Thanks, I get it now - dunno why, but I automatically assumed Baal wouldnt be writing something positive about Islam.. his stint on FFI appears to have changed him
Thats the problem with FFI, all that hatred defeats the purpose turns people into Islamic sympathisers instead of the other way..
Ha! I'm sure Baal's as much of a hardass on Islam as he ever was. But he's always been an intellectually honest hardass, unlike some other contributors here who shall remain nameless.
It really amazes me how so many people, when they are critical of this or that thing or person, are incapable of admitting any positive qualities about it/him/her, but such Manichean thinking and vilification is at least comprehensible-- what I find baffling is when people make up criticisms for something that is so easily criticized just using the plain facts.