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The book was axed because it might “seize on and amplify anti-Islam sentiments.” This fear masked as respect has overtaken the Western world. Random House would never hesitate to publish a book that might “seize on and amplify” anti-Christian or anti-Jewish sentiments. A book like that would win awards and be lauded by the glitterati. But a book that is a “critical close reading of the Koran” is axed, and the real reason is because Muslims might become violent as a result of it. Submission to violent intimidation is now the order of the day everywhere. It is a massive capitulation, and the consequences will be catastrophic.
“Controversial German author takes Random House to court after it axes his book on Islam,” AFP, July 6, 2018 (thanks to Lukasz):
Publishing giant Random House has declined to release a new book by controversial German politician-turned-author Thilo Sarrazin over fears it could whip up anti-Muslim hatred.
ADVERTISEMENTThe dispute, which will be heard before a court in Munich on Monday, revolves around Sarrazin’s new book “Hostile Takeover — How Islam Hampers Progress and Threatens Society”, Bild Zeitung reported on Friday.
In 2010 Sarrazin, a former central banker and Berlin state finance minister, published the incendiary book “Germany Does Away With Itself”, arguing that undereducated Muslim migrants were making the country “more stupid”.
The volume became a runaway bestseller and is now seen as having helped pave the way for the anti-Islam Alternative for Germany party which entered parliament last year with nearly 100 deputies.
The new book was to have hit shelves in late August and is billed as a critical close reading of the Koran.
Sarrazin, 73, told Bild that he had signed a contract with Random House in November 2016 on the basis of a 10-page expose and delivered the manuscript in February this year.
ADVERTISEMENTHe did not discuss the size of his advance.
“After a lot of back and forth about the publishing date, the publisher said at the end of May that it would not put the book out at all,” he was quoted as saying.
Random House, which is owned by German media behemoth Bertelsmann, confirmed the dispute would be heard in court Monday but declined to comment on the specifics.
However Bild cited sources at the publisher as saying that the new book could “seize on and amplify anti-Islam sentiments”….
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