Pitt Love, Anti-Dhimmitude Edition

One of our beloved alma mater’s satellite campuses is having none of that:

Anti-dhimmitude at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown…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. The article never makes it quite clear to readers who may not already be familiar with her story and her work that Hirsi Ali is herself an ex-Muslim.

The opposition to the elegant Ali was as level-headed as we’ve come to expect from the kind of people that we’ve come to expect it from:

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?”

Don’t let him off the hook just because he sounds stupid. This is a very, very clear stand: no one who doesn’t believe in God has any right to talk about God in public. Kind of helps you draw the line between Islamism and Christianism, huh? For the second time today, we find ourselves compelled to suggest that maybe people ought to consider that “fundamentalism in general” isn’t really the problem.

References:
* Hirsi Ali speech to go on in Johnstown, PA in spite of Muslim groups’ pressure to cancel
* Pa. university goes ahead with Islam critic’s speech

Previously:
* Guardian Interviews Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Surprised To Find Multiculturalism Crumbling In The Face Of Radical Islam
* Hey Gals, Check This Out – Islamism in the Netherlands
* Pitt Love Link Update

Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit