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Free Thinking Film Society Newsletter Bat Ye'or Speaks in Ottawa! June 2010 In This Issue Bat Ye'or Speaks in Ottawa! Our Next Event Free Thinking Film Festival 2010 Bat Ye'or Born in Cairo, Bat Ye'or found asylum in London as a stateless refugee in 1957 and became British on marriage, settling in Switzerland. Since 1971 she has written five books and scores of articles on non-Muslims under Islam, including The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude, Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide, and Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, which described the gradual transformation of Europe into "Eurabia". A highly sought-after speaker, she has presented at dozens of international conferences and symposiums, and given briefings to government legislatures, including the U.S. Congress. Quick Links Free Thinking Films Just a reminder - Bat Ye'or, David Littman, and Sam Solomon will be speaking on Monday night. Tickets available at the door, and there will be a reception for everybody after the speeches and Q&A. Bat Ye'or Speaks in Ottawa! Please join us for a very rare evening as Bat Ye'or speaks in Ottawa on: "Western Civilization, Israel, and the New Caliphate". June 7, 2010, 7:00 PM Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Admission $20.00/$10 for students Bat Ye'or (Hebrew: בת יאור, meaning "daughter of the Nile"); is an Egyptian-born Jewish scholar, who writes about the history of non-Muslims in the Middle East, and in particular the history of Christian and Jewish dhimmis living under Islamic governments. Bat Ye'or and her parents were forced to leave Egypt in 1957 after the Suez War in 1956. She described her experiences as follows: "I had witnessed the destruction, in a few short years, of a vibrant Jewish community living in Egypt for over 2,600 years and which had existed from the time of Jeremiah the Prophet. I saw the disintegration and flight of families, dispossessed and humiliated, the destruction of their synagogues, the bombing of the Jewish quarters and the terrorizing of a peaceful population. I have personally experienced the hardships of exile, the misery of statelessness − and I wanted to get to the root cause of all this. I wanted to understand why the Jews from Arab countries, nearly a million, had shared my experience." She is the author of eight books, including Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis (2005), Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide (2001), The Decline of Eastern Christianity: From Jihad to Dhimmitude (1996), and The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians Under Islam (1985). Her most important book is "Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis" which explores the relationship between the EU and the Arab states, and the growing influence of Islam on European politics and culture. Bat Ye'or's husband, David Littman, will also be speaking on Stealth Jihad at the UN Human Rights Council. In addition, Sam Solomon, a convert to Christianity and an expert on Islam, will also be speaking. This event is co-sponsored by the International Free Press Society of Canada. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103460549340&s=285&e=0019ZcHfwH8IkfEHbEKJ9trlEPvH89eMiWXUFI7pbiAfmvYNeSMu_zXy39ZcyOr-wjXrUHLNHk1YmZKj8Y8r5MhujSxZIzEJKSqtMJQwqsBVxY= ----------------------------------------------- "The extraordinary researches of Bat Ye'or on the Euro-Arab Dialogue, and on the growing 'dhimmitude' (status of submission) exhibited by the leaders and rulers of Western Europe toward Islam, have been for me an amazing revelation, one that at first I wished to deny myself, but her evidence proved overwhelming." La Forza della Ragione -Oriana Fallaci "Bat Ye'or has traced a nearly secret history of Europe over the past thirty years, convincingly showing how the Euro-Arab Dialogue has blossomed from a minor discussion group into the engine for the continent's Islamization. In delineating this phenomenon, she also provides the intellectual resources with which to resist it. Will her message be listened to?" -Daniel Pipes No writer has done more than Bat Ye'or to draw attention to the menacing character of Islamic extremism. Future historians will one day regard her coinage of the term 'Eurabia' as prophetic. Those who wish to live in a free society must be eternally vigilant. Bat Ye'or vigilance is unrivalled." -Niall Ferguson > Bat Ye'or on Michael Coren Don't miss Bat Ye'or and Sam Solomon on the Michael Coren Show. Show airs: Thursday, June 3rd at 6:00 PM right across the country. THE MICHAEL COREN SHOW, Weekdays at 6pm, repeated at 12.30pm. Cable 9, Toronto, Cable 25, Ottawa, Cable 16, London, Cable 51, Calgary, Cable 51, Edmonton Various local cable companies elsewhere. Nationwide on Digital and satellite 651 Bell 355 Star Choice Our Next Event Our next event is September 13th at 7 PM at Library and Archives Canada. We still haven't picked a film, but we are considering films about North Korea, and the Tiannamen Square Massacre in China. Stay Tuned. Free Thinking Film Festival 2010 Reserve these dates: November 12-14th, 2010 for the first Annual Free Thinking Film Festival. We'll have three days of movies, speakers, panel discussion, and parties. Stay tuned for more information! Where to buy tickets for our events.... You can buy tickets at the door for all of our events, or you can buy tickets in advance at the following locations: Ottawa Folklore Centre 1111 Bank Street Ottawa, ON K1S 3X4 (613) 730-2887 Compact Music 190 Bank Street Ottawa, ON K2P 1W8 (613) 233-7626 Compact Music 785 1/2 Bank Street Ottawa, ON K1S 3V5 (613) 233-8922

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