"...I have a hard time rushing to Yusuf Islam's defense because I never forgave him for advocating the execution of Salman Rushdie in 1989. He endorsed Khomeini's "fatwa" or death edict against Rushdie for the novel, Satanic Verses.
I thought it was funny that Rushdie went to the bother of ensuring that his writing didnt cross any of the English christian blasphemy laws - I think he refers to "the muslim god" in it ? - he must have felt pretty smug with himself when it was cleared by the lawyers and printed
only to feel pretty stupid and scared after the fatwa was announcedRushdie intentionally wrote to offend, he's a publicity whore - this wasnt a case of censorship of self expression, he had already censored it himself to be within English law at the time
admittedly he doesnt deserve to die for that, but I dont think he deserves much sympathy either
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