Nonie Darwish, an Egyptian-born apostate from Islam, writer, speaker and activist, is one of those people I am proud to know, albeit not well. In this video, she speaks before the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley (I didn't know they had conservatives in Silicon Valley.) on June 3. The video below is via C-Span and was sent to me by Darwish.
In this video, Darwish speaks on the topic, "Islam and the West". She discusses a wide range of issues such as women's rights under Islam, sharia law, Islamic conquests of various nations in history, Muslim attitudes toward non-Muslims, and apostasy. (She is unable to return to her native Egypt due to a fatwa calling for her killing. In fact, as she points out in her presentation, the only country in the Middle East she can visit is Israel!)
This video lasts over an hour but is well worth the time.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?319734-1/islam-west
Where there are businesses as successful as those in Silicon Valley, there will be conservatives, even Republicans. I think the president of Oracle is one. Techies want to keep the taxes on their windfall millions low as much as anyone.
ReplyDeleteNonie Darwish is entitled to her opinion, and to spout it to anyone willing to pay her in the style she has become accustomed to. Like David Horowitz, she seems to have found that it can be a good living.
There are many paths away from jihad other than the one she forged for herself. Some retain a devout commitment to Islam, some don't. Some are friendly to Israel, some aren't. Some are friendly to America, others not so much.
Her laundry list narrows her down to a rather small mindset.