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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><BR>Dr. Pipes studies, writes, and lectures nationwide on the <SPAN class=text_exposed_hide>...</SPAN><SPAN 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 onmousedown='UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "fa463", event);' href="http://www.danielpipes.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><FONT color=#3b5998>www.DanielPipes.org</FONT></A>.<BR><BR>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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<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="mso-tab-count: 1"> </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>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </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="mso-tab-count: 1"> </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="mso-tab-count: 1"> </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>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </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="mso-tab-count: 1"> </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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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Peace-discuss <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net><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></FONT><BR>
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<TD vAlign=top>Y'all know about this??
<DIV> --Jenifer<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 10/11/10, David L. Noreen </B>wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=plainMail>That was then: 12-4-2003<BR><BR>Article: Controversial speaker draws crowd at U. Illinois <BR>Article date: December 4, 2003<BR>Author: Kali Bhandari<BR> <BR>(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><BR>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><BR>His organization specifically requested the heavy security presence, said Monika Pandya, Foellinger Auditorium manager. … <BR><BR>--------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Versus<BR>"This is
now" 10-13-2010<BR><BR>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><BR>---------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR> So he's now a "Middle East scholar, author, and lecturer," according to the Daily Illini...<BR><BR> Is AWARE aware of Wednesday's visit?<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>
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