7, 2012.
[9] Grady Smith, How '2016: Obamas America' became a
box oce hit and where it goes from here, Entertainment Weekly, August 28, 2012

[31] Q&A with Dinesh D'Souza, Enter Stage Right

[32] Carl E. Olson. October 16, 2012. Then: Dinesh DSouza
leaves Catholic Church. Now: He leaves wife. Catholic
World Report
[33] D'Souzas Now Evangelical, or is he? by Scot McKnight

[10] Dana Davidsen (January 23, 2014). Conservative commentator, author Dinesh D'Souza indicted. CNN. Retrieved January 24, 2014.

[34] The Kings College, Presidents Blog". Tkc.edu. August

31, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2011.

[11] Raymond, Nate (September 23, 2014). Obama critic

D'Souza spared prison for violating election law. Reuters.

[35] Dinesh D'Souza, Atheism, not religion, is the real force

behind the mass murders of history, Christian Science
Monitor, November 21, 2006

[12] Mahler, Jonathan (September 23, 2014). DSouza Is

Spared Prison Time for Campaign Finance Violations.
The New York Times.
[13] Proles of eminent Goans, past and present (1997),
J. Clement Vaz, Concept Publishing Company, ISBN
9788170226192, p. 332
[14] Helen Zia, Notable Asian Americans, 1995, p 72
[15] Chidanand Rajghatta, Indian-American scholars antiObama lm storms US box-oce, The Economic Times,
29 August 2012

[36] Jennifer Schuessler, Inside the List, The New York

Times, 13 November 2009
[37] D'Souza, Dinesh (April 7, 2008) The Failure of Intelligent
Design, Town Hall, April 7, 2008
[38] Discriminating Against Religion.
Catholiceducation.org. June 28, 2006. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
[39] D'Souza, Dinesh (2007). Whats So Great About Christianity. Tyndale, p. 56.

[16] Dinesh D'Souza biography, St. Stanislaus Ex-Students

Association

[40] Brian Saint-Paul: Knowing the Enemy Dinesh D'Souza

on Islam and the West. Catholicity.com. January 31,
2007. Retrieved September 25, 2010.

[17] About Dinesh D'Souza. Dinesh D'Souza. Retrieved

November 12, 2007.

[41] Robert Spencer (March 6, 2007). Serge Trifkovic

catches out Dinesh D'Souza. Jihad Watch.

[18] Person Detail: Dinesh D'Souza. Independent Institute.

Retrieved August 17, 2012.

[42] Dinesh D'Souza (March 2, 2007). Letting Bin Laden Dene Islam. AOL. Retrieved 2012-10-18, from secondary
site New Age Islam

[19] Critical Monthly Rouses Princeton.

Times. April 29, 1984. p. 52.

The New York

[20] 20 years of Policy Review", Policy Review, July 1997

[21] Dinesh D'Souza (2002). Whats So Great About America.
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