One of the foremost heroes of our age will be speaking next week in Toronto. A press release about the Toronto Conference on “Sharia Law and the Globalization of Political Islam,” with thanks to Andy:
Press conference begins at 6:30pm
Together with Theo van Gogh, Ayaan Hirsi Ali made the 2004 film “˜Submission” about the oppression of women in Islamic cultures. Dutch Muslims criticized the film for being disgraceful and blasphemous. Van Gogh was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri on November, 2nd, 2004. Ayaan now lives under police protection in a safe house in the Netherlands.
Time Magazine named Ayaan one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005.
Ayaan has been a Member of Parliament in the Dutch (Liberal) VVD party in the Tweede Kamer (Lower House) since January 30th 2003.
Irshad Manji and Homa Arjomand will also speak
Irshad Manji author of the #1-bestseller, “˜The Trouble with Islam”, is based in Toronto and hosts TVOntario’s “Big Ideas.” Oprah Winfrey honored her with the first annual Chutzpah Award. Ms. magazine named her a Feminist for the 21st Century.
Homa Arjomand is the Coordinator of the International Campaign Against Sharia Court in Canada. She started her campaign at Toronto in October 2003 with a handful of supporters, and today it has grown to a coalition of 87 organizations from 14 countries with over a thousand activists. Homa is a Toronto based transitional counselor and was a human rights activist in Iran until she was forced to flee in 1989.
About the Conference
The Toronto Conference on ‘Sharia Law and the Globalization of Political Islam’ will be held August 12, 2005…The ten-minute film “˜Submission” will be shown and a 30-minute question period will follow the speakers….
The conference is produced and sponsored by the International Campaign Against Sharia Court in Canada.
For more information go to www.nosharia.com.