Iranian tyrant, yes. Islam critic, no.

The New York Daily News editorializes:

So much for the vigorous exchange of ideas, however controversial, at even the finest of American universities. The concept doesn’t apply to Nonie Darwish, a commentator and advocate who espouses strong views on Islam.
An Arab woman, Darwish was raised inEgypt as a Muslim. Thirty years ago, as an adult, she moved to the U.S. and converted to Christianity. She has published several books – you can get the flavor of her thinking from the title of her latest work: “Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law.”
The other week, Darwish was scheduled to speak at both Princeton and Columbiauniversities. Both events were abruptly canceled.
At Princeton, she was to be the guest of a pro-Israelstudent group. But then, according to published reports, Muslim students took offense at her presence, a campus imam interceded with a campus rabbi and a leader of the sponsoring organization suddenly thought better of hosting the talk. He apologized for inviting someone suchas Darwish and begged pardon for having done a poor job of researching her views
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