Dexter Van Zile

Managing Editor, Focus on Western Islamism

Dexter Van Zile, Middle East Forum’s Violin Family Research Fellow, is managing editor of Focus on Western Islamism, a news outlet established by MEF in 2022. Prior to his current position, Van Zile worked at the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis for 16 years, where he played a major role in countering misinformation broadcast into Christian churches by Palestinian Christians and refuting antisemitic propaganda broadcast by white nationalists and their allies in the U.S. His articles have appeared in the Jerusalem Post, the Boston Globe, Jewish Political Studies Review, the Algemeiner and the Jewish News Syndicate. He has authored numerous academic studies and book chapters about Christian anti-Zionism.

Articles by this Author
Emirati Leaders Chose Hope and Agency over Grievance and Resentment and Their People Now Enjoy a High Standard of Living
Biden and Trump Appointed Judges Let Imam Stay, Trump Judge Dissents
Will CAIR Condemn Iranian Death Threat Against Trump?
Shia Imams Who Have No Influence over Trump Need to Tell Khamenei to Surrender
Group’s Pro-Regime Propaganda Not Getting Much Traction in U.S.
Camp’s Sponsoring Body Supports Regime that Has Targeted U.K. Citizens for Murder, Kidnapping
Tarek Mehanna’s Time in Prison Did Not Lessen His Commitment to Radicalism
Suffering of Israeli Hostages, Hamas’s Crimes, Not on Radar of CAIR Leaders
Anti-Western Propaganda Destroys the Lives of Those It Holds Captive
The Lenny Zakim Fund gave $100,000 to an organization that later lionized a young man who immolated himself to protest American support for Israel
It’s time to mind the gap between the followers of extremist imams and their neighbors in England.
A Comprehensive Plan to Restore American Leadership, Counter Iranian Aggression, and Secure Stability in the Middle East
Al Maghrib Institute in Houston Takes Public Relations Hit for Response
An Islamist who promotes an ideology similar to the teachings of the Islamic State—the organization that murdered and raped its way across vast sections of the Middle East and beyond— has set up shop in El Paso, Texas.
The Muslim Justice League Took a Page Out of the KKK’s Playbook and Deployed Masked Thugs to Harass a Reporter at Its Rally in Downtown Boston
Progressives Have Done a Better Job Advocating for Hamas than Many Islamist Organizations in the United States