Oriana Fallaci: Courageous and Insightful Critic of Islam

I've just read a fascinating article about the Italian author and journalist Oriana Fallaci. During World War II, she was a partisan who fought against Fascism. She later became a renowned political interviewer, interviewing figures such as Khomeini and Kissenger. When interviewing Khomeini, she was typically pugilistic and asked him if he thought it was right to shoot a poor prostitute or an adulterer. It comes as no surprise to learn that the Islamic misanthrope did indeed think such things were necessary. At one stage during the interview with the Iranian spiritual leader, she announced: "I’m going to take off this stupid, medieval rag" , referring to the chador she had been forced to don. At this point, Khomeini stood up and walked out of the interview. Speaking later of her encounter with him, she said: "... it did not take long to realize that in spite of his quiet appearance he represented the Robespierre or the Lenin of something which would go very far and would poison the world."

Fallaci, now in her late seventies, sees Islamic fundamentalism as a revival of the Fascism she grew up fighting. She is convinced that the world situation now is substantially the same as in 1938, when many in Britain and France did not fully understand the Fascist threat they were faced with, and resorted to appeasement.

In her book, “The Rage and the Pride,” Fallaci explains how the attacks of September 11th transformed her from being a quiet novelist into an anti-Islamic rebel. She describes how Europe is gradually being transformed into a colony of Islam, an abject place that she calls “Eurabia”. Speaking of Islam in general, she says "I do not believe that a Good Islam and a Bad Islam exist. Only Islam exists. And Islam is the Koran. And the Koran says what it says".

Indeed it does!

Read the article here