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eppur_se_muova

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Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:35 AM Sep 2012

Salman Rushdie: Satanic Verses 'would not be published today' (BBC)

Sir Salman Rushdie has said he does not think his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses would be published today because of a climate of "fear and nervousness".

The writer said the banning of his book in many countries and the subsequent threats on his life had created a "long-term chilling effect".

"A book which was critical of Islam would be difficult to be published now," he told the BBC's Will Gompertz.

He said the only way to solve the issue was for publishers to "be braver".

"The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff," he said.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19600879

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Salman Rushdie: Satanic Verses 'would not be published today' (BBC) (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Sep 2012 OP
In other words, the religious lunatics have won. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #1
The Salman Rushdie documentary is up Quantess Sep 2012 #2
I don't agree. ananda Sep 2012 #3

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2. The Salman Rushdie documentary is up
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:57 AM
Sep 2012

currently on the 1st page of the Video & Mutimedia forum. I watched it yesterday, and it is fascinating. His life was ruined for years, during the Fatwa.

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