The Booker Prize winner thinks criticisng Islam is not racist, but ignoring that the majority of terrorists are non-Muslim is Islamophobic.
Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan has said that criticising Islam is not racist, however, the credibility of such an argument would depend on the nature of the criticism, particularly since he appears to ignore that the majority of terrorists are non-Muslim. Regarding the latter point, we must instead consider why Muslims are the primary focus of anti-terrorism strategies, with the resulting impact of being negatively stereotyped as a group. It is due to views such as McEwan's and the associated rises in Islamophobia that organisations such as the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) are now working on addressing the areas of concern by educating and spreading knowledge about Islam and Muslims.…
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26 - Andrew
As far as I can see there is an enormous difference between the animal rights activists and the anti-abortion activists in the FBI report on terrorism and even the white supremacists. The Moslem terrorists spread terror to frighten people quite generally like the 19th century anarchists but also as a kind of collective punishment of citizens. It is that that makes them so dangerous to society.