Reception
The book has been "much-praised," although the praise has not been unanimous. Husain's life has been threatened by British Islamic fundamentalists and many book reviewers in Britain have been hesitant to review the book. As was the case with the murder of Theo Van Gogh, European commentators critical of Islam are fearful of being targeted themselves by extremists. Such extremists are often encouraged by the liberal enumeration of fatwas by European Muslim clerics against the lives of those critical of radical Islam.
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