You knew some crackpot would come up with it (apart from Jerry Falwell and Robert Knight). In his new book, Dinesh D’Souza does more to prove the parallels between Islamism and Christianism than I ever could. I’ll hold my peace because I’m reviewing the book for The New Republic. But Eric Scheie has a lot of sensible things to say. Money quote:
Like many bloggers, I’ve struggled over the definition of "conservative." If D’Souza’s conservatism includes a cultural alliance with declared enemies of America who stone women and execute gays, I guess I’m on the other "side" – even if I’d rather not be.
There’s an alternative alliance out there: pluralists and freedom-lovers against theocrats of all stripes. It comes in conservative and liberal varieties.
The Dish 