It's important to establish the personalities of the anti-Muslim fringe, but journalists would also benefit from knowing who the "reasonable" critics of Islamism are.
Dr. Paul Marshall argues that the rise in blasphemy restrictions is the most important threat to free speech and religious expression to come along in years.
A leading Islamic scholar argues that the spirit of Islamic law is about fairness and justice and embraces the modern concept of human rights as defined by the United Nations.
Prof. Abdullah Saeed challenges the widely held view that the Qur'an is God's eternal speech and is therefore not dependent upon any particular context.