Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie, (Devanagari : अहमद सलमान रश्दी Nastaliq:سلمان رشدی; born 19 June 1947) known as Mallun Rushdie in Islamic world, is a novelist and essayist and author of Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize. Many Muslims regard him as an agent of anti-Islamic forces. Rushdie was born in India, but lives in England.
He wrote a book in the year 1988, called The Satanic Verses. Many Muslims see the book as blasphemous against Islam. It included prophet Muhammad as a character and mentioned the Satanic verses in a way that can easily be understood as criticism of Muhammad. Many countries banned this book because they argued it tried to spread hatred about all Muslims in general and Prophet in particular.
The leader of the country of Iran talked on the radio about Rushdie. He said that Rushdie did not believe in Islam and that Rushdie should be executed for spreading the wrong and false word about Prophet Muhammad through this book. This is called a fatwa. In the year 1989, the British government began protecting Rushdie. In 1990, Rushdie wrote an essay, in which he tried to prove that he was a Muslim; he later said he is not a Muslim. Many sources say he is an atheist.
He has been married four times. His last marriage was to actress and model Padma Lakshmi; they divorced in 2007.
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- Contemporary writers: Salman Rushdie. British Council: Arts. Retrieved December 17, 2006.
- The Rushdie Experiment conducted in Tehran, Iran, in October/November 2006 to see if he has outlasted public hatred of him
- Long interview with Rushdie in which he provides context for the fatwa and reflects on the rise of Islamic fundamentalism
- Interview with Rushdie for Princeton Report on Knowledge about storytelling, freedom of expression and the 2004 US presidential election.
- Rushdie to teach at Emory
- New York Times special feature on Rushdie, 1999
- The Rushdie death threat affair
- Rushdie timeline
- Summaries of all his novels and links to interviews with Rushdie
