
The world’s biggest book fair opens Wednesday under a cloud of controversy with Iran calling on all Muslim nations to boycott the exhibition because author Salman Rushdie has been invited to speak. Organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair defended the
by AFP12 Oct 2015, 1:38 AM PST0

HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher and author Salman Rushdie discussed the refugees fleeing the Middle East and Africa, arguing “the answer can’t really be that we empty out the Middle East of all the moderates” and “the solution to
by Ian Hanchett11 Sep 2015, 9:47 PM PST0

The PEN award to the survivors of the Charlie Hebdo massacre has drawn some very distinguished fire.
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler1 May 2015, 10:00 AM PST0

Zainub Priya Dala, a South African Muslim author and psychologist, was “violently attacked for expressing admiration for Salman Rushdie” the day after praising the author. After countless phoned-in threats to recant, Dala was placed under psychiatric care in which she was “drugged until I could not walk” and advised to adopt a proper Muslim lifestyle.
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler14 Apr 2015, 9:58 AM PST0

Wednesday at the University of Vermont, “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie defended the Charlie Hebdo murdered cartoonists’ right to offend with free speech. Rushdie said, “Charlie Hebdo attacked everything. It attacked Muslims, the Pope, Israel and rabbis, black people
by Pam Key15 Jan 2015, 9:31 AM PST0

During the airing of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on January 9, Maher commented on the Charlie Hebdo attack by saying that while he believes “the vast majority of Muslims would never do anything like this,” it seems “they share bad ideas.”
by AWR Hawkins12 Jan 2015, 5:51 AM PST0