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Posts Tagged “tolerance”

Bruce Bawer in Montreal

Kenneth Hynek16th Sep 2009Politics, American Politics, World News, European News, Politics, European Politics, Society, Freespeechery, Religion, Islam, , , , , , , , , ,

From Point de Bascule: “At the invitation of Point de Bascule and the Free Thinking Film Society, Dr. will be speaking at major venues in Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa.

Bawer is a renowned essayist and author bestselling books (, and ) Based in , he is known internationally for his straightforward criticism of and his deeply informed warnings about the threat of ic radicalism to Western security, culture and identity. A gay activist who became disillusioned by what he saw as the increasing influence of ’s religious right, Dr Bawer left his homeland in 1998, only to be shocked by alarming trends he discovered on arriving in once-tolerant Europe. He witnessed the Old World’s post-Enlightenment traditions of and openness under siege: Islamic fundamentalism was on the march, and time-honoured rights were failing along with the cultural confidence and self-respect of ’s indigenous populations.”

The conference can be watched live this evening (7 PM, Montreal time) by means of the below (buried beneath a ‘More’ link so it doesn’t clutter up the page with connection error warnings prior to the event):
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