Totalitarian Islam’s Threat to the West

A panel discussion featuring Yaron Brook, Daniel Pipes and Wafa Sultan Recorded April 12, 2007

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

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