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28 July 2009updated 05 Oct 2023 8:31am

Who are you calling an Islamist?

"My life and career", by Mehdi Hasan, "part 2"

By Mehdi Hasan

It was Andy Warhol who remarked that one day we’d all have our fifteen minutes of fame. I’m now into my fifth day of online infamy – thanks to the blog, Harry’s Place (as well as a blog on the Spectator). The former has devoted much time and energy, over five separate posts, to quoting selectively, and out of context, from various informal talks that I have given in recent years, in front of numerous British Muslim (and non-Muslim) audiences.

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