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Originally posted by MindWaste:
Who is Salman Rushdie' and what in Jesus's name are you doing in his spare bedroom??
(edited 10-12-2001).]
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He's a British author, he wrote the book 'The Satanic Verses' which in one section was a little teeny bit satirical about a section of the Koran, and for his trouble he had a fatwa placed upon him by the late and not-very-lamented Iranian leader, Ayatollah Khomeini. The threat was serious enough (he had I believe a million dollar price tag on his head from the Iranian government) that he was placed under protective custody by the UK government. There were all the usual fun things, like book burnings in some of our more Muslim populated cities, much to the annoyance of the more moderate Muslims here; death-threats and a few failed attempts by some Iranians to kill him.
Eventually, after Khomeini popped his clogs the Iranian's removed the fatwa, but not until Salman had sold millions of booka and appeard on stage with U2 (I kid you not). But he's still not many Muslim's number one hero, so he still has a 24/7 police protection.
The book wasn't even that good.
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