UPDATE: Watch/Download the debate on Internet Archive. Notice the play order of the videos
http://www.archive.org/details/11PartsChristopherHitchensVsTariqRamadan-IsIslamAReligionOfPeace
October 5, 2010. 92nd Street Y, New York.
Part 1
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Christopher Hitchens vs Tariq Ramadan - Is Islam a Religion of Peace? 1/10
October 30, 2010Posted by Tom at 19:22 13 comments
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Coming up..
October 4, 2010CH on DUTV: "Part one of a two-part interview with author and journalist Christopher Hitchens will air on Tuesday, October 5 at 8 p.m., repeating Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10 at 10 a.m. DUTV can be seen throughout Philadelphia on Comcast Cable channel 54 and in West Philadelphia on channel 62. On the University City Main Campus, DUTV can be seen on channel 33."
http://www.drexel.edu/news/digest/?d=10/4/2010&id=10088
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