Title
Celebrating Iqbal Day
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
11-9-2001
Conference or Event Name
Cleveland City Club Friday Forum Series
Place
Cleveland City Club
Institution Location
Cleveland, Ohio
Abstract
Dr. Forte discusses the three phases of the civil war that engulfed Western civilization in the twentieth century, i.e., imperialism, fascism and communism. It was not until the United States recognized Communism as an evil (rather than as territorial expansionism) that it could be defeated. He then compares the civil war in twenty-first century Islam to that civil war. He states that Bin-Ladin's values are alien to Islam, e.g., referring to those who do not accept his values as apostates and their subsequent condemnation. It is only when Islam and the West recognize Bin-Laden and his pseudo-Islam for the evil that it is will terrorism be defeated. He then contrasts the message of terrorism to the message of tolerance found in the poetry of Muhammad Iqbal and the peaceful messages of his words
Repository Citation
David F. Forte, Celebrating Iqbal Day, Cleveland City Club Friday Forum Series, Cleveland, Ohio, November 9, 2001 (videorecording)
Comments
Videocassette available in Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library's Special Collection.