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Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand
AP, via ktul.com ^ | Oct 23, 2022

Posted on 10/24/2022 9:13:26 AM PDT by Conservat1

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1 posted on 10/24/2022 9:13:26 AM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Conservat1

Now he a Padma can compare scars


2 posted on 10/24/2022 9:18:32 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Conservat1

“The Satanic Verses,”

I remember when this first came out. Many of the book stores refused to carry it as they were scared of the moslems.

It was never printed in a paperback version for fear of moslems.


3 posted on 10/24/2022 9:28:05 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( FR is on GAB! https://gab.com/groups/67851)
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To: al baby

They’ve been divorced for 15 years.


4 posted on 10/24/2022 9:45:08 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Conservat1

Hadi Matar, 24,

Example “A” of someone unfit to live with the rest of us.


5 posted on 10/24/2022 10:03:27 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I’m pretty sure my copy is soft cover.


6 posted on 10/24/2022 10:07:31 AM PDT by Hessian (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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To: Conservat1

Arab Muhammadans never forget, and never forgive.


7 posted on 10/24/2022 10:10:53 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

and never shower


8 posted on 10/24/2022 10:12:04 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I read the book, it is interesting on many levels, and a fun read. We now have a Prime minister of Indian descent, one of the themes in the book was people of India being sorta second tier in England and the perceived discrimination. He roasts Mohammad.


9 posted on 10/24/2022 10:50:21 AM PDT by carcraft (Pray for our Countr)
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To: Conservat1

Apparently the US under Reagan gave half hearted support to Rushdie, sort of wishing he didn’t use free speech the way he did.


10 posted on 10/24/2022 11:01:05 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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carcraft’
I read it recently after having it on my “to do” list for many years. I’m glad I read it. Your description is right on. Had Rushdie written about Jesus of Nazareth in the same vein, it would hardly have been controversial. No one would have been stabbed or shot.


11 posted on 10/24/2022 11:08:09 AM PDT by oldplayer
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