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 […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 14, 2011
1 Comments
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