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Ian McEwan despises Islam

Writing by Jana on Tuesday, 24 of June , 2008 at 7:32 am

Quote from the New York Times:

“I myself despise Islamism, because it wants to create a society that I detest, based on religious belief, on a text, on lack of freedom for women, intolerance towards homosexuality and so on — we know it well.” He called fundamentalist Christians with similar views “equally absurd,” though at least they are not trying to kill people.”

Well, killing abortion doctors does kinda count as “killing people,” but only in the technical sense of the term.

And we all know what this means: Breaking News! Author Ian McEwan Murdered by Islamic Extremist Group Over Racist Comments!

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