Abandoned

If you don't know the story of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, you should. In 1992, she fled to the Netherlands from Somalia instead of allowing herself to be forcefully married to a man she didn't know. Since then, she's been an outspoken critic of the crimes committed upon women in the name of Islamic society--including genital mutilation, sexual subjugation, and physical abuse. She was elected to the Dutch parliament and worked with politicians, refugees, and artists in her efforts to educate the west about the atrocities from which she escaped. But when her collaborator and friend Theo van Gogh was murdered for his anti-Islamic film Submission, Hirsi Ali was forced into a life on the run from psychopathic Muslim extremists who want to see her dead as well. She has since been living in the United States under the protection of Dutch security, but now the Dutch government wants to cut its funding of her safety. Read Christopher Hitchens' essay on the subject here. Sam Harris and Salman Rushdie have also written about the situation here. Follow their advice and write to the people in power who have made this ridiculous and cowardly decision. It's not much, but it's the least you can do for a true defender of freedom.