Current Events:
Update on the class song?
Fox News reported on the Hizb ut-Tahrir America Conference held in Chicago, 4:03.
Dr. Walid Phares is a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies where he focuses on Middle East history and politics, global terrorist movements, democratization and human rights. Dr. Phares also leads the foundation's Future of Terrorism Project, which considers how the Jihadi-Islamist threat will mutate over time and what can be done to defend against new, more deadly strains of terrorism.
Loretta Napoleoni: The intricate economics of terrorism, 15:00
Loretta Napoleoni details her rare opportunity to talk to the secretive Italian Red Brigades -- an experience that sparked a lifelong interest in terrorism. She gives a behind-the-scenes look at its complex economics, revealing a surprising connection between money laundering and the US Patriot Act.
CNN asks: "Could Islamic banking be the answer to the current economic downturn?" 3:29
Islamic banking bucks financial crisis, "even the Vatican called on conventional banks to take inspiration from the Islamic sector," 2:11
Cf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VunoFPhZha8&feature=fvw
2009 Conference Trailer Hizb ut-Tahrir, 3:29
Guidance Residential (USA) - Sharia-compliant Home Financing, American government support for Islamic finance, 4:28
22 May 2010: U.S. drops criminal probe of AIG executives.
Shariah Finance - USA Lawsuits and AIG, 5:00
Joy Brighton, MBA, Shariah Islamic Banking specialist, and ACT! for America Fellow, describes two US Lawsuits which expose the dangers of Shariah Finance. A Philadelphia lawsuit alleges that Middle East Shariah banks sent charity dollars to Al-Qaeda which paid for September 11th attacks. Another lawsuit against our US Treasury alleges that taxpayer bailout money to AIG was used to create an anti-American Shariah Insurance business, and violates U.S. law.
Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address
Cf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIouq2u9kUo
In the meantime we can view parts of:
Speaking Freely: Vol. 1: John Perkins, 52:00
John Perkins, 5:30
Thomas Sowell talks about his new book Economic Facts and Fallacies, 33:22
Peter Robinson speaks with Thomas Sowell about his new book Economic Facts and Fallacies in which Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues. Sowell takes on the conventional thinking on a wide swath of Americas economic life, from male-female economic differences to income stagnation, executive pay, and social mobility to economics of higher education. In all cases he demonstrates how economics relates to the social issues that deeply affect our country.
