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'I despise Islamism': Ian McEwan faces backlash over press interview - Read More

Date Added: June 21, 2008 11:52:02 PM
The novelist Ian McEwan has launched an astonishingly strong attack on Islamism, saying that he "despises" it and accusing it of "wanting to create a society that I detest". His words, in an interview with an Italian newspaper, could, in today's febrile legalistic climate, lay him open to being investigated for a "hate crime".

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