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  • Rushdie: Islamic extremists have sexual fear - West underestimates sexual fear among Islamists

    01/18/2006 8:31:37 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 52 replies · 2,415+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 1/18/06 | AFP
    BERLIN (AFP) - 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. 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...