Martin Amis - Islamophobic? Moi?

[John Carvill]

> the other the last day of mohammed atta-

I would advise against reading that one. Made me really angry. Amis
has gone stark raving mad since September 11th. To be fair, he's not
the only one. But he is one of the leading edges of the sort of
relentlessly ignorant, hyper-hawkish Islamophobia that's taking us
further and further into a more unstable world.

His comments on Muslims - to whom Amis feels 'morally superior' - are
as sickening as it gets. Here's a sample:

"The Muslim community will have to suffer until it gets its house in
order.’ What sort of suffering? Not letting them travel. Deportation –
further down the road. Curtailing of freedoms. Strip-searching people
who look like they’re from the Middle East or from Pakistan…
Discriminatory stuff, until it hurts the whole community and they
start getting tough with their children...It’s a huge dereliction on
their part"

Have a look at this, if you want to see the funny side, which I damit
does exist, but the serious side is pretty frightening:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/nov/25/bookscomment.religion