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

[Rachel Storm]

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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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:


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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