OK, I’ll try once more: what is your opinion of Paglia’s Arabist leanings? I’ll admit she’s gotten more quiet about it lately but you can find it in many of her books of essays. I’m even doubtful about her attitudes towards Israel but I don’t feel like slogging through all her interviews and essays right now.
I can't say that I've read every interview that Paglia has given and so I've never come across her defence of Islam per se, but I can certainly see her being attracted to a brilliant mind. Also, and let's not deny this, there is much beauty in the Arabist world, which like every culture also contains a wide variety of flat spots.
But that merely re-enforces my opinion that her atheism blinds her to some things and further, that she is an unlikely standard bearer for any "cause".
BTW, thanks for the conversation.