A tsunami of outrage: Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses
by Julian Borger in Washington from on (#62EX5)
The writer had no idea his novel would unleash such anger and become a litmus test of freedom of expression
When Salman Rushdie wrote his novel The Satanic Verses in September 1988, he thought its many references to Islam might cause some ripples.
I expected a few mullahs would be offended, call me names, and then I could defend myself in public," Rushdie would tell an interviewer much later.
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