Salman Rushdie, one of the most renowned writers in the world, and the former husband of Padma Lakshmi, was attacked and stabbed in the neck on Aug. 12. Here’s what to know about Salman Rushd…
On February 14, 1989, Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decrees a death sentence for author Salman Rushdie after publication of his novel The Satanic Verses ignited a storm of outrage among Muslims, many of whom consider the book blasphemous. The controversy would test the...
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