Two years ago I suggested that Ayaan Hirsi Ali
or other ex-Muslims such as Ibn Warraq, Ali Sina or Wafa Sultan should
be awarded the Peace Prize. My thinking was that they should get it
because Islamic Jihad now constitutes the greatest threat to world
peace, and former Muslims who defy the traditional death penalty for
leaving Islam are standing up to this.

I am, of course,
perfectly aware of the fact that they will probably never receive it,
but even if somebody nominated them that would constitute a small
victory. The Nobel Committee has now taken the exact opposite approach
and concluded that to promote Islam is to promote peace. We all know
that Islam is peace, and ...

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Two years ago I suggested that Ayaan Hirsi Ali
or other ex-Muslims such as Ibn Warraq, Ali Sina or Wafa Sultan should
be awarded the Peace Prize. My thinking was that they should get it
because Islamic Jihad now constitutes the greatest threat to world
peace, and former Muslims who defy the traditional death penalty for
leaving Islam are standing up to this.

I am, of course,
perfectly aware of the fact that they will probably never receive it,
but even if somebody nominated them that would constitute a small
victory. The Nobel Committee has now taken the exact opposite approach
and concluded that to promote Islam is to promote peace. We all know
that Islam is peace, and since Obama is advancing the cause of Islam
worldwide he’s spreading peace.

During his Cairo speech
as US President in June 2009, Obama announced that “I consider it part
of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against
negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.” In effect, he
pledged himself to spreading Islam and censorship of those who
criticize Islam around the world. Whatever else he might be, Obama is a
man of his word. The Obama Administration has now co-sponsored an anti-free speech resolution at the United Nations along with Islamic countries.

If
the Norwegian Nobel Committee has indeed decided that to promote Islam
is to promote peace, I think they have unfairly bypassed another name:
Osama bin Laden. Obama has been very eager during his first months as
US President to promote Islam, but in all fairness, bin Laden has
devoted his entire life to the same cause. Due to his many years of
devotion to the spread of Islamic peace and justice, you could
consequently argue that Osama deserves the Peace Prize more than Obama.

I
suspect that the only reason why Osama bin Laden hasn’t received the
Nobel Peace Prize yet is because as far as I know he hasn’t been
nominated. I hope somebody can correct this mis