Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:35:30 AM
"...critics of Islam sometimes push the envelope of good taste. Other times they cross it, thus damaging their own cause. Governments, however, should keep to the sidelines and let the marketplace of ideas play itself out to the greatest extent possible."
Critics of Islam Face the Speech Police
By R. John Matthies
Ravaged by cancer, journalist Oriana Fallaci summoned her remaining strength in 2005 and 2006 to battle a cancer ravaging the West: censorship. Sadly, she did not live long enough to defend herself against the charges of "defaming Islam" that had been leveled against her by an Italian court.
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