14 March 2011

Bras, booze and how Islamic chauvinists have made satire redundant

.... Here’s the original Islamic fundamentalist contribution, though: turning barbarism into an unapologetic aesthetic. Zakir Naik, an Indian televangelist whose broadcasts are watched by millions across the world, and who was denied entry to the UK for his pro-jihadist views, put his case for polygamy thus:

“New York alone has 1 million females more than males. Out of the population of New York, the statistics tell us, one-third are gays… There are more than 25 million gays, sodomites, in America, in USA. Now the only option remaining for my sister is that she marries a man who already has a wife or she becomes public property.” Tom Lehrer was right. Evil has made satire redundant. [telegraph.co.uk] Read more