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The August Attack on Salman Rushdie: Muslim Leaders revisit their positions against the Satanic Verses

researcher2 years ago015 mins

75-year-old “The Satanic Verses” author Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie was attacked on Friday 12th August at the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York where he was to speak about the importance of America giving asylum to exiled writers.He sustained multiple life-threatening injuries and was put on a ventilator1. 24-year old Hadi Matar has been arrested…

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Sir Salman Rushdie wages questions over new book – libel, or freedom of expression?

Euro-Islam16 years ago15 years ago01 mins

Salman Rushdie is threatening to sue publisher John Blake Publishing Ltd. over a book by a former bodyguard that he says portrays him as mean, nasty, tight-fisted, arrogant, and extremely unpleasant. Rushdie’s lawyer Mark Stephens wrote a letter to the publisher, demanding that the book – called On Her Majesty’s Service – be withdrawn from…

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