| “The attack on Rushdie is not about rage at anti-Muslim prejudice, and it’s not about racism either—indeed, Muslims can be of any race,” writes our columnist Katha Pollitt. “It’s about religious fanaticism organized by a theocratic state, Iran, and rewarded by it too.”
In the wake of author Salman Rushdie’s brutal attack, Pollitt examines reemerging arguments over Rushdie’s work and Islamophobia. Ultimately, she argues, we shouldn’t treat “Islamist tyrants” any different than we treat extremists of other religions. |
