We need to stop being such cowards about Islam

What's with the "we" crap? The Left have been cowtowing to Islam for years.

"There is now a pincer movement trying to silence critical discussion of Islam. To one side, fanatics threaten to kill you; to the other, critics call you "Islamophobic". But consistent atheism is not racism. On the contrary: it treats all people as mature adults who can cope with rational questions. When we pulp books out of fear of fundamentalism, we are decapitating the most precious freedom we have."

Which is precisely what the Left have been doing.