It should come as no surprise that the government of Iran believes that Salman Rushdie had it coming, Sun columnist Anthony Furey writes.
on Monday saying that “we do not consider anyone other than and his supporters worthy of reproach and condemnation.”“exposed himself to popular outrage by insulting Islamic sanctities and crossing the red lines of 1.5 billion Muslims.” The author’s supposed sin was writing the novel The Satanic Verses, which led to Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa in 1989 to call for Rushdie’s death.
They want us to believe that Rushdie is the problem. He isn’t. He never was. The problem has always been that some Muslims got so worked up about a novel that they didn’t even read that they were willing to riot and undertake bombings and murders in response.tap here to see other videos from our teamThe answer has always been simple: Don’t like it, don’t read it.
Back when the fatwa was first issued, more people took a firmer stand than we’re seeing now. As The New York Times reported in February 1989: “ The writer’s association PEN organized readings of The Satanic Verses in Manhattan which included celebrities like Joan Didion, Larry McMurtry and Don DeLillo.We apologize, but this video has failed to load.Progressives were once much more open to the idea of telling outraged Muslims to get over themselves. About 15 years ago, there was something of an atheist moment popular in liberal circles, with bestselling books by the late great Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris.
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