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Is it Islamophobic to call out Ed Husain for his stance on "Islamophobia"? Part 1

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Is it Islamophobic to call out Ed Husain for his stance on "Islamophobia"? Part 1

Ed Husain is trapped, as is every Muslim who does not revel in “extremism”. I say “extremism” in inverted commas because the concept has no meaning in Islam, and the word has today lost all meaning in English.

Anatomy of a madness, Part 4

Anatomy of a madness, Part 4

I read The Satanic Verses in the winter of 1996-97, unemployed and frozen, and again in the winter of 2014-15, Charlie Hebdo on TV 24/7. The third time was in that magical realist summer of 2020, with a fresh-ish MFA to my name, to study the work as art. 12 August 2022: the author survived.

"Will Nupur Sharma ever lead a normal life? Should moderate Muslims speak up?" - A commentary - Part 4

"Will Nupur Sharma ever lead a normal life? Should moderate Muslims speak up?" - A commentary - Part 4

I hate to be borne out in such a horrible way, but this sorry state of affairs obtains only because too many people, in their self-righteous ignorance and arrogance, insist on making a distinction between so-called "radical" Muslims and "moderate" Muslims.