Anyone find it funny how "The Handmaid's Tale" is present day reality in Afghanistan? Making that book about Christian Fundamentalists was such a stretch.
It's pretty clearly a warning about fundamentalism. The Taliban is another warning. Don't let fundamentalism of any kind take hold.
Its not funny at all.
Sure but its politically ok to attack Christianity and not Islam for some reason. We live in a very strange time. Culture warriors have decided who can be slandered and who cant and there cudgel is wielded very effectively via social media. I say this as someone who has no religion at all.
"For some reason", for obvious reasons, given that in the years following 9/11 there was real backlash directed at muslims. I'm not saying it's fair but it's obvious what the difference is.
The author has said many times that the Iranian Revolution was part of the origin story of the book. The book is set in America, so what do you expect?