The Harry Potter author spoke for a lot more people than herself with this response.
Rowling isn’t particularly active on Twitter (just over 400 tweets since August 2009) but she took to social media today to offer her response to some controversial tweets by News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
Murdoch posted two tweets about the attacks yesterday, including one suggesting that all Muslims should be held responsible for the “growing jihadist cancer”, which has been retweeted over 4,000 times to date and attracted plenty of criticism.
Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) January 10, 2015
Big jihadist danger looming everywhere from Philippines to Africa to Europe to US.
Political correctness makes for denial and hypocrisy.— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) January 10, 2015
This morning, Rowling delivered her own response about Murdoch and followed it up by replying to some tweeters and referencing past atrocities elsewhere around the world.
I was born Christian. If that makes Rupert Murdoch my responsibility, I'll auto-excommunicate. http://t.co/Atw1wNk8UX
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 11, 2015
.@dom209 The Spanish Inquisition was my fault, as is all Christian fundamentalist violence. Oh, and Jim Bakker.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 11, 2015
.@peeyushmalhotra Eight times more Muslims have been killed by so-called Islamic terrorists than non-Muslims. http://t.co/JXLfZOmcKl
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 11, 2015
Whatever about what was said on Twitter, the most powerful message of all was delivered by more than a million people at the unity march in Paris today, which has been described as the largest demonstration in the history of France.
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