The utterly unique and seemingly fearless Oriana Fallaci has died.
Charismatic, beautiful, outspoken, iconoclastic, articulate, fiery, controversial, in recent years Fallaci had been battling cancer, but she continued speaking out against Islam’s violent incursions into Europe.
Fallaci never was one to pull her punches. Even though she didn’t get quite as much press as the Pope for it, she was far harder on Islam.
[I will write more later on Fallaci.]
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Previously a lifelong Democrat, born in New York and living in New England, surrounded by liberals on all sides, I've found myself slowly but surely
September 15th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
What a courageous person she was….
September 16th, 2006 at 3:01 am
Rest in peace, Oriana. You fought the good fight.
September 16th, 2006 at 5:14 am
Gutsy lady. RIP.
September 16th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
She must have been the only woman ever to have taken off her chador in front of Ayatollah Khomeini.
In an interview with Khomeini after the 1979 revolution, she asked him How do I swim in a chador? Khomeini’s reply was that she was not obliged to wear one, because it was a garment for proper Islamic women only. She tore off her chador, and Ayatollah Khomeini stalked off :))
September 16th, 2006 at 6:08 pm
Red Violin: By the time I read your comment, I had just written this post on that very subject!