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Reader comment on item: The Rushdie Fatwa 25 Years Later
Submitted by Mark D (United States), Feb 26, 2014 at 17:11
Twenty-five years ago today, Ayatollah Khomeini brought his edict down on Salman Rushdie. Iran's revolutionary leader objected to the author's magical-realist novel The Satanic Verses because of its insults to the Muslim prophet Muhammad and responded by calling for the execution of Rushdie and "all those involved in the publication who were aware of its contents."
In the news, if you ruffle Islam's feathers, there would be hell to pay - riots, violence, and call for execution. Why's that? And is it Islam or Muslims only?
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| The Right [43 words] | Mark D | Feb 26, 2014 19:41 | 213448 | ||
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| The Notion [141 words] | Mark D. | Feb 17, 2014 20:20 | 213260 | ||
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| 4 | Salman Rushdi revisited [155 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 15, 2014 09:45 | 213225 | |
| Rushdie Fatwa 33 Years Later - Obviously, No Expiration Date for Implementation of Extremism in Opposition to Tolerance [19 words] | M Tovey | Aug 12, 2022 14:56 | 213225 | ||
| 1 | Biden's comment on the attack on Rushdie was vacuous. [199 words] | Prashant | Aug 13, 2022 17:38 | 213225 | |
| Tovey: Surat al-Anfal: 12 [250 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 14, 2022 08:32 | 213225 | ||
| Investigation and Later Examination of Attack Will Likely Reveal Nothing More Than Latent Hatred Instilled From the Ages [207 words] | M Tovey | Aug 14, 2022 23:34 | 213225 | ||
| NPR reporters are more worried about the so called "Islamophobia." Rushdie? He does not count after all his book is "Controversial" [389 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 15, 2022 06:38 | 213225 | ||
| A screenshot of the vile tweet by the "genius" Pakistani Rehan M Sapir [49 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 15, 2022 07:01 | 213225 | ||
| Tovey: Hit/Beat or Strike? [70 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 15, 2022 15:33 | 213225 | ||
| 1 | Is there widespread support in the Islamic world for violence against Rushdie [306 words] | Prashant | Aug 15, 2022 19:16 | 213225 | |
| Forensic Analysis Would Be Required to Determine 'Blunt Force,' 'Sharp Force,' Trauma; Depends Upon Which Weapon Deployed [303 words] | M Tovey | Aug 15, 2022 20:32 | 213225 | ||
| Tovey: Hit/Beat or Strike and Lisan al-'Arab [163 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 16, 2022 08:26 | 213225 | ||
| Striking an Intended Target/Victim is in Effect Demonstrating No Love Any More Than Hitting or Beating [155 words] | M Tovey | Aug 16, 2022 12:08 | 213225 | ||
| In Quest of what is the Quranic ضرب or Hitting/Beating really means! [347 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 16, 2022 16:13 | 213225 | ||
| In the Quest of Questioning the Source of Motives Where to Strike When Hitting the Victim Targeted for Beating [155 words] | M Tovey | Aug 17, 2022 00:38 | 213225 | ||
| For DNM: In France, Another Example May Provide Clarification [115 words] | M Tovey | Aug 17, 2022 13:57 | 213225 | ||
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| M Tovey's million dollar question [178 words] | Prashant | Aug 19, 2022 01:42 | 213225 | ||
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| Fanaticism from the left and the religious against humanity. [107 words] | steven L | Feb 14, 2014 23:08 | 213218 | ||
| 3 | Blind faith [24 words] | Pudentiana | Feb 14, 2014 16:11 | 213213 | |
| So True [72 words] | Sirocco110 | Feb 14, 2014 23:23 | 213213 | ||
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| 1 | Answers to prayer [72 words] | Jana | Feb 17, 2014 08:58 | 213202 |
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