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2006-12-03 Europe
Rushdie says no longer fears Islamic death threat
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Posted by Steve White 2006-12-03 01:01|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 "I don't know what the Iranians think of me except for the fact that at one point they wanted to kill me and now they don't seem as interested," ...

Talk about a case of a man whistling past his own freshly dug grave.
Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-12-03 01:49|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]  2006-12-03 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 And so Rushdie speaks for the people of Manhattan. "Well, now they have got that out of their system..."
Posted by Excalibur 2006-12-03 03:15||   2006-12-03 03:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if any life insurance company will sell him a policy.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-03 07:20||   2006-12-03 07:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Salmom is in denial. I suppose it's a defense mechanism of sorts. I note the dateline on this story is Lisbon, Portugal as opposed to, say, Tehran, Iran. Let's see him spend time in any city in the muslim world without the need for body guards. Hell, let's see him spend time in any European city without the need for body guards. It's not going to happen.
Posted by Mark Z 2006-12-03 07:57||   2006-12-03 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Salmom is in denial.

That's Pink, not Salmon.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-03 08:10||   2006-12-03 08:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Obviously, Rushdie has never seen the movie "International Gorillay", made in 1990. It would make him tremble in his booties:

(review and description)

http://tinyurl.com/yzbxt5

(YouTube video of the climactic ending, in which Rushdie is finally destroyed by the flying, laser beam emitting Korans.)

http://tinyurl.com/yjzujy
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-03 08:37||   2006-12-03 08:37|| Front Page Top

#7 "I don't see what happened as a publicity tool for my books."

Well, it sure wasn't the books selling themselves. Satanic Verses was damn near unreadable.
Posted by Pappy 2006-12-03 10:36||   2006-12-03 10:36|| Front Page Top

#8 The last chapter of Rushdie's life will be entitled "jay-eye-aych-aye-dee-eye"
Posted by Hyper 2006-12-03 10:54||   2006-12-03 10:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Rushdie converted to islam. Lacking balls if you ask me.

ABC or CBS just had Cat Stevens on calling for Rushdie's murder. Anyone remember when the rock apes for Allen over at CAIR called Cat Stevens's expulsion from New York, "racist"? Apparently the goat monkeys of Mecca think Stevens's half Swede and half Greek heritage is a protected class...

The Satanic Verses controversy (Wiki)

The publication of The Satanic Verses in September 1988 caused immediate controversy in the Islamic world due to what was perceived as an irreverent depiction of the pedophile for prophet Muhammad. The title refers to a Muslim tradition that is related in the book. Muhammad (Mahound in the book) added verses to the Qur'an accepting three goddesses that used to be worshipped in Mecca as divine beings. According to the legend Muhammad later revoked the verses (something he commonly did) saying the devil tempted him to utter these lines to appease the Meccans (hence the Satanic Verses).
Posted by Icerigger 2006-12-03 11:34||   2006-12-03 11:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Icerigger:

I saw the story you refer to this morning on the CBS "Sunday Morning" program.

I was reminded from the story that "Yusef Islam's" first recorded hit was entitled : The First Cut is Deepest and that his first album was entitled" New Masters.

How ironic. The titles are so...islamic.

I'm certain I still have a Cat Stephens LP album or two stored away down in the basement. As I recall I own "Buddha and the Chocolate Factory" and "Tea for the Tillerman". Which reminds me: I need to throw them away. Today.
Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z  2006-12-03 14:16||   2006-12-03 14:16|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm thinking this story calls for the toast graphic.
Posted by xbalanke 2006-12-03 14:22||   2006-12-03 14:22|| Front Page Top

#12 Ehhhh... maybe he just thinks he is farther down on their "to-do" list, and his odds of dying of old age before they get around to him are a little better.
Posted by Sgt. Mom 2006-12-03 18:21|| www.sgtryker.com]">[www.sgtryker.com]  2006-12-03 18:21|| Front Page Top

#13 Mr Z
Burn them all, burn them all !
Posted by Ray B 2006-12-03 19:44||   2006-12-03 19:44|| Front Page Top

#14 Salman's next book is sure to get him some more attention:

Fatso; The Life of Buddha
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-12-03 22:00||   2006-12-03 22:00|| Front Page Top

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