This is a damned, damned shame. I can't believe she couldn't find private individuals to help her out. Will someone step up to the plate?

I'm not sure why Reuters puts ex-Muslims in scare quotes, but here's the wire service's piece on some of the bravest of the brave in Europe today: Sugiero has more on Maryam Namazie, including a few video interviews. Here's one: Her website is

President Bush honored Muslims who have assisted the War on Terror at an iftar dinner Monday night at the White House. He praised "New York City police officers and a EMT worker who risked their lives to save their fellow citizens on 9/11; a military doctor and a member of the Navy's Chaplain Corps; members... Read More

The New York Times looks at government-funded Islamic-only schools in Britain: The sports hall doubles as a prayer room and dining hall for male teenagers, at other times for young women, but never the two together. In the kindergarten, female teachers, warned of an impending visit by a man, draw full facial veils before receiving... Read More

This post by Dean Esmay, "calling out Michelle Malkin," is what is known in the business as traffic bait. So go ahead and click it and give Esmay more of the traffic he wants. I highly recommend you read his post as the classic blogospheric example of how not to argue about Islam. Or anything... Read More

The above phrase in Arabic is "lan astaslem." It means "I will not surrender/I will not submit." (Thanks to Rusty, Laura, and Daveed for translation help.) This is the last line of my 9/11 column and it's my 9/11 anniversary message to the convert-or-die jihadists. And yes, I've got t-shirts in the works as a... Read More