Martin Amis - Islamophobic? Moi?

[rich]

Amis has said some of his words were ill-considered but the general
sense I get from all his statements re: islam is his focus on radical
islam which I don't see how anyone can really defend for a variety of
reasons.

Regardless of what Amis believes I was directing folks to the story
and see what they think.

rich



On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 4:44 AM, John Carvill<johncarvill at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>