The Dish Rag
Hassan Sanei, who heads the religious organization behind the standing bounty, reportedly says in a statement, "I am adding another $500,000 to the reward for killing Salman Rushdie, and anyone who carries out this sentence will receive the whole...
The New York Times
Search This Blog Search Follow This Blog Twitter News and Commentary Recent Posts September 17 An Iranian religious foundation reportedly raised the price on the novelist Salman Rushdie's head to $3.3 million, claiming that his murder would stop...
The independent
Best-selling authors rallied to support Sir Salman Rushdie last night over the announcement by an Iranian religious foundation that it was raising its bounty for his murder. Sir Salman is in New York where he is promoting the publication of a memoir...
USA Today
And don't miss a review of We Sinners (3 1/2 stars) , a story that "offers grace, insight and compassion."...Check out exclusive photos from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , the first of the three-movie adaptation . Rushdie fatwa: According to the...
The New York Times
Now, with Joseph Anton, Mr. Rushdie has written a memoir that chronicles those years in hiding a memoir, coming after several disappointing novels, that reminds us of his fecund gift for language and his talent for explicating the psychological...
EW - PopWatch
Hillary Busis Twenty-three years ago, Booker Prize-winning writer Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding when his novel, The Satanic Verses , provoked fervent protests, death threats, and a fatwa from Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran. Now the author is...