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From The Star (Lebanon):
Actually, now that I think about it . . . the link between a fear of womens' sexuality and terrorism really does makes a lot of sense.
It explains a lot about Muslims' often bizarre and strangely violent behaviour ("suicide bombings"; decapitations; beheadings; stoning to death; "female genital mutilation"; "honor killings"; pederasty . . . some really weird and perversely violent behaviors that are not all that unusual in Muslim countries).
Rushdie's ideas are a significant start toward understanding these strange behaviours.
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Rushdie: West Underestimates Role of Sexual Fears as Cause of Islamic Violence
From The Star (Lebanon):
BERLIN: British author Salman Rushdie said the West had failed to grasp the extent to which Islamic extremism was rooted in men's fear of women's sexuality, in an interview to be published Thursday.
Why is this man smiling? A picture taken 16 May 2004 shows British-Indian author Salman Rushdie and his wife Padma Lakshmi arriving for the projection of a movie at the Cannes Film Festival. Rushdie said the West has failed to grasp how much of Islamic terror is rooted in men's fear of women's sexuality, in an interview to be published 19 January 2006 in German magazine "Stern". AFP PHOTO/BORIS HORVAT
Rushdie told German weekly magazine Stern that his latest novel, "Shalimar the Clown," dealt with the deep anxiety felt among many Islamic men about female sexual freedom and lost honor.
When asked if the book drew a link between "Islamic terror and damaged male honor," Rushdie said he saw it as a crucial, and often overlooked, point. "The Western-Christian world view deals with the issues of guilt and salvation, a concept that is completely unimportant in the East because there is no original sin and no savior," the author said, in comments printed in German.
"Instead, great importance is given to 'honor.' I consider that to be problematic. But of course it is underestimated how many Islamists consciously or unconsciously attempt to restore lost honor."
When asked why he probed the issues in his new novel in the context of a love triangle, he said: "It has a lot to do with sexual fear of women."
Rushdie, 58, said that much of the anger toward the West was provoked by that split on sexual issues. (cont'd),
Actually, now that I think about it . . . the link between a fear of womens' sexuality and terrorism really does makes a lot of sense.
It explains a lot about Muslims' often bizarre and strangely violent behaviour ("suicide bombings"; decapitations; beheadings; stoning to death; "female genital mutilation"; "honor killings"; pederasty . . . some really weird and perversely violent behaviors that are not all that unusual in Muslim countries).
Rushdie's ideas are a significant start toward understanding these strange behaviours.
- Bono Sucks Up To Yusuf Islam (cat Stevens), The Man Who Advocated Killing Bono's Friend Salman Rushdie
Here's what Yusuf Islam said about Salman Rushdie: New York Times story from May 23, 1989: "Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie," by Craig R. Whitney (thanks to all who sent this in): LONDON, May 22 -- The musician known as Cat...
- Salman Rushdie Calls Out Random House For Censoring Book On Mohammed And Ayish
From the Gothamist: Rushdie and his smokin' hot babe Padma Lakshmi Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial Satanic Verses, said that he was disappointed in his publisher Random House for pulling an upcoming novel about the Prophet Mohammed....
- Salman Rushdie Knighted
In a big "Fuck You" to the Islamofascists of the world, Salman Rushdie has been Knighted by British Royalty. You are now to refer to him as Sir Salman. But then, I already did. From Agence French Press: LONDON (AFP) — Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday...
- Yummy, Islamist Freaks Freaked By The New Knight
Muslim world inflamed by Rushdie knighthood(Too, bad so sad....) Sir Salman Rushdie celebrates his 60th birthday today in familiar circumstances: he is once again the subject of death threats across the Islamic world. Eighteen years after the Ayatollah...
- "i Love The Way People Live Here"
Thanks to YARGB for making me aware of this: Salman Rushdie "But you see it every day, this surrender,' he says. He runs through a list of the theatres and galleries that have censored themselves in the face of religious fundamentalist protests....