Martin Amis: 'I wish my sister had converted to Islam'
Martin Amis suggests to Dubai English-language newspaper that his sister, an alcoholic who died in 2000, "might still be alive" if she had converted to Islam
Martin Amis might have expressed negative views about Islam in the past, but the author told an Abu Dhabi newspaper this week that he believed that if his sister, Sally, an alcoholic who died in 2000, had converted to the religion she might still be alive.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
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