145 Authors Protest ‘Freedom of Expression’ Award to Charlie Hebdo as Islamophobic
The PEN award to the survivors of the Charlie Hebdo massacre has drawn some very distinguished fire.
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Female Muslim Author Beaten, Sent to Mental Hospital After Praising Rushdie
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.
Rushdie: ‘The Moment You Limit Free Speech, It’s Not Free Speech’
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
Bill Maher: Paris Attack Suggests Muslims ‘Share Bad Ideas’
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.”
