From LGF:
As Islamofascism Awareness Week begins at campuses across the US, the mainstream media and the leftist-Islamist axis are going on the attack.
At Columbia: Not in Our Voice.
Indiana: Islamo-Fascist follies.
Minnesota: Islamo-Fascism very racist concept.
Penn State: Muslim Student Association’s Response to Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week.
Washington state: Local Muslims upset by UW campus event.
Wisconsin: ‘Islamo-Fascist’ moniker meaningless.
UPDATE at 10/22/07 10:56:06 am:
Here’s the main clearinghouse for these anti-IFAW protests: National Project to Defend Dissent & Critical Thinking in Academia. (Hat tip: zombie.)
Make sure you check out Michelle Malkin’s Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week kicks off:
The irrepressible David Horowitz is the man behind Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, which kicks off today. The Left and the jihadi apologists are in a snit, of course, and you already know what the grievance hoaxers at GWU attempted to do in their effort to deflect attention away from our true enemies and smear the organizers and supporters of IFAW.
The moonbats at Indymedia are calling on their minions to attack David’s campaign
Support IFA Week here.
The calendar:
Brown University
Robert Spencer – 25th, 7pm, Salomon Hall 101
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Greg Davis – 24th, 7:30pm, Phillips Hall
Clemson University
Mike Adams – 25th, 7pm, Hunter 100
Columbia University
David Horowitz – 26th, 12pm, Lerner Cinema
panel with Phyllis Chesler, Ibn Warraq, and Christina Sommers – 24th, 8pm, Math 203
DePaul University
Robert Spencer – 22nd, 7pm, Cortalyou Commons
Dartmouth
Robert Spencer – 26th, 7pm, Dartmouth Hall room 105
Emory University
David Horowitz – 24th, 8pm, White Hall 208
Lawrence University
Jonathan Schanzer – 24th, 7:30pm, Youngchild Hall
George Mason University
Luana Saghieh and Alan Nathan – 22nd, 8:30pm, Johnson Center Cinema
George Washington University
Michael Ledeen and Daphne Patai – 22nd, 10am, Mt. Vernon Campus, Eckles Auditorium
David Horowitz – 25th, 8pm, Marvin Center
Penn State University
Rick Santorum – 23rd, 8pm, 119 Osmond
Princeton
David Horowitz – 16th, 8pm, McCosh 10
Pepperdine
Tammy Bruce – 22nd, 7pm, Student Lounge
SFSU
Brian Sussman – 24th, 12pm, Jack Adams Hall
Temple University
Rick Santorum – 24th, 8pm, Student Center 218
Tufts
Daniel Pipes – 24th, 7pm
Tulane University
Ann Coulter – 22nd, 7pm, McAlister Auditorium
UC Berkeley
Nonie Darwish – 22nd, 7pm, Evans Hall 10
UC Santa Barbara
Dennis Prager – 25th, 7pm, Girvetz 1004
UCLA
Cyrus Nowrasteh – 23rd, 6:30pm, Moore 100
Nonie Darwish – 24th, 7pm, Haines 82
Joe Kaufman – 25th, 7pm, Moore 100
University of Miami
Cyrus Nowrasteh – 24th, 7pm, Whitten University Learning Center
University of Pennsylvania
Rick Santorum – 24th, 5:30pm, Hillel-Steinhardt Hall
panel with Daniel Pipes, Dr. Stephen Gale, and Ed Turzanski – 22nd, 7pm, Huntsman Hall
University of Rhode Island
Robert Spencer – 24th, 7pm, Memorial Union Ballroom
University of Washington
Michael Medved – 25th, 7pm, Smith 120
University of Wisconsin, Madison
David Horowitz – 22nd, 7:30, Wisconsin Union Theater
USC
Ann Coulter – 24th, 6pm, Annenberg School of Communication – G26
Tons more blogreaction at memeorandum
Besure to read Hitchens piece, Defending Islamofascism ”
IT’S A VALID TERM. HERE’S WHY. ” The attempt by David Horowitz and his allies to launch “Islamofascism Awareness Week” on American campuses has been met with a variety of responses. One of these is a challenge to the validity of the term itself. One of these is a challenge to the validity of the term itself. It’s quite the done thing, in liberal academic circles, to sneer at any comparison between fascist and jihadist ideology. People like Tony Judt write to me to say, in effect, that it’s ahistorical and simplistic to do so. And in some media circles, another kind of reluctance applies: Alan Colmes thinks that one shouldn’t use the word Islamic even to designate jihad, because to do so is to risk incriminating an entire religion. He and others don’t want to tag Islam even in its most extreme form with a word as hideous as fascism. Finally, I have seen and heard it argued that the term is unfair or prejudiced because it isn’t applied to any other religion.
Memeorandum has more
It doesn’t really matter what you call it. We live in the U.S., we were the ones attacked, we need to exercise our right to free speech and our minds to inquire and learn to understand why they hate. If we don’t make our society aware then we are surely doomed. Whatever it takes is my opinion.
And maybe, just maybe, we wouldn’t have to have something like this to begin with if the silence of the supposedly peaceful muslims wasn’t so loud.
David Horowitz seems to have a very interesting CV. I bet there not many people who went through that many different political opinions…
1- “if the silence of the supposedly peaceful muslims wasn’t so loud.”
There is and was a lot of stupid things being done in the name of christianity and I (nor others) don’t go out protesting neither…
Well Matthias, when you show me Christians who are bombing and killing people to establish Christianity as the only religion, I’ll join you on that…
Stop the equivalency crap. there isn’t any.
Robert, Northern Ireland was the scene of terrorist attacks between protestants and catholics for decades – each with the goal of establishing their religion and culture as the dominate force in the land.
The British Parliament was bombed, hundreds maybe even thousands of people killed…
…all in the name of their certain brand of Christianity.
There IS eqivilancy if you are brave enough to open your eyes and a history book or two to it.
Really? Where? Where on earth is this going on now? I don’t want to talk about the Spanish Inquisition, it has no bearing.
Most of the world has evolved. The Islamofascists have not.
SF no 5 sorry, that was political.
As to the Ireland example…couldnt it be argued that the Catholic and Protestants limited it to Christian vs Christian? But enough with that, let’s get the the nuts and bolts of what the conflict was really about:
In a nut-shell it’s English on one side and Irish on the other.
English being loyalists, Irish being Irish now since the Republic of Ireland is not part of Great Britain anymore. Before independence it was basically loyalists vs. separatists.
Many people mistakenly call it Catholics vs. Protestants. That’s not really what it is and that’s not what it was. Most of the Irish were Catholic and a majority of the English were protestant.
This did have something to do with it but it was not the main distinction.
About how long has this been going on?
It has been going on for 100′s of years.
England started fighting with the Irish way back around 1200.
English created “The Pale” a big circle around Dublin controlled by the English (14th or 15th century).
Essentially a walled in area where the English took control.
So at this point small parts of Ireland were under English control.
They kept fighting to gain more and more control.
At the time there were a few “Kings” in Ireland (O’Neill and others).
Each controlled different areas of Ireland.
They worked together to some extent to fight against the English.
Spanish Armada even came over to Ireland to help the Irish leaders fight the English.
“The Flight of the Earls” was when the Irish leaders finally gave up and left the country for mainland Europe. Many went to Spain. These Earls were not really Earls but were Irish leaders. This was near the end of 16th century.
Then King James was king around 1600 or so.
English Lords wanted to take over the church lands in England (and everywhere I guess).
The Catholic church resisted.
King James (of England) was actually a Catholic and therefore resisted also.
So King James was deposed and William of Orange (a protestant) came from the Netherlands to be King. Most of the Irish sided with King James and fought against William of Orange and his forces.
This is probably the strongest link between the conflict and religion that you can find.
Basically English lords wanted to take control of all of the land and the church resisted.
At the Battle of the Boyne (the river Boyne is in Ireland) King James was defeated by William of Orange.
Battle of Limerick right after that (James had left but the Irish regrouped under Padraic Sarsfield vs. William’s forces). The Irish forces were defeated.
So William took over Ireland (early 17th century).
A little while after William of Orange came Oliver Cromwell (around 1640).
Oliver Cromwell certainly was an interesting character. Most thought he was a monster. He tortured anyone else who disagreed with him including but not limited to the Irish.
He brought the English army to Ireland because of widespread opposition to English/Cromwell rule.
Are there certain regions that are majorly inclusive of a particular party, like the north and south during the civil war?
Today Ireland is divided into 2 countries. Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Ireland has (for a long time) been divided into 4 parts or regions
Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught.
Ulster is most of the Northern part of Ireland. It includes 9 counties.
Northern Ireland is all of the counties of Ulster except 3.
The three counties in Ulster that are not part of the country of Northern Ireland and are part of the Republic of Ireland are Monaghan, Cavan, and Donegal.
The 6 counties that make up Northern Ireland are
Armagh, Antrim, Derry, Down, Fermanagh, and Tyrone.
All of the counties within the other 3 regions are in the Republic of Ireland.
Here’s a useful map for reference:
http://www.local.ie/general/map/
The country was divided into Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in 1921.
The fact that it was divided was a good thing and a bad thing. The Republic of Ireland became independent from England again, but Northern Ireland remained part of Great Britain.
Many Irish who had fought for independence for many years were now happy that they were independent. However many Irish even in the Republic of Ireland were upset that the country was divided. Many people are still upset about this and would really like to see all of Ireland independent from England and one country.
However the people who live in Northern Ireland at this point are English. Most of them are content to be English. In fact many of them or their ancestors came over from England. Many of the families who live there (or their ancestors) originally lived in England but were given land in Ireland if they would go live there. So they really are English not just from Northern Ireland.
Some key events:
1916 Easter Sunday uprising-
A few Irish Patriots took over the General Post Office in Dublin and declared Ireland an independent country. They were tried and hanged.
1916 or so – The I.R.A. (Irish Republican Army) was formed. This was an army of Irish people fighting for independence from England.
1918-1921 England sent soldiers (called Black and Tans) to Ireland to suppress the IRA.
1921 an agreement was signed which made Ireland an independent country and kept Northern Ireland
as part of England. Eamonn DeValera was the acting president of Ireland even though they weren’t really a separate country yet. He sent Michael Collins to England to negotiate a peace agreement. Michael Collins signed the agreement. However DeValera did not support the treaty because it divided up the country. This ended up starting a civil war.
Yes, once again facts get in the way of rhetoric. Thanks for posting all of that detail!
The longer they post here, the more SFL and Roggenbuck show how basically stupid and devoid of sense and values they are.
As a part of “Islamofascism Awareness Week”, Nonie Darwish spoke at U.C. Berkeley on October 22. As usual, Islamofascists and their Dhimmi supporters have shown their unwavering resolve to crush any type of dissent. One the members of the “Students for Justice in Palestine” claimed that the purpose of the “Islamofascism Awareness Week” is to reinvigorate anti-Muslim and anti-Arab campaign. Given the fact that the speaker, Nonie Darwish, is both Muslim by birth and Arab it truly shows the depth of brainwashing on campus.
Berkeley, the recipient of The Dhimmi Award.