Christopher Hitchens on misconceptions about Islamic terrorism

Part II of a speech given at the Claremont institute on September 16th 2006.

Note his words on India.

Sorry for the bad audio, check the cspan video library for the complete discussion:
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/includes/templates/library/flash_popup....

Part I:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj646lZpv7E

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[Monterey2am]

Well said Christopher Hitchens, spot on. Thank goodness someone has the courage and belief to tellit like it is about this vindictive primitive ideology. The 'religion of peace'.. What a joke

[landesdesign]

Hitchens actually went to the most evil places on earth and reported as objectively as anyone could. He saw both sides and reported like no one else. I did not agree with his stance on Iraq but he sure as hell made me think twice about it. I find myself divided on the issue of our involvement in Iraq because he visited the country for three decades and saw Saddam first hand from start to finish. Who else can say that?

[NeXuzMotionzz]

@bimbo99 well said

[Mikeybetts]

@michael616joaquin

actually over 90% of all contributions made through the islamic golden age was plagurized from the hindus and the greeks and the muslims took credit for it.

and anyway, the golden age ended over 900 years ago, since then, NOTHING!

[michael616joaquin]

@Mikeybetts not true, up to the 9th century the muslims were the centre for science and cutting edge philosophy, I'm not muslim btw i just read, you may want to as well before making ridiculous statements..

[Mikeybetts]

Muslims have contributed less than 1% of science, medicine or moral growth in human history...

there are over a billion muslims alive today, barely 15 million jews... and jews make a far greater contribution to the world than muslims do.

[fidelio5]

The undereducated don't know of his work with AGAINST Israel's occupation

[nkelly1432]

@bimbo99 He hates all religions.

[eustaceflynn]

@bimbo99 You have never listened to Christopher on the occupation of Palestine have you? His message is pretty simple . ALL RELIGIONS INSTILL IN THEIR FOLLOWERS A SENSE OF SUPERIORITY. ALL RELIGIONS!!

Even (or especially, take your pick) Christianity.

So go back to your little tea party and leave the rest of us alone.

[bimbo99]

Jewish shill advocating neocon philosophy under the pretense of just being a maverick Brit intellectual.

Fooled lots of people with this approach and aided the criminal Zionist agenda.

[ritchloui]

In 1785 Jefferson reported to congress Tripoli's envoy saying“The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise”