I'll update this whenever I find something particularly encouraging or particularly damning. I have an example of each for the kickoff:
On the plus side:
Fouad Ajami, professor at John Hopkins University. A very lucid writer.
On the minus side:
The
Jordanian Parliament has blocked a law that would institute harsher penalties on men who perform
honor killings. Truly sickening.
Update of 9/16:
On the minus side:
The way to prevent Muslims from being labelled terrorists is to
have weapons powerful enough to frighten other people into silence, according to Malaysia's prime minister.