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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]
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Authorship
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
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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]
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]
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5 Works
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Books
REFERENCES
5.2 Articles
Articles written by D'Souza include:
1984: Falwell, Before the Millennium: A Critical Biography, Regnery Publishing (ISBN 0-89526-6075)
How Obama Thinks, Forbes cover story, with correction, 2010-09-27 issue. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
2014: America: Imagine the World Without Her, executive producer, director, co-writer, and star.[102]
6 References
[1] Dinesh D'Souza. NNDB. Soylent Communications. Retrieved November 12, 2007.
[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.
[10] Dana Davidsen (January 23, 2014). Conservative commentator, author Dinesh D'Souza indicted. CNN. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
[42] Dinesh D'Souza (March 2, 2007). Letting Bin Laden Dene Islam. AOL. Retrieved 2012-10-18, from secondary
site New Age Islam
[43] Dinesh D'Souza focuses fervor on friends 'incredible' articial Christmas tree product. NYDailyNews.com. December 17, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
[44] Lee, Adam (November 17, 2011). Intelligence Squared:
Would the World Be Better Without Religion?". Big
Think. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
[45] The World Would Be Better O Without Religion. Intelligence squared debates. November 15, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
[46] Michiko Kakutani, Dispatch from Gomorrah, Savaging
the Cultural Left, The New York Times, 6 February 2007
[47] "Home:About US". Townhall.com. Retrieved September
25, 2010.
[48] Dinesh D'Souza. Speakers Network Worldwide. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
[49] Daniel Dennett debates Dinesh D'Souza. RichardDawkins.net. December 1, 2007. Retrieved January 8,
2008.
[50] Bohlen, Celestine (September 29, 2001). In New War
on Terrorism, Words Are Weapons, Too. The New York
Times. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
[51] Dinesh D'Souza, The Colbert Report
REFERENCES
[74] Fouhy, Beth (August 28, 2012). Is D'Souzas antiObama lm 'subjective'?". The Washington Times. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
[79] Dinesh D'Souza (2013). Dinesh D'Souza Remarks at Conservative Political Action Conference. C-SPAN. Retrieved
March 17, 2013.
[80] Connor Simpson (March 16, 2013). Dinesh D'Souzas
'2016: Obamas America' Made Enough Money to Warrant a Sequel. Atlantic Wire. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
[81] Stempel, Jonathan (January 23, 2014). Dinesh D'Souza
indicted for violating U.S. election law. Reuters. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
[82] Walker, Hunter (January 23, 2014). Conservative Author Dinesh D'Souza Charged with Campaign Finance
Fraud. Talking Points Memo.
[83] http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/
January14/DineshDSouzaCharges.php
[90] http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/09/23/
documents-federal-prosecutors-misled-judge-in-pursuit-of-prison-time-for-
External links
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Dinesh D'Souza at the Internet Movie Database
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