Martin Amis

Martin Amis has been at the center of controversy of late due to his comments about Islamism in Britain. He suggested we target the Muslim community as a whole in retaliation to the planned Heathrow attacks; treating them as figures of suspicion by logically identifying them as threats, searching them more often than their white counterparts, for example. That would disgruntle all practicing Muslims across the country and pressure them into decrying the Jihadists and Islamist fundamentalists. In a BBC interview this morning he defended his position and reiterated his respect for Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. Amis is a friend of Christopher Hitchens and the brilliant Ian McEwan, both of whom have been outspoken about their derision for religion - god is not Great and Enduring Love, respectively. Moreover, Manchester University has been criticised for employing Amis as a professor of Creative Writing, with a salary of eighty grand a year - extortionate in comparison to the other visiting professors.