Sir Salman has long faced death threats for his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses.
I have never understood the death threats against him.
The Kite Runner and other books by Khaled Hosseini and Kabul by Mimi Hirsh are much more condemning about some parts of Islamic culture than Rushdie ever was.
FYI, this post is replicated in the feed. No one has commented on the other yet...might be a good time to delete it
I have read and enjoyed a few of Rushdie's books, including The Satanic Verses. I didn't see anything that warranted a fatwah or any kind of negative sanction. All that the outraged Islamists have achieved is to show how incredibly thin-skinned they are. They really can't take a joke. Pathetic.
Thin skinned like their Trump god.
@CuddyCruiser Technically it's the Christian nationalists who are in the thrall of the Done Cheato. Islamists consider him enemy infidel. But I know what you mean.
@Flyingsaucesir The craziness of it all!! They’re all whack jobs any way you look at it.
I remember a Jehovahs witness telling me when I was 16 that their ‘god’ is the only ‘real god’.
@CuddyCruiser The JWs are way out there alright....an apocalyptic cult.