Tonight in New York: The Jihad Still Threatens America

The Jihad Still Threatens America

Even as many Americans grow complacent, the enemy that struck us on 9/11 grows stronger. Eight years since that fateful Tuesday, the enemy--the Islamic totalitarian movement--stands undefeated and continues to threaten our lives and our freedom, from overseas and from within.

In Afghanistan and Pakistan, the resurgent Taliban and their Islamist allies are waging a fierce comeback. They are actively fomenting plots against America and the West. The Islamist regime in Iran--which began the anti-American holy war decades prior to 9/11--appears poised to acquire its own nuclear weapon. Meanwhile, within America and the West, there is an overlooked drive by pro-Islamist activist groups to impose Islamic law--without guns or bombs--in the West. Their incremental advances would subvert our freedom of speech and the very foundations of our political system.

What is the Islamic totalitarian movement? What are its goals and means? Why, despite America's military response to 9/11, does it remain a threat to us? What can be done to counter this menace--at home and overseas? These are some of the urgent questions that panelists Robert Spencer and Elan Journo will address.

Bio: Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, is author of nine books on Islam, including two bestsellers. He has led seminars for the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community.
Bio: Elan Journo Elan Journo is a fellow with the Ayn Rand Institute focusing on foreign policy. He is the editor of and chief contributor to Winning the Unwinnable War: America's Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism. His writings have appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, and the Globe and Mail of Canada.


Tuesday, November 17th at 7:00 PM
New York University Cantor Film Center
36 East Eighth Street; New York, NY 10003 (between Greene and Washington Square East)
(Map available at http://www.nyu.edu/v40extras/nyumap.pdf)

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More information: aynrand.nyu@gmail.com

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You're a good man, Robert. Keep your stick on the ice.

Since I can't be there, I hope someone invited C-SPAN to film it. If it's not shown live, maybe it will be shown on the weekend.

I can't make it either, but would love to be there. I'm still suffering from stupid jet lag...day 6 since I've been home and I still feel stunned!

I think we will all be there in spirit :)

Why not entitle this short piece,"Terrorism Still Threatens America." (?)

Why? I heard Sarah Palin interviewed this afternoon on the Rush Limbaugh program. Limbaugh is pushing Palin. I voted for McCain in part because of Palin. I like her conservative / traditionalist views. I'm not sure she is presidential material - we'll see - though I am sure she has a future in helping to reform and re-shape the conservative movement.

Following the interview, one young conservative caller declared, because of his traditional values, he would rather see a principled conservative male in the White House rather than a female. Limbaugh was offended by the caller and the implication; he said the caller had been negatively influenced by the feminist movement.

I noticed Palin, like Limbaugh, claimed we are at war with "terrorists." This is a war against terrorism, etc., according to Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh. Maybe there is a reason for using this language. Maybe 'Islamic jihadists' or simply 'jihadists' is too harsh for public consumption. Nonetheless I've got to admit to a little disappointment at the euphemistic or generic term 'terrorism' from such a powerful spokeswoman.

Dang! I didn't know about this, or I would have been there.

I just heard about the attack at NYU from Atlas. Hope your OK and thank you for taking risks like this to speak the truth. All the best and keep on keeping on.

I am glad you are all right, Robert.
Thanks for speaking up on behalf of all sane people all over the world.
And thanks for being fearless enough to carry on despite such attacks which could potentially have been dangerous.

Send Sarah Palin a copy of Nonie Darwish's book on sharia, 'Cruel and Usual Punishment'. Throw in Mr Spencer's 'Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades'; and to go with it, do off a photocopy of Jacques Ellul on Jihad, the foreword he wrote - just five lapidary pages - for Bat Yeor's "The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam"; and a photocopy of Mr Raymond Ibrahim's article on Islam's Doctrines of Deception, which was published in 'Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst', September 26 2008.

If she were to read just those few things, and take them seriously, it would be enough. (Can somebody please start organising, now, to get her into the same room as Wafa Sultan, Nonie Darwish, and Brigitte Gabriel?).

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