Thinker in Trouble

See here:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2385684,00.html

Whatever support can be given to this teacher should be given. There's simply not an excuse for saying that he ought to have shown more restraint, etc. The debate should be open: Is what he says truthful? When Islam as a whole begins to deal with its historical self--as the other great traditions have--these radical elements can be seen for what they are.