Spring Break
URI College Republicans shed light on Islamic fundamentalism
Samantha Turner
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: Campus
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10/19/07 - The University of Rhode Island's College Republicans are looking to bring awareness and a little political debate next week with its Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week.
The week will focus on the dangers of Islamo-Fascism, also known as radical Islam or Islamic fundamentalism, and its effects worldwide.
"We feel that Islamo-Fascism is the threat of this generation," Ryan Bilodeau, URI College Republican's treasurer, said. "It's important to us to confront the lies surrounding it. We want to show Islamic fundamentalism's violence against women, against homosexuals, etc."
The week begins on Monday in the Memorial Union Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the Student Petition Drive to denounce violence by Islamo-Fascism against women, homosexuals, Christians, Jews and non-religious people.
URI women's studies' professor Donna Hughes will be discussing the violence and injustices against women on Tuesday in Atrium 2 of the Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Hughes first became aware of the hardships of women under Islamo-Fascist regimes more than a decade ago while working at University of Bradford in England, where she began working with Women Against Fundamentalism.
"After working with Women Against Fundamentalism, I met a number of women who were exiles from Iran," Hughes said. "They began educating me on Islamo-Fascism in Iran."
Hughes also described these women and others who have been victims of Islamo-Fascism as the "strongest critics of Islamo-Fascism in the world."
Robert Spencer, founder of the Jihad Watch and author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam," will take the stage as a guest speaker Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom to discuss radical Islam.
Bilodeau said the lecture by Spencer, who received both criticism and threats for his work, will be one of the most interesting components of the week.
"When I called to get his contact information for the event they would only give me his phone number and not his address because he has received death threats," Bilodeau said.
The week will focus on the dangers of Islamo-Fascism, also known as radical Islam or Islamic fundamentalism, and its effects worldwide.
"We feel that Islamo-Fascism is the threat of this generation," Ryan Bilodeau, URI College Republican's treasurer, said. "It's important to us to confront the lies surrounding it. We want to show Islamic fundamentalism's violence against women, against homosexuals, etc."
The week begins on Monday in the Memorial Union Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the Student Petition Drive to denounce violence by Islamo-Fascism against women, homosexuals, Christians, Jews and non-religious people.
URI women's studies' professor Donna Hughes will be discussing the violence and injustices against women on Tuesday in Atrium 2 of the Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Hughes first became aware of the hardships of women under Islamo-Fascist regimes more than a decade ago while working at University of Bradford in England, where she began working with Women Against Fundamentalism.
"After working with Women Against Fundamentalism, I met a number of women who were exiles from Iran," Hughes said. "They began educating me on Islamo-Fascism in Iran."
Hughes also described these women and others who have been victims of Islamo-Fascism as the "strongest critics of Islamo-Fascism in the world."
Robert Spencer, founder of the Jihad Watch and author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam," will take the stage as a guest speaker Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom to discuss radical Islam.
Bilodeau said the lecture by Spencer, who received both criticism and threats for his work, will be one of the most interesting components of the week.
"When I called to get his contact information for the event they would only give me his phone number and not his address because he has received death threats," Bilodeau said.
