[Peace] Does the "War on Terror" Still Exist. Controversial Speaker at 7pm TONIGHT in Follinger Auditorium!!! PLEASE ATTEND!!!

[Rachel Storm]

Oh, this is interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzoUWP48R2o&feature=related

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Rachel Storm <rstorm2 at illinois.edu> wrote:

> See below. I don't know much about Daniel Pipes, but he's all over
> Youtube  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHmapCXl_Bo&feature=related> and
> and well, Fox News digs him<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95181,00.html>.
> Anyone want to attend?
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Campus Antiwar Network [U of I] <can.uiuc at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM
> Subject: Does the "War on Terror" Still Exist. Controversial Speaker at 7pm
> TONIGHT in Follinger Auditorium!!! PLEASE ATTEND!!!
> To:
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> Hello all.  I just was made aware of this event.  Dr. Daniel Pipes is being
> brought here to give a talk tonight at 7pm in Follinger.  It is being
> cosponsored by Hillel, the Åmerican-Israeli Coalition, and other Pro-Israel,
> Islamophobic groups.  Following is more information.  Please join us in
> making sure the hatred and Islamophobic sentiments that will be spread
> tonight is not welcome on our campus!!!
>
> The event is on the Hillel calendar, and also has a Facebook page, on which
> it says this:
>
> "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!
>
> Dr. Pipes studies, writes, and lectures nationwide on the ...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 www.DanielPipes.org <http://www.danielpipes.org/>.
>
> 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."
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
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> University of Illinois Campus Antiwar Network
> http://www.campusantiwar.net/
> http://uiuccan.blogspot.com/
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> _____________________________________________
> Kind regards,
>
> Rachel Storm
> Program Coordinator, Illinois Women's Resources Center
> The Women's Resources Center, University of Illinois**
> Student Affairs--Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations
> 703 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820
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> (217) 333-3137 (office phone)
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>
> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too
> dark to read." -Groucho Marx*
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Kind regards,

Rachel Storm
Program Coordinator, Illinois Women's Resources Center
The Women's Resources Center, University of Illinois**
Student Affairs--Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations
703 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820
MC-302
(217) 333-3137 (office phone)
(217) 244-3167 (fax)
(630) 677-7219 (cell)


"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too
dark to read." -Groucho Marx*
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