Is the West Best?

St. Francis College hosted a discussion with Ibn Warraq on his new book, The West is Best, which explores the virtues of liberal Western Civilization compared to its Islamic rivals. The March 28, 2012 event,, moderated by St. Francis College Scholar in Residence Fred Siegel featured Mr. Warraq, one of America's leading scholars on the Koran and author (Virgins? What Virgins?), NYU Professor and author Paul Berman (The Flight of the Intellectuals, Terror and Liberalism) as well as Sohrab Ahmari of The Henry Jackson Society, a co-editor of the forthcoming Arab Spring Dreams. St. Francis co-hosted the event with Telos Press, Encounter Books and The New York Chapter of the National Association of Scholars.