Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week - Local Lectures

As Instapundit says, Happy Islamo-Fascism Week!  This week, some 30 colleges around the country are hosting lectures and events to create awareness of the threat of Islamofascism we face and to support moderate Muslims in their struggle. Speakers include Nonie Darwish, Tammy Bruce, Robert Spencer, Daniel Pipes and more.  Spencer and Horowitz explain the intent of this week's events here. More on the term "Islamofascism":

"As the Algerian sociologist Marieme Helie Lucas explains, the term “Islamo-Fascism” was “initially coined by Algerian people struggling for democracy, against armed fundamentalist forces decimating people in our country, then later operating in Europe, where a number of us had taken refuge.” In other words, the term “Islamo-Fascism” originates with moderate Muslims under attack from Muslim radicals, who murdered more than 150,000 Muslims whom they regarded as infidels in Algeria in the 1990s."

Here's some info on who's speaking locally:

• Wedneday, Oct 24 University of Rhode Island – Robert Spencer – Memorial Union Ballroom, 7 PM
• Wednesday, Oct 24 - Tufts University - Daniel Pipes - Cohen Auditorium, 7 PM
• Thursday, Oct 25 - Brown University – Robert Spencer – Salomon Hall 101, 7 PM

Both men are great speakers, these lectures are not to be missed!  Christopher Hitchens has an excellent article defending the use of the term "Islamofascism" at Slate here. More discsussion of the term's origins, aptness and limitations here.