Islam versus Europe

A good article from Oliver Kamm on Yale University's recent cowardly decision not to publish photographs of the cartoons in a book about them.

"That principle is moderate, balanced and pernicious. The idea that people’s beliefs, merely by being deeply held, merit respect is grotesque. A constitutional society upholds freedom of speech and thought: it has no interest in its citizens’ feelings. If it sought to protect sensibilities, there would be no limit to the abridgements of freedom that the principle would justify."

This article tells of Germans and Swedes who have converted to Islam now at terrorist training camps in Pakistan.

They said Mohammad was a "warlord" and that the dress worn by Muslim females was "oppressive" and a "form of bondage". They've been charged with a breach of public order and their hotel business has plummeted after a local hospital ceased recommending them.