Mick Hartley

There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding about the point of a liberal society here (via):

A speech by a best-selling author and critic of Islam will be held at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, despite calls by members of the Muslim community to cancel the event.

Members of the Islamic Center of Johnstown wanted Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s appearance canceled, saying her attacks on Islam are unjustified and Muslims in the Johnstown area get along well with everyone else.

“I don’t want her to poison anyone’s mind,” Mahmood A. Qazi, the center’s founder and past president, told the Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown. “She doesn’t believe in God. How can she talk about God?”

Well, it’s an argument, I suppose. So let’s hear no more nonsense about evolution from these religious types. They don’t believe in evolution. How can they talk about evolution?