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1、IntelligenceSquaredU.S.-1-7/8/2014IntelligenceSquaredU.S.ContactPublicist:EileenMurphyth590MadisonAvenue,30Fl.T:917-913-2233NewYork,NY10022Eileen@eileenmmurphy.comOctober6,2010IslamisareligionofpeaceForthemotion:ZebaKhanandMaajidNawazAgainstthemotion:AyaanHirsiAliandDouglasMurrayMod
2、erator:JohnDonvanRESULTSBeforethedebate:Afterthedebate:41%FOR36%FOR25%AGAINST55%AGAINST34%UNDECIDED9%UNDECIDEDStartTime:(18:52:29)JohnDonvan:AndnowIwouldliketointroducetheChairmanofIntelligenceSquaredU.S.,whomakesallofthispossible,Mr.RobertRosenkranz.[applause]RobertRosenkranz:Welco
3、me,andthankyouallforcoming.Mytaskintheseeveningsistoframethedebate.AndinthisparticularcaseIwanttostartbyquotingGeorgeW.Bushoftenproclaimedthat“Islamisareligionofpeace”anditisoneofthefewthingswithwhichPresidentObamaagrees.ItisdoubtlesstruethatthevastmajorityofMuslimsaroundtheworldliv
4、epeacefully,anddonotcondoneviolentacts.Theirsecularconcernsaredominant—makingaliving,raisingfamilies,educatingtheirchildren.Theirreligionprovidesspiritualcomfort,andasourceofmeaning,eventranscendence,totheirlives.Ontheotherhand,justtodaytheNewYorkTimesreportedthatFaisalShahzad,theTi
5、mesSquarebomber,saidincourtpriortosentencing“Braceyourselves,becausethewarwithMuslimshasjustbegun.”CertainlyinthepastdecadesthevastmajorityofterroristactivityhasbeenundertakeninthenameofIslam.Insomerespects,Islamismresemblesthetotalitarianmovementsofthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury
6、:theruthlessuseofviolenceinpursuitofideologyandpowerbyHitler,StalinandMao.Justasmostoftheirvictimsweretheirownpeople,mostvictimsofIslamistterrorhavebeenMuslims.PreparedbyNationalCapitolContracting200N.GlebeRd.,#710Arlington,VA22203IntelligenceSquaredU.S.-2-7/8/2014Historyisrepletewi
7、thexamplesofviolentminoritieswhohaveheldswayoverpeacelovingmajorities.PerhapstherelevantquestionforthiseveningiswhatthemajorityofMuslimsbelieve.ButperhapsitiswhetherIslam,viewedasanideologicalforce,isindirectoppositiontowesterninterestsandwesternvalues.ShouldwerespectIslamasareligio
8、nofpeace,orshouldwe
