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Salman Rushdie's Defiance (with David Remnick)
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Is There a Difference Between a Fatwa and a Sting?
The fatwa distinctly, not only did it say that this book was, you know, blasphemous. And when Rushdie against his better instincts, and I think out of a sense of panic to protect not only himself, but everybody involved, agreed to meet some Muslim leaders in London against his better instinct. He issued a series of statements expressing contrition. The Ayatollah Khomeini's reaction to this was, let's just say he wasn't impressed, they laid in dollar short. Even if he became the most pious man on earth, he should still be killed.
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