The Guardian is blissfully unaware that Salman Rushdie had to deal with threats on his life every day.
“The fatwa forced @SalmanRushdie into hiding. Bookshops were firebombed. Translators and publishers were murdered. Yet @PenguinBooks never wavered in its commitment to The Satanic Verses.”
Oh how abysmally different things are today. Now they just submit.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/29/satanic-verses-sowed-seeds-of-rift-grown-ever-wider …
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Yasmine
@ConfessionsExMu have you read Douglas Murray's book - The Strange Death of Europe? Very enlightening! And scary -
Do you know one thing ? Europe is dying fast ? Ask me if you don't.
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A difficult read making fun of all religions not just Islam.
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@kenanmalik "Many anti-Rushdie campaigners were not religious, let alone 'fundamentalist', but young, leftwing activists." Who in turn were on the other side of the argument with:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_That_Dares_to_Speak_Its_Name … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ … because they're complete & utter hypocrites.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Don’t blame them too much. It’s a failure of government to protect freedom of speech.
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