An expert on the financing of terrorism, Loretta Napoleoni is the bestselling author of Terror Incorporated, Modern Jihad and Insurgent Iraq.
Sadanand Dhume is a journalist and writer with a longstanding interest in Asia. His book My Friend the Fanatic is a portrait of the world's most populous Muslim country, Indonesia, a nation once synonymous with tolerance that finds itself in the midst of a profound shift toward radical Islam.
They speak with George Negus about fundamentalism and whether Islam is compatible with democracy and economic development- Sydney Writers' Festival
Bio
Sadanand Dhume
Sadanand Dhume is a journalist and writer with a long-standing interest in Asia. He has recently completed a book on the rise of radical Islam in Indonesia.
As a former Indonesia correspondent of the Far Eastern Economic Review and The Asian Wall Street Journal in Jakarta, Sadanand covered Indonesia's economic, political, security, and social scene. Before that, he was the New Delhi bureau chief of FEER.
Loretta Napoleoni
Loretta Napoleoni is the author of Rogue Economics and the bestselling Terror Inc.: Tracing the Money behind Global Terrorism, which has been translated into 12 languages.
She is an economist and has worked for international banks and financial organizations. One of the world's leading experts on money laundering and terror financing, she has worked as London correspondent and columnist for La Stampa, Le Monde and other newspapers.
A former Fulbright scholar, Napoleoni holds an MA in International Relations and Economics from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, and a MPhil in terrorism from the London School of Economics.
In the early 1990s, Napoleoni was one of the few people to interview the Italian Red Brigades. For her work as a consultant on the commodities markets, she traveled regularly to Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and other Middle Eastern countries, where she met senior financial and political leaders. She lives in London.
George Negus
George Negus has made an enormous contribution to the Australian news landscape as founding presenter of 60 Minutes (1979-86) and Foreign Correspondent (1992-99). He also hosted the live-to-air Australia Talks series, where debates were held around national issues prior to the 2001 Federal election.
George’s trademark laid-back Aussie style continued as he fronted a prime time trends and issues program on the ABC called, appropriately, George Negus Tonight (2003-4). These days, his penchant for stirring the conversational pot flows through to his role on Dateline.
In his career, George Negus has amassed an extraordinary list of interviewees and profiles. He’s interviewed many Australian Prime Ministers, politicians, and newsmakers from around the globe and national icons including Cathy Freeman and Paul Hogan. In his incisive tracking of both the Middle East and Northern Ireland conflicts, he has spoken to world leaders and international peace-brokers.
Negus' passion for international affairs has also found expression in two recent books, The World From Italy (2001) and The World From Islam (2003). His talent for communicating global issues to an Australian audience is confirmed by the fact that both publications have become bestsellers.
If burying your head in the sand, being overtly politically correct, afraid of tough choices and dialog, blaming anything and everything besides Islam for today's issues then you'll love this piece of apologetic and self-loathing garbage. What's worse is that the two individuals (pictured center and far right) know so little about Islam that they have no real purpose but to dumb you down and make YOU the bad guy here. If you're just now getting familiar with the complex political and socioeconomic science of why we are where we are today with terror and Islam then please don't watch this. You'll put yourself on the fast track to kissing your rights slowly away and one step closer to dhimmitude as you make way for Islam. Please don't let yourself be fooled into believing Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance because it's not. It only is once you've been conquered by Islam.
Unless you're in the mood for having your intelligence insulted and soaking in irresponsible journalism then this waste of time courtesy of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is for you.
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