Novelist pulls book before publication after Twitter mob outrage over its featuring a Muslim villain
Mar 9, 2019 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer 34 Comments
Because in the Left’s fantasy world, Muslims are not and can never be villains; they are always and in every case victims of hateful, “Islamophobic†Western Christians. Step out of line, even if you’re a trendy, black, gay “sensitivity reader,†and the mob will get you. Even the New York Times is shocked in this case, and laments of Kosoko Jackson’s withdrawn book that “it should have failed or succeeded in the marketplace of ideas. But it was never given the chance. The mob got to it first.â€
That’s rich coming from the Times, which has all too often led the mob against ideas it deemed beyond the range of acceptable discourse, including honest analysis of how jihad terrorists use Islamic texts and teachings to justify violence and make recruits among peaceful Muslims.
“Teen Fiction and the Perils of Cancel Culture,†by Jennifer Senior, New York Times, March 8, 2019:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/03/novelist-pulls-book-before-publication-after-twitter-mob-outrage-over-its-featuring-a-muslim-villain
