An Islamist???

I don't know anything about this woman, but I'm more than a little creeped out that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to someone described as an Islamist.

But then again, this is the Nobel Peace Prize. For several years now, their decisions have left a lot of people scratching their heads.

"She is only 32 years old, an outspoken human rights activist and mother of three who was unknown outside her own country until she began leading anti-government protests this year.

Yet when Tawakkol Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, she became a standard-bearer for the Arab Spring and for the role of women across the Middle East. And as a liberal Islamist [Emphasis mine] who stopped wearing the full facial veil three years ago, she appears to represent something else, too: the hope in the West that Islamic movements might someday play a positive role in rebuilding Arab societies."

A "liberal" Islamist. The New York Times has drunk the kool-aid, but we all knew that anyway.