A Testament to Bravery: Part 2

Salman Rushdie and nearly a dozen other writers have issued a statement warning against "Islamic totalitarianism". BBC News reports:

"After having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new global threat: Islamism," the manifesto says.

They also include a list of the writers that signed the document, and I believe every one of them deserves praise for their bravery. Every one of them will have a target on their back and a bounty from Islamic fascists with a hunger for revenge.

• Salman Rushdie - Indian-born British writer with fatwa issued ordering his execution for The Satanic Verses
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Somali-born Dutch MP
• Taslima Nasreen - exiled Bangladeshi writer, with fatwa issued ordering her execution
• Bernard-Henri Levy - French philosopher
• Chahla Chafiq - Iranian writer exiled in France
• Caroline Fourest - French writer
• Irshad Manji - Ugandan refugee and writer living in Canada
• Mehdi Mozaffari - Iranian academic exiled in Denmark
• Maryam Namazie - Iranian writer living in Britain
• Antoine Sfeir - director of French review examining Middle East
• Ibn Warraq - US academic of Indian/Pakistani origin
• Philippe Val - director of Charlie Hebdo