Holy Writ (Christopher Hitchens)
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"Holy Writ" (April 2003, Atlantic Monthly) is an essay by Christopher Hitchens.
It is subtitled "Recent writers on Islam need to be more stringent in their criticism. Stephen Schwartz is an exception." and reviews:
- The Two Faces Of Islam BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
- Why I Am Not A Muslim BY IBN WARRAQ
- The Rage and the Pride BY ORIANA FALLACI
- Platform BY MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ
- The Satanic Verses BY SALMAN RUSHDIE
Excerpt:
- "His sympathy for "Third World" causes, it was loftily said, should help him to appreciate the irony. And the irony was at his expense, so it served him right. Thus wrote Norman Podhoretz, Charles Krauthammer, A. M. Rosenthal, and others."
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