Terrorism and Extremism

Mar 1, 2007

Conservative Political Action Conference

Mr. Kahn moderated a discussion on secular and religious roots of terrorism and other forms of fundamentalist extremism. Dinesh D'Souza is the author of The Enemy at Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11, published by Doubleday. Robert Spencer is the autor of The Truth about Muhammad: The Founder of the World's .. Read More
Mr. Kahn moderated a discussion on secular and religious roots of terrorism and other forms of fundamentalist extremism. Dinesh D'Souza is the author of The Enemy at Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11, published by Doubleday. Robert Spencer is the autor of The Truth about Muhammad: The Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion, published by Regnery Publishing. This program of the 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference was titled "Terrorism: Is Religious Extremism or Secular Extremism the Problem?"

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00:00:11 none THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION IS HOLDING ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. DURING...
00:00:30 Unidentified Speaker SUHAIL KAHN CHAIRMAN OF THE FREE MARKET INSTITUTE AND SEFBS ON THE BOARD OF THE INDIAN AMERICAN PUBLIC...
00:01:07 Unidentified Speaker CAN'T HEAR YOU.
00:01:08 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. YOU HEAR ME NOW? VERIZON. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? AV GUY, YOU'VE GOT IT O. OKAY GREAT. WELL,...
00:01:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I'M GOING TO GO RIGHT TO OUR OPENING -- OUR GUESTS AND THEIR OPENING...
00:02:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE TOPIC TODAY BEFORE US IS STATE AS IS RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM OR SECULAR EXTREMISM...
00:05:47 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU MR. SPENCER. NEXT UP OUR NEXT GUEST IS MR. DENERB -- DINESH D'SOUZA. ROBERT AND KAREN FELLOW...
00:06:43 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW MY TIME IS VERY LIMITED AND SO IN MY OPENING REMARKS I WILL ADOPT THE...
00:07:01 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU LOOK AT THE INSURGENCY IN IRAQ AND YOU LOOK AT WHY THERE IS A SMELL OF VICTORY ON THE PART...
00:08:04 Unidentified Speaker NOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN MY BOOK TO BE SAYING THIS -- IN A SENSE BECAUSE I'M POINTING A FINGER...
00:08:46 Unidentified Speaker WASN'T IT THE IMPOTENCE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IN THE 1990S THAT EMBOLDENED...
00:09:30 Unidentified Speaker
00:09:37 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU DINESH. I'M GOING TO GO TO YOU WITH THE FIRST QUESTION. AND THAT IS YOUR BOOK AND HAVING...
00:10:01 Unidentified Speaker IF ONE WERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE RISE OF NAZIISM AND HITLER'S INVASION OF POLAND AND FRANCE, IT...
00:11:22 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU DINESH. [APPLAUSE]
00:11:29 Unidentified Speaker IN READING YOUR BOOKS MR. SPENCER YOU CON TENNED AS YOU DID IN YOUR OPENING STATEMENT THAT DEVOUT...
00:11:46 Unidentified Speaker I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
00:11:47 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. IN THE FAIREST WAY. SO WHAT DID YOU SAY AND WHAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT COMMENT.
00:11:54 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. IN THE FIRST PLACE THOUGH I'D LIKE TO SAY COUPLE THINGS ARE NOT AT ISSUE HERE. DON'T THINK...
00:13:36 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU MR. D'SOUZA. [APPLAUSE]
00:13:39 Unidentified Speaker I'M SPENCER.
00:13:42 Unidentified Speaker I'M SORRY MR. SPENCER. MR. D'SOUZA MR. SPENCE SER CONTENDING WE WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY IN THE WEST...
00:13:57 Unidentified Speaker HISTORICALLY I THINK THAT THE ERROR THAT SPENCER MAKES IF I MAY SAY SO IS HE RANSACKS THE KORAN. ...
00:15:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU MR. D'SOUZA.
00:15:25 Unidentified Speaker DO I GET TO RESPOND TO THAT?
00:15:28 Unidentified Speaker TAKE A MINUTE.
00:15:30 Unidentified Speaker SURE, THANKS. THE QUESTION HERE IS WHAT THE CONTENT OF ISLAMIC TEACHING IS AND THAT IS A MATTER OF...
00:16:14 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU AND I OFFER REBUTTAL TO MR. D'SOUZA.
00:16:22 Unidentified Speaker FOREVER I FEW, -- FOR EVERY PASSAGE IN THE KORAN YOU CAN FIND SLAY THE INFIDEL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT...
00:17:24 Unidentified Speaker
00:17:31 Unidentified Speaker UNFORTUNATELY.
00:17:32 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION AND YOU CAN MAYBE
00:17:35 Unidentified Speaker Y.
00:17:38 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT NOW WE ARE FACED WITH AN ENEMY WE MUST DESTROY. WHEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT INCIDENTS OF THE...
00:18:10 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION BECAUSE THIS THIS IS A CHON THING THAT IS SAID. ACTUALLY NO, THEY WOULD...
00:19:18 Unidentified Speaker THIS TIME WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END.
00:19:20 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU WILL WAIT FOR A SECOND MR. D'SOUZA I'LL OFFER EACH OF YOU TWO MINUTE CLOSINGS.
00:19:25 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WANT TO REBUT THAT.
00:19:26 Unidentified Speaker MAYBE IF YOU INCLUDE THAT YOUR CLOSING AND THEN ONE MINUTE REBUT AT THE -- REBUTTAL TO THE CLOSINGS...
00:19:34 Unidentified Speaker I CAN ANSWER HIM BEFORE DOING MY CLOSINGS OTHERWISE I'LL USE UP MY CLOSING SWATTING HIM DOWN.
00:19:39 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE TO BE FAIR. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
00:19:48 Unidentified Speaker LOOK, WE AGREE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ISLAMIC RADICALS USING THE KORAN TO JUSTIFY THEIR...
00:20:36 Unidentified Speaker IT'S EASY TO SET UP A STRAW MAN AND KNOCK IT DOWN IT'S HARDER TO DEAL WITH WHAT I'M ACTUALLY SAYING....
00:22:44 Unidentified Speaker
00:22:59 Unidentified Speaker SOMEWHERE LIKE THE MOSQUITO IN THE NUDIST COLONY I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHERE TO BEGIN. BUT LOOK, IT...
00:24:45 Unidentified Speaker THAT BRINGS OUR DEBATE TO A CLOSE. I WANT TO END WITH A VERSE FROM MATTHEW 5:9 BLESS RED THE PEACE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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