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Novel, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, Ali Khamenei, Muhammad, Islam

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On Aug 14, 2022
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Where Salman Rushdie defied those who would silence him, today too many fear causing offence

The terrible injuries suffered by the great British writer will not extinguish his belief in the critical importance of saying the unsayable

@jeffjarvis shared
On Aug 14, 2022
''“You can’t say that!” is all too often the response of those in power to having their power challenged. To accept that certain things cannot be said is to accept that certain forms of power cannot be challenged.' https://t.co/NVPs039ZIp
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Where Salman Rushdie defied those who would silence him, today too many fear causing offence

Where Salman Rushdie defied those who would silence him, today too many fear causing offence

The terrible injuries suffered by the great British writer will not extinguish his belief in the critical importance of saying the unsayable

The assault on Salman Rushdie is a cruel reminder that the past still casts a long shadow

The assault on Salman Rushdie is a cruel reminder that the past still casts a long shadow

Young man who allegedly stabbed writer not even born when ‘The Satanic Verses’ first published, writes Omar Waraich

Solidarity and Love to Salman Rushdie – stabbed onstage.

Solidarity and Love to Salman Rushdie – stabbed onstage.

Author Salman Rushdie has been attacked onstage at an event in New York state and stabbed in the neck, police have confirmed. (Guardian) Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death thr…

In Honor of Salman Rushdie, Novelist and Stabbing Victim: Midnight’s Other Children, by Juan Cole

In Honor of Salman Rushdie, Novelist and Stabbing Victim: Midnight’s Other Children, by Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Salman Rushdie, Booker Prize-winning novelist, was repeatedly stabbed on Friday at a literary event at Chautauqua Institution in western New York, where he ...

Read Salman Rushdie from the Index on Censorship archives

Read Salman Rushdie from the Index on Censorship archives

On 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie, the author of the book The Satanic Verses, was attacked as he prepared to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, an arts and education centre in ...

Islam, Blasphemy, and the East-West Divide

Islam, Blasphemy, and the East-West Divide

The fatwa against Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses never could have been issued if harsh views of blasphemy hadn't been so firmly entrenched in Islam.

Among the Blasphemers: On Salman Rushdie

Among the Blasphemers: On Salman Rushdie

Joseph Anton is a tale of betrayals: of free speech, communities, religion, marriages, personal convictions, friends. Among the Blasphemers: On Salman Rushdie

Who is Salman Rushdie? The writer who emerged from hiding

Who is Salman Rushdie? The writer who emerged from hiding

Rushdie suffered years of Islamist death threats after writing The Satanic Verses in 1988.

Thirty years on, why 'The Satanic Verses' remains so controversial

Thirty years on, why 'The Satanic Verses' remains so controversial

Author Salman Rushdie is in hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed by a man at an arts festival in New York state on Friday. The following article was published on the 30th ...

How one book ignited a culture war

How one book ignited a culture war

<p>20 years after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini sentenced Salman Rushdie to death for 'insulting' Islam with The Satanic Verses <strong>Andrew Anthony</strong> considers the repercussions for ...