Christopher Hitchens and Tariq Ramadan Debate: Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

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Christopher Hitchens and Tariq Ramadan Debate: Is Islam a Religion of Peace? Moderated by Laurie Goodstein. October 5, 2010 at the 92nd Street Y

With the Obama administration in its nascent years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict proving as intractable as ever, relations with Iran reaching a boiling point and the political landscape changing rapidly both in the United States and the Middle East, wrestling with the issue of Islam is more crucial than ever and will be a defining feature of the 21st century. In the clip here, famous atheist and prolific author Christopher Hitchens and the accomplished and controversial scholar Tariq Ramadan debate one of the most pertinent questions of our modern age.

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[nahiddanish]

YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT FATWA AND EVEN IN OUR SMALL VILLAGES SOMETIMES MULLAHS CAN TELL PEOPLE HOW TO LIVE...............WE NEED A SECULAR WORLD

[weefeatures]

@Jaibajrang29 'The truth always prevails.' If you want truth, maybe you should read books other than ones involving middle-age egomaniacs exploiting the insecurities of the intellectually inept.

[MrYughurta]

@robjs89

Et non j'ai pas remarqué, car le monde parle anglais, français, espagnole, portuguais, arabe ...

[robjs89]

@MrYughurta tu n'as pas remarque? le monde parle anglais.

[MrYughurta]

@robjs89

Le monde est divisé Monsieur, l'anglais n'est pas la seule langue qui soit apprise dans le monde. Cette vidéo doit être traduite en toutes les langues pour gagner plus de public et plus d'illuminés.

[robjs89]

@MrYughurta learn english like the rest of the world.

[fiesta181]

How the fuck did this guy answered the question with an argument of diversity? DIVERSITY? Is the utter chaos described a consequence of fucking too much diversity? One that should be dealt on the basis of rational debate against those who speak in the name of religion?

FUCK!

[redshark618]

Man, I miss Hitchens already. I know he would have had a say about Syria and Kim Jong Il.

[sniperquasi]

A smooth talker that tariq