After reading Michelle Malkin’s column today, I’m reminded of two older columns:

First is Koenraad Elst’s “The Rushdie Rules” which first describes other cases besides Rushdie’s and the European response. It is depressing how much could be added to this almost ten-year-old piece, as both attacks on free speech and the willingness of some to acquiesce to them grow louder. Indeed, it sometimes seems that some Muslim intellectuals are more bold than their non-Muslim counterparts in Europe.

Second is Timothy Furnish’s “Beheading in the Name of Islam” which looks at how Islamists justify in theology decapitation of prisoners and perceived enemies.