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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Totalitarian Islam’s Threat to the West—Free video now on Web! A panel discussion featuring Daniel Pipes, Yaron Brook and Wafa Sultan

Posted by ARI Media at 8:28 pm

Last week the Ayn Rand Institute co-sponsored, together with UCLA’s Club L.O.G.I.C., a panel discussion titled Totalitarian Islam’s Threat to the West. This controversial and emotionally-charged event, which drew protests and widespread media attention, was a great success with a standing-room-only crowd of about 550 people. Now you can watch a video recording of this panel discussion, free of charge, on the Registered User page of the Ayn Rand Institute’s Web site.

(If you are not a registered user, registration is free and easy, and gives you access to a wide variety of other free event videos and recordings—sign up now!)

Event Description

From the Iranian hostage crisis to September 11 to the London subway attacks to the Iraqi insurgency—it is clear the West faces a grave threat from a committed enemy. Conventional wisdom holds that the enemy is a rogue group of fanatics, who have hijacked a great religion in order to justify their crimes. It tells us there is no way to permanently eliminate these violent groups, that we have entered an "age of terror" and that we must give up the desire for a decisive victory.

But is the conventional wisdom right? Join us for a panel discussion titled "Totalitarian Islam’s Threat to the West."

A distinguished panel of Middle East experts will provide new and illuminating answers to the most important questions of our time: Is the West ready to concede victory so easily? Are the terrorists a fringe group of fanatics, or are they part of a much wider ideological movement? What threat do they pose to the West? What can the West do to ensure victory? Is peace possible?

While the experts will answer these complex questions from diverse points of view, they all agree on one thing: the real threat is Islamic totalitarianism, and the right response necessitates engaging in a principled, ideological battle to defend the West from the jihad declared against it.

Panelists

Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum
Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute
Wafa Sultan, writer and commentator
Moderated by Edwin A. Locke

For information on other upcoming events, visit ARI’s events page.

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Phone: 949-222-6550
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