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Ph.D. Srđa or '''Serge Trifković''' (, where he resides. He is a controversial writer who has been described both as a "man of extraordinary Intellectual Courage " by Professor Paul Eidelberg the director of the Foundation for Constitutional Democracy [http://www.keepingapace.com/blogarchives/book_reviews/the_sword_of_the_prophet_trifkovic.php] and a "noted Islamophobe " by Stephen Schwartz of FrontPageMag.com . {Link without Title} BIOGRAPHY Trifković earned a BA in international relations from the University Of Sussex in 1977 and another, in political science, from the University Of Zagreb in 1987. Since 1990 he has held a Ph.D in modern history from the University Of Southampton , UK , and he has pursued a post-doctoral research degree at the Hoover Institution in California . Beginning in 1980 , Trifković has been a TV broadcaster for BBC World Service and Voice Of America and later a journalist covering southeast Europe for '' U.S. News & World Report '' and the '' Washington Times '', during which time he was an editor for the Belgrade magazine '' Duga ''. Trifković has been a visiting scholar for the magazine '' Chronicles '' since 1998. Trifković has worked as a political consultant to Aleksandar Karađorđević and Vojislav Koštunica , as an adviser to Biljana Plavšić , and as representative of the Republika Srpska in London. In March 2003 he testified as an Expert Witness for the defense before the International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia in the trial of the Serbian politician Milomar Stakić, who was later sentenced to life imprisonment for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity . CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS
BOOKS He has written two books:
FILMOGRAPHY DISPUTE WITH CAIR The Sword Of The Prophet was subject to a dispute in 2005 between CAIR and National Review where by CAIR has sought to have the book withdrawn from sale alleging that its content was Islamophobic . This action has been criticized as an effort to obstruct the sale and distribution of works to which CAIR objected. EXTERNAL LINKS
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