AMERICAN FREEDOM ALLIANCE
Conferences of the Air 2012

AFA Conferences of the Air are offered as a means of addressing subjects central to the survival of Western values and ideals without the expense and difficulty of bringing all the speakers together in the same room. . These conferences, which at times have been known to host over 25 participating speakers, can range in lenght from 90 minutes to four hours. They can be accessed free of charge in real time or else in real time or reviewed at a listener's leisure on this archived site. Biographies of all speakers are made available, often with links to their individual websites.

Recent Events

The Multicultural Revolution and Its Impact Upon Western Civilization

Featuring:

Anne Elisabeth Moutet (France), Ibn Warraq (USA), Alan Craig (UK), Robin Shepherd (UK/Slovakia),
Andrea Loquenzi (Italy), Hanne Stine Nabintu Herland (Norway), Ida Lichter (Australia), Lars Hedegaard (Denmark)

Sunday, Feburary 26, 2012
9:00am - 11:30am PST ( 12:00pm - 2:30pm EST)

Streamed live on the Internet and then archived. Log in from anywhere in the world and listen at any time at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/westernwordradio

Multicultural policies have been in vogue in the West for at least the past 30 years. The notion that all foreign cultures and ideologies must be respected and even admired alongside Western culture and values has opened many in the West to see and appreciate the way other peoples in the world live and observe their own faith. However the same tolerance and pluralism which the West exhibits has not as often been reflected back at these societies by the minorities so earnestly welcomed. Instead, the freedoms offered certain minorities are used against the very same host societies, resulting in the raising of new generations of young men and women who have no tolerance for the values and mores of the West and who often turn violently against them.

This conference, offering the opinions and experiences of commentators drawn seven countries, will examine the growth of multicultural society and whether theses policies, spawned in good faith, have resulted in a terrible dilemma with which Western leaders, seeking to save their own countries from civil collapse, are now forced to confront.

Ibn Warraq is an Islamic scholar and a leading figure in Koranic criticism and a visiting fellow at the Center for Law and Counterterrorism, a project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Warraq's op-ed pieces have appeared in the Wall Street Journal in America and The Guardian and he has addressed distinguished governing bodies all over the world, including the United Nations in Geneva, and Members of the Dutch Parliament at The Hague.

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet is a Paris-based journalist and political commentator. Her articles appear in the Daily Telegraph as well as in the Weekly Standard in Washington D.C,. She often offers commentary on the news on the BBC, al-Jazeera and France 24. Her blog contains stories she has written for these, as well as for The European, The Sunday Times, Tatler, Prospect, the Chicago Sun-Times, and more.

Alan Craig was born in London, U.K. and awarded his MBA at Manchester Business School. At the age of 25, he was appointed CEO of an international manufacturing group, employing 2,500 people worldwide. He was first elected to public office in 2002 on behalf of the newly formed Christian Peoples Alliance party of which he is leader. Today Mr. Craig is an elected councillor in the inner city London borough of Newham - one of the UK’s most deprived and most ethnically diverse boroughs. Mr. Craig’s profile has been raised nationally and internationally recently in connection with his campaign of opposition to the ‘Olympics mega-mosque,’ which is proposed to be built close to the 2012 London Olympic site. If built, it will be the largest mosque in Europe and a global headquarters of the ambitious, secretive fundamentalist Islamic sect, Tablighi Jamaat. Mr. Craig is married to Sally, and they have four children ages 6 to 18.

Robin Shepherd is the Director of International Affairs at the Henry Jackson Society in London and , has held senior fellowships at some of the world’s most prestigious public policy institutes, including as Moscow Bureau Chief for The Times of London. Mr. Shepherd’s key areas of expertise are transatlantic relations, American foreign policy, Middle Eastern(particularly Israeli) relations with the West, Russia, central and eastern Europe, NATO and the European Union. His recent book “A State Beyond the Pale, Europe’s Problem with Israel” looks at the reasons for widespread hostility to Israel in Europe among the continent’s opinion makers.

Andrea Loquenzi Holzer is a well known Italian expert in International Development, Cooperation and European issues. He has studied at La Sapienza University and at the LUISS University in Rome, Italy. He collaborates with L'Occidentale, Longitude, PJMedia, the Hudson-ny and other important media outlets. He has also worked for the Magna Carta Foundation and the Foreign Affairs Commission at the Italian Chamber of Deputies. He is an Italian representative to the European Convention on Liberal Democracy of the Henry Jackson Society in London.

Hanne Stine Nabintu Herland is a Norwegian religion historian, author, lecturer and social pundit. Educated at the University of Oslo, Herland has written several books, among which is the recent best seller Alarm! Reflections over a culture in crisis(2010) and RESPECT ( Orfeus Publishing 2012). She is known for razor-sharp analysis and fearless expression of her opinion. She often participates in TV and radio programs and holds many lectures every year at colleges and universities, business conferences and church events, as well as public debates. Herland is notoriously in favor of the Norwegian cultural struggle, and repeatedly emphasizes the fact that constructive traditional European values are present in both left- and right-wing Norwegian politics.

Ida Lichter is an Australian psychiatrist who has been an honorary research assistant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. She is the author of Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression ( Prometheus Books 2009).

Lars Hedegaard is a university-trained historian, author and journalist and since 2005 President of the Danish and International Free Press Societies that are exclusively devoted to the protection of free speech. In addition to being the author of several books on contemporary history, politics and Islamic affairs, Mr. Hedegaard has been chief editor of the Copenhagen daily Information and for ten years a commentator with the national conservative daily Berlingske Tidende until I was fired in 2008 for being politically incorrect.