I read her book when it came out Nancy and would heartily recommend it to anyone really interested in "The Trouble With Islam Today." But there are some who just don't like Glenn Beck and miss some really interesting interviews. I find him often too antic, but he does make some good points that deserve attention be paid.

Sam...Glenns antics are one of the reasons I watch him and listen to him on the radio.  He openly admits he is a conservative but says he is also a thinker.  He states he is no rocket scientist but is a thinker.  He also freely admits that his show is entertainment with enlightenment and that's the part that grabs me.  I honestly get sick of politics and the strident drum beating on either side.  I'm tired of being beaten over the head with comments about how wrong we are all and how we act like sheep and we can't think for ourselves and on and on.  For me at least, it's refreshing to have humor injected into the daily grind of our lives and in our wacky world. 

Glenn also admits to being ADDHD and is a high energy personality.  I like that over the plodding, grinding rhetoric that is our wont when it comes to politics.  Glenn impressed me very much during the elections when he told people to stop voting partisan and start voting for the person who can do the most for our country no matter what party they are affiliated with.  He said he didn't care if the person had an R or a D after their name as long as they helped all of us.

You're right about him having interesting interviews and he doesn't limit them to conservatives.  Nor does he interrupt or talk over his guests.   For the rest of you..watch the video and you'll see what I mean.  This guest is a Liberal..listen to waht he says to her.  It's great.

    Nancy, you forgot his admitting to being an alcoholic. I heard that same program, didn't catch the lady's name though, glad you did. She was amazing.... In other news, someone in the Linux community (I look up to with GREAT admiration) I found out out received death threats back in May '06 from some Islamic terrorists. (I really need to keep in contact more closely with his news, although I think it was Slashdotted back then, but my memory is only a few days long.)
    Did you hear Glen lead up to her life story? She was supposed to fly to Canada and get married to her arranged husband and she moved somewhere else instead. She ended up becoming a rather popular political figure before she was found and started receiving death threats, etc? My God this woman has lived a life!

If you wish to learn more about Muslim women who have been speaking out and fear for their lives because of their stand, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been doing this for years. She moved from the Netherlands to America last year after the producer of her documentary "Submission" Theo Van Gogh was brutally murdered in the Netherlands by Muslim extremists. I blogged about her last year on my personal blog. She spoke out after the Muslims went crazy over the Danish cartoon of Mohammed and it was then she decided to move to America. Here is a recent writeup about her, with some background. She addresses  female circumcision, which was done to her.

Both women are speaking out with the same message, the only difference is that Manji was born into a family that fled the Muslim extremists into Canada when Manji was 4. Ali was born into a family that supported the extremist view.Ali had to flee on her own as a young girl when her family tried to force her into a marriage.

That was an excellent video Nancy, glad you put it up. Ms. magazine named Manji the Feminist of the 21st Century.

Let not forget, however, that Evangelical Christians are still the enemy.  Keep thine eye on the ball, folks...

Manji stated that there were other Muslim women speaking out but she's the loudest.  LOL.   I'm not necessarily a feminist and I"m certainly not a Liberal, but I really like her style.   Glenn will be her guest at the conference and I imagine he will cover it on his show. 

People can say what they like about Glenn but he is fair and had not problem bringing Manji back a second time because he valued what she had to say.

As for his alcoholism...he openly admits being an alcoholic and addict in recovery.  When he had Danny Bonaducci (sp?) on both his radio and his TV show, it was a hoot.  They both shared war stories and how they got into recovery.  Great stuff and an inspiration to addicted folks who are still struggling.

I watched that interview and was blown away by her courage and intelligence.  She cut through Beck's cheesy compliments and attempts to criticize the liberals by staying on point.   The rest of us look like pale shadows compared to her.

Audrey..did you see both interviews?  The second was a lot better because it was longer and she had a lot more to say.  I didn't find Beck to be critical of Liberals but maybe we listened to it from a different perspective.  I would love to see her speak in person..I'll bet she's even more dynamic.  I can' t even imagine a world where women are so devalued so it's a pleasure to see someone trying to change things.

I often think about the Shieks Of Araby type movies that made us all swoon thinking of that Persian prince who would sweep us off our feet and onto his white Arabian horse,  whisk us off to his Casbah, when all the while the reality of womens lots in that world was far different than we imagined.  Poor Rudolf Valentino..he's probably rolling in his grave thinking how his dashing romantic image ended up with women trying to escape that kind of life.