Rushdie said he fears that the language of “jihadi-cool” is seducing young British Muslims
Salman Rushdie
London: Eminent British Indian author Salman Rushdie has attacked the “mangled” language of religion which is turning British Muslims towards extremism.
“The language of religion has been horribly mangled in our time, by Christian extremists in America and by Hindu extremists in India but the overwhelming weight of the problem lies in the world of Islam, and much of it has its roots in the ideological language of blood and war emanating from the Salafist movement within Islam, globally backed by Saudi Arabia,” Rushdie said while accepting the Pinter prize this week.
Rushdie said he fears that the language of “jihadi-cool” is seducing young British Muslims into joining the “decapitating barbarianism” of IS.
( Source : PTI )
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