Feminist writer Julie Burchill has had her book contract cancelled after she told a Muslim journalist that the Prophet Mohammed was a paedophile.
Burchill had tweeted that Ash Sarkar s worship of the Prophet was the worship of a paedophile , referring to the 7th Century leader s marriage to his third wife Aisha when she was around 10.
Burchill s book – Welcome to the Woke Trials: How #Identity killed progressive politics – was due to be released in March but was dropped by Little, Brown after the row.
The Hachette imprint said that Burchill s comments were not defensible from a moral or intellectual standpoint and had crossed a line with regard to race and religion .
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The publisher of a book about cancel culture by Julie Burchill has cancelled it after the writer was accused of Islamophobia on Twitter.
The book, Welcome to the Woke Trials, had been due to be published by Little, Brown in April.
But Burchill got embroiled with a row with fellow writer Ash Sarkar.
Little, Brown said her comments were not defensible from a moral or intellectual standpoint and crossed a line with regard to race and religion .
A statement from the company said: We will no longer be publishing Julie Burchill s book. This is not a decision we have taken lightly.
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and on Sunday became embroiled in a Twitter spat with journalist Ash Sarkar, a Muslim. Ms Sarkar tweeted: “Julie Burchill, who once I suppose was a well-regarded journalist, has quite openly subjected me to Islamophobia on here. I’m a big girl – it’s not going to upset me – but I do find it strange that none of her colleagues or friends in the industry seems to have a problem with it.”
Little, Brown said in a statement: “We will no longer be publishing Julie Burchill’s book. This is not a decision we have taken lightly. We believe passionately in freedom of speech at Little, Brown and we have always published authors with controversial or challenging perspectives – and we will continue to do so.
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Julie Burchill’s book deal with Hachette has been cancelled after she was accused of making Islamophobic comments towards a fellow journalist.
The forthcoming book by the controversial
Sunday Telegraph columnist, titled
Welcome to the Woke Trials: How #Identity Killed Progressive Politics, was due to be published by the Hachette division Little, Brown next spring.
However, on Sunday 13 December Burchill began tweeting at journalist and writer Ash Sarkar after she criticised Rod Liddle for a 2012
Spectator article, in which he claimed to have chosen against a career as a teacher because he feared he would become a sex offender.