I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

In 1985 as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Unlike the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, the umma, or Muslim community, has no symbolic leader, let alone a formal one.

What matters is abuse, and how it is anchored in a religion that denies women their rights as humans. What matters is that atrocities against women and children are carried out in Europe. What matters is that governments and societies must stop hiding behind a hollow pretense of tolerance so that they can recognize and deal with the problem.

Liberal capitalism is not perfect, but compared to the other 'isms,' it's far superior.

Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.

The people who believe themselves to be on the left, and who defend the agents of Islam in the name of tolerance and culture, are being rightwing. Not just rightwing. Extreme rightwing. I don't understand how you can be so upset about the Christian right and just ignore the Islamic right. I'm talking about equality.