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	<title><![CDATA[It's a Crime to Harshly Criticize Islam in Italy:]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eugene-volokh/its-a-crime-to-harshly-cr_b_1760.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Leading Italian journalist and author Oriana Fallaci has discovered this -- she's being prosecuted for allegedly libeling Islam. Quite a remarkable story; see <a href="http://cmnewman.blogspot.com/2005/05/here-we-go-again.html">the summary and context</a>, <a href="http://cmnewman.blogspot.com/2005/05/18-things-you-cant-say-about-muslims.html">the offending passages</a>, and <a href="http://cmnewman.blogspot.com/2005/05/and-they-say-were-nuts-about-religion.html">the relevant Italian penal code provisions</a>.</p>

<p>I liked Chris Newman's characterization of this as "the 18 things you can't say about Muslims in Italy." I also liked <a href="http://instapundit.com/archives/023259.php">InstaPundit</a>'s take: "Tom Wolfe once said that Fascism is forever descending on the United States, but that somehow it...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
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