[Zack Nguyen]

In May, ruling on a petition by the Muslim Union of Italy, a magistrate in the northern Italian city of Bergamo ordered writer Oriana Fallaci to stand trial for vilifying Islam in her book The Force of Reason. (She had previously been acquitted on a similar offense in France.) In September, the European Court of Human Rights affirmed a Turkish court's conviction of a publisher for issuing a novel, Abdullah Riza Ergüven's Yasak Tümceler, that purportedly "insulted the Prophet and religion."

• Legislatures have taken action. In April, after virtually no public discussion, Norway's Parliament passed a law that punishes offensive remarks about any religion with up to three years' imprisonment—and places the burden of proof on the accused. Three months later, Britain's House of Commons approved a bill that would criminalize "words or behavior" that might "stir up racial or religious hatred." (On October 25, the bill's most restrictive provisions were rejected by the House of Lords—an ironic example of a non-democratically elected body standing up for democracy by rebuking a democratically elected body.)

Every American should be filled with sadness and contempt for what is happening in Europe. We must vote, talk, organize and pray that this never comes here.

[strategofr]

"Every American should be filled with sadness and contempt for what is happening in Europe. We must vote, talk, organize and pray that this never comes here."

Good point. CAIR (the main American Muslim terrorist support group) is suing a guy named Emerson, one of the best good guys speaking out against what the Muslims are doing in America. They are suing him for libel.

We should be working for this guy, but I have not picked anything up yet in terms of a defense fund or anything.