711-2011: East Meets West Conference

Virginia Military Institute ^ | January, 2011 | VMI

[triumphant values]

A fusion between two worlds began 1300 years ago with Tariq ibn Ziyad’s crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar in 711. Please join us to commemorate the brilliant contributions resulting from the blending of eastern and western cultures. The agenda will tell the vital story of the achievements when Christians, Jews, and Muslims thrived side by side in Western Europe, building a society that lit the Dark Ages. Experts will discuss how to transform education, promote tolerance, civility, political reform, and advance human development so that we can emulate the spirit and triumphs of the early years.

Diplomacy and Democratization • History, Culture, Religion, Arts & Architecture • Cultural Gala - Music, Food, Dance, Film • Economics & Trade • Hopes for the Future

[triumphant values]

Wow. I'm at a loss of words here. "Crossing"? That's one way of putting it.

[henkster]

Stonewall is vomiting in his grave.

[swain_forkbeard]

They met again 21 years later at Tours.

[ml/nj]

"In 732 at the Battle of Tours,
Charles Martel defeated the Moors."

ML/NJ

[teeman8r]

i thought charles defeated the moops

teeman

[teeman8r]

i wonder if they put a mosque there.

[ApplegateRanch]

Ping to more revising of the 711 AD “friendly” Islamic invasion of Europe; I expected better of VMI.

I know at least one of you knows who manages the proper ping list for this.

[rightly_dividing]

ping

[La Lydia]

More stuff on VMI

[ml/nj]

i thought charles defeated the moops

Thanks for your really insightful comment.

Really, the reason I post this couplet almost whenever I see Martel's name come up, is that I'm hoping some other FReeper will recognize it, and remember where it comes from; and we can reminisce.

ML/NJ

[SunkenCiv]

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[YankeeReb]

Just wondering if they had a conference celebrating the Confederacy what the reaction would be?

[Smokin' Joe]

It’d be tough to tell for all the cartwheeling sh*tf*ts going on in the media.

[Smokin' Joe]

Thanks for the ping. The links have been passed on to someone I know who will use them to torment Alums of VMI who are still on this side of the sod. Perhaps pressure can be brought to bear to cease this dhimmi foolishness.

[WayneS]

...so that we can emulate the spirit and triumphs of the early years...

What's that you say? You want to 'emulate the spirit and TRIUMPH of the early years' of the muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula?

Well, the FIRST thing you'll need to do is viciously slaughter a WHOLE bunch of Christians, Jews and other non-muslims.

Of course, and as you can well see with your own eyes, unless you are a blind moon-bat or a Code Pink whore, your muslim 'friends' have already started...

[Traianus]

Try to figure why.....



US Air Bases & OIL REFINERIES....

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

I remembered that mispelling on that card when I played the game originally.

But more on the underlying story. Apparently, VMI actually scrubbed its website from how it described the program intially. Here's how it was described before this all blew up:

"We celebrate the 1300th anniversary of Tariq ibn Ziyad’s crossing of the Straits of Gibraltar, setting into motion the fusion between two worlds. "

Celebrating the invasion of Spain by the Moors? WTF???

http://bigpeace.com/pspoole/2011/02/04/vmi-scrubbing-information-on-conference-celebrating-islamic-invasion-and-occupation-of-spain-after-big-peace-report/

[Traianus]

You’d better remember what a Italian and a Genoese (Guglielmo Embriaco was Right Hand man of Richard LionHeart during the Third Crusade)
Your PETRO-KIGPIN and YOUR MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX is tryng to suggest to your POTUS that a bi-continental TIRANNY could be a “VIABLE PARTNER”....