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Salman Rushdie's Defiance (with David Remnick)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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The Fatwa and the Ayatollah Khomeini

CNN's John Sutter: Salman Rushdie was attacked and stabbed in 2022. He says the fatwa has not gone out, but a young man took it as an opportunity to kill him. The killer is now awaiting trial for attempted murder; he faces up to 30 years behind bars. 'Had there not been the fatwa, Rushdie would be better shape today,' Sutter writes.

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