Novelist Martin Amis accused of Islamophobia
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Martin Amis (Novelist) LIVE STUDIO interview SOT
- Puts his controversial quotes in context, were subject to "distortion" / Calls for same "moral disapproval" to be applied to terrorist plots / I do not believe in any prosecution of the muslim community
- I do do not blame Islam, I blame Islamism
- Criticises security procedures which do not focus on Middle Eastern and Pakistani men as "misplaced piety" and "polite fiction" (after his six-year old daughter's bunny rucksack was searched at airport), defends ethnic profiling / Admits problem isn't restricted to Muslim community as Islamism attracts "every wannabe wahabee, every Walter Mitty of murder, every functioning schizophrenic, every rampant anti-Semite"
- On his quote about "extreme incuriosity of Islamic culture": Islam is responsible for countless gifts to humanity, it was far more advanced than we were, has fallen behind, now revanchist rage aiming to reassert imagined superiority through violence
- Not condemning entire religion, there is no trouble separating Islam and Islamism
- Defends the terminology he used in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 (September 11h), specifically the word "urge"/ I stand by every word I've written
- Reiterates his critical view of war in Iraq, but insists terrorists killing innocent British civilians is not proportionate response
- Criticises unwillingness of society to morally condemn the Taliban / I feel morally superior to Islamism, (in response to question whether he feels superior to Islam itself) I feel an intellectual distance from all religions / Criticises passages from Islam
- I feel my response to this crisis has been strictly rational throughout and I will stand by that
- Admits difficulties in relationship to his late father Sir Kingsley Amis, but defends him against Terry Eagleton's "lazily and cornily defamation" / Discusses his father's personality flaws
- Comments on Terry E...
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