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Eminent sense in 2003, and today.<br>
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On 10/12/10 9:01 AM, David Green wrote:
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<div>The event is on the Hillel calendar, and also has a
Facebook page, on which it says this:</div>
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<div>"Does the "War on Terror" still exist? Dr. Daniel Pipes,
Middle East scholar, author, and lecturer, will address this
question, and shed light on a tumultuous struggle which
extends from distant deserts to academic halls, from the sheep
farm to the metropolis. You won't want to miss this amazing
opportunity to hear Dr. Pipes' message, and ask him your
questions directly!<br>
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Dr. Pipes studies, writes, and lectures nationwide on the <span
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class="text_exposed_show">conflict between radical Islam and
the West. He knows Arabic, and has his doctorate in medieval
Islamic history; his studies have led him to conclude that
"It's a mistake to blame Islam, a religion 14 centuries old,
for the evil that should be ascribed to militant Islam, a
totalitarian ideology less than a century old. Militant
Islam is the problem, but moderate Islam is the solution."
He has taught world history at the University of Chicago,
history at Harvard, and policy strategy at the Naval War
College, in addition to directing the Foreign Policy
Research Institute serving at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Today he directs the thinktank he founded, the Middle East
Forum, and oversees Campus Watch, a project that critiques
academic literature published by North American Middle East
departments. His personal website is at <a
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onmousedown='UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "fa463",
event);' href="http://www.danielpipes.org/" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"><font color="#3b5998">www.DanielPipes.org</font></a>.<br>
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This event is cosponsored by Stand With Us, the David
Project, the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Hillel
Foundation at the University of Illinois, the Chabad Jewish
Center at the University of Illinois & Champaign-Urbana,
the American-Israeli Student Coalition, Great News Radio
(WGNN/WGNJ), the Orange and Blue Observer, and the Illini
Conservative Union."</span></div>
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<p><span class="text_exposed_show">Certainly, speakers and
organizations like this are promoting hate and Islamophobia.
Hillel should be taken to task for this, let's make that
clear. Nevertheless, I'm not at all sure what response is
merited to what will most likely--in this era--be a poorly
attended event.</span></p>
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<p><span class="text_exposed_show">DG</span></p>
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<div>I wrote this in 2003:</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">The December
3<sup>rd</sup> visit of the wretched Daniel Pipes to the U
of I is sponsored by IlliniPac, a student group sprouted
from the Israel Lobby to convey Zionist propaganda. Pipes’
message of anti-Islamic racism and rationalized hatred
provokes the following observations:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style=""> </span>First, Pipes right to speak
should be protected from disruption or interruption. This
would be unlike the treatment of Palestinian Hanan Ashrawi,
whose invitation and visit to Colorado College last
September were met with furor and disruption by Zionist
activists. Pipes, brought in to counter Ashrawi’s message,
called her appearance “a grievous error,” accusing her of
being “on the side of America’s enemies.”</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style=""> </span>Second, Pipes’ McCarthyite
“campus watch” website smears scholars in Middle Eastern
Studies programs, identifying over 150 as “apologists for
suicide bombings and militant Islam.” Since the “dossiers”
of Pipes’ targets were posted to this website, most have
been victims of “spoofing,” with identities stolen and
thousands of e-mail messages sent in their names. Related to
this campaign of intimidation is a frightening bill--HR
3077--recently passed by the House of Representatives, that
punishes academics who do not support U.S. foreign policy,
and demands that university departments produce graduates
who will serve state/military interests. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style=""> </span>Third, Richard Hofstadter’s
classic description of the “paranoid style” should be
recalled, as it applies perfectly to Pipes: “The paranoid
spokesman sees the fate of conspiracy in apocalyptic
terms—he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds,
whole systems of human values. He is always manning the
barricades of civilization.”</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style=""> </span>Fourth, Pipes slanderously
accuses American Muslims of pervasive disloyalty: “At huge
conventions closed to the press and public . . . nearly
every Muslim organization in the U.S. spews forth a blatant
and vicious anti-Semitism, a barrage of bias, calumny, and
conspiracy-mongering of a sort that has otherwise all but
disappeared from American discourse.” Except, ironically,
from Pipes’ discourse—as he offers no evidence to support
his claim. For good racist measure, Pipes has written that
the D.C. sniper “fits into a well-established tradition of
American blacks who convert to Islam turning against their
country.”</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style=""> </span>Finally, Pipes’ website is
maintained by an Israeli settler who denies the existence of
the Palestinian people. Pipes’ contempt is well documented:
“The Palestinians are a miserable people . . . and they
deserve to be.” Gamla, an extremist Israeli settler group
that advocates a detailed plan for the expulsion of
Palestinians from both the occupied territories and Israel,
regularly features Pipes’ writing on its website.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style=""> </span>Along with many others who
espouse racism and hatred, Pipes is also a crybaby who likes
nothing more than to claim he is being victimized by those
who challenge him. A calm, thoughtful, and practical
response to his visit will give neither him nor his
followers this opportunity.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">David Green</p>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
Jenifer Cartwright <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com"><jencart13@yahoo.com></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
Peace-discuss <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net"><peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon,
October 11, 2010 5:46:43 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
[Peace-discuss] Fw: Daniel Pipes to talk this Wednesday at
Foellinger - "That was then, this is now" department<br>
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<td valign="top">Y'all know about this??
<div> --Jenifer<br>
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--- On <b>Mon, 10/11/10, David L. Noreen </b>wrote:<br>
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Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 2:02 PM<br>
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<div class="plainMail">That was then: 12-4-2003<br>
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Article: Controversial speaker draws crowd at
U. Illinois <br>
Article date: December 4, 2003<br>
Author: Kali Bhandari<br>
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(Daily Illini) (U-WIRE) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. --
About 1,000 people went through 150 chanting
and sign-waving protesters, metal detectors,
back pack searches and University of Illinois
police to see one speaker Wednesday evening.<br>
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Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East
Forum and a member of the
presidentially-appointed board of the U.S.
Institute of Peace, was brought to Foellinger
Auditorium by the Illinois-Israel Public
Affairs Committee, as well as other groups, to
speak on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. <br>
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His organization specifically requested the
heavy security presence, said Monika Pandya,
Foellinger Auditorium manager. … <br>
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Versus<br>
"This is now" 10-13-2010<br>
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Dr. Daniel Pipes, Middle East scholar, author,
and lecturer will be speaking at Foellinger
Auditorium Wednesday, October 13 at 7 p.m. Dr.
Pipes lecture will address the question: “Does
the ‘War on Terror’ Still Exist?” The public
is welcome to attend and take part in the Q/A
session to follow the lecture.<br>
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So he's now a "Middle East scholar,
author, and lecturer," according to the Daily
Illini...<br>
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Is AWARE aware of Wednesday's visit?<br>
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