Rushdie | Maryam Namazie

There is a need for blasphemy

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On October 10, 2012
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blasphemy, Day of Agreement, free expression, Rushdie

In the recent BBC documentary on The Fatwa: Salman Rushdie’s Story, writer Hanif Kureishi says: Rushdie speaks in the book for Muslims. This is an extremely important book. He speaks for their doubts. He speaks the bits of them that they actually think and feel sometimes – do I really believe in all this stuff […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 14, 2011
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censorship, facebook, Rushdie

Ophelia Benson reports that Facebook de-activated Salman Rushdie’s account but has now re-activated it, though it initially asked him to call himself Ahmed Rushdie. I’m not surprised.

There is a need for blasphemy

Facebook and Salman Rushdie