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Christopher Hitchens became an activist against Islam when Ayatullah Kohmeini declared a [[fatwa]] against his personal friend [[Salman Rushdie]]. The event has led him to become very vocal in his support of the war in Iraq and heavily critical of Muslim society and ethics.
 
Christopher Hitchens became an activist against Islam when Ayatullah Kohmeini declared a [[fatwa]] against his personal friend [[Salman Rushdie]]. The event has led him to become very vocal in his support of the war in Iraq and heavily critical of Muslim society and ethics.
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==Insults toward Jerry Fawell==
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==Insults toward Jerry Falwell==
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In a TV interview with Hannity and Colmes a day after [[Jerry Falwell]]'s death, Christopher Hitchens expressed his anger over Fawell's legacy, calling the media coverage of his death uniform in its "stupidity" and calling Fawell himself a "vulgar fraud and crook"<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doKkOSMaTk4</ref>.
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In a TV interview with Hannity and Colmes a day after [[Jerry Falwell]]'s death, Christopher Hitchens expressed his anger over Fawell's legacy, calling the media coverage of his death uniform in its "stupidity" and calling Fawell himself a "vulgar fraud and crook"<ref name=FAL>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doKkOSMaTk4</ref>.  Hitchens went on to state such outrageous comments as "we have been rid of an extremely dangeruous demagogue who lived by hatred of others and prejudice", "that it's a pity there isn't a hell for him to go to", and "the evil he did will live after him" <ref name=FAL/>.
    
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