This is exactly how minds are opened: through honest, frank dialogue. Tears may be shed, but not blood. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali

[D]ebate the challenges we confront—not with outrage, but with the kind of critical thinking we Americans were once famous for, which takes self-criticism as the first step toward finding solutions.

Contempt for women is inscribed in the works of Saint Paul.

The West tends to respond to the social failures of Muslim immigrants with what can be called the racism of low expectations. This Western attitude is based on the idea that people of color must be exempted from “normal” standards of behavior. A well-meaning class of people holds that minorities should not share all of the obligations that the majority must meet.