Douglas Murray (author)
Douglas Murray (born 16 July 1979) is a British author and conservative political commentator. He founded the Centre for Social Cohesion in 2007, which became part of the Henry Jackson Society, where he was associate director from 2011 to 2018. He is currently an associate editor of the conservative British political and cultural magazine The Spectator.
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Born | Douglas Kear Murray 16 July 1979 London, England |
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Education | St Benedict's School Eton College (6th form) |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Period | 2000–present |
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Murray is known for his criticism of immigration and Islam. His books include Neoconservatism: Why We Need It (2005), The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam (2017), The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity (2019) and The War on the West (2022).
Murray has been praised by conservative writers. Murray's critics have associated his views with Islamophobia and being linked to far-right political ideologies and the promotion of far-right ideas such as the Eurabia, Great Replacement, and Cultural Marxism conspiracy theories.