Human Events, the conservative magazine that features Ann Coulter’s hateful columns about Muslims on its website, has sent an email to its readers promoting a whole series of anti-Islamic books.

The message is hard to miss. The subject of the email? “The ugly truth about Mohammed.”

Now, I’m no scholar of Islam, and I’m sure there are aspects of the history of the religion that are ugly. But you know what? Virtually every other religion, including Christianity, has a dark side. This email is a loathsome attempt to profit from anti-Islam sentiment. We need to promote an Islamic reformation led by moderate Muslims, not fan the flames of bigotry.

(Postscript: See also my previous posts about Human Events.)