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Rushdie glad he wrote 'Satanic Verses'

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    • Agencies Tags : literature, satanic verses, rushdie, fatwa Posted: Wednesday, Oct 01, 2008 at 1645 hrs
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    Salman Rushdie doesn't regret writing 'The Satanic Verses'.
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    The Satanic Verses was banned in India, and Ayatollah Khomeini, then supreme leader of Iran, in 1989 issued a 'fatwa' calling on all Muslims to murder Rushdie forcing him to go into hiding for the best part of ten years.

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    DeathBy: CM | 19-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward Death to the freedom of speech, the freedom of thought, and the freedom to offend.
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