Italians Reinstate Defamation Claim Against Author by Muslim Activist

The conservative news and opinion blog Pardon My English today has a posting on reports of Italian authorities ordering author and journalist Oriana Fallaci to stand trial for defamation of Islam. The suit grows out of her 2004 book "La Forza della Ragione" (The Force of Reason). Prosecutors had originally dropped the charges on free speech grounds, but a local preliminary judge has reinstated the suit that was brought by Adel Smith, a high-profile Muslim activist. (See earlier posting about Smith).