Amir Ahmadi Arian · Diary: Rushdie, Khomeini and Me lrb.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lrb.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Booker Prize winning author of Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie has made a rare public appearance on Wednesday night at the Václav Havel Center in Ne.
Weeks after Salman Rushdie’s book ‘Satanic Verses’ was released, on February 14, 1989 Iran’s state broadcaster stopped its daily programs to air a fatwas
Weeks after Salman Rushdie’s book ‘Satanic Verses’ was released, on February 14, 1989 Iran’s state broadcaster stopped its daily programs to air a fatwas
In 1989, only months away from his deathbed, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini captured the raging waves of hatred against Rushdie engulfing the Muslim world. The Islamic Republic under his successor appears to be trying to surf the same waves once again.