SIR SALMAN RUSHDIE has confessed that he pretended to “embrace Islam” in the hope that it would reduce the threat of Muslims acting on the fatwa to kill him.
The author issued a statement in 1990 in order to defuse the row about his novel The Satanic Verses, which had provoked Muslims across the world. He claimed he had renewed his Muslim faith, had repudiated the attacks on Islam in his novel and was committed to working for better understanding of the religion across the world.
However, in an interview to be broadcast next month, Rushdie now claims his reversion to the religion of his birth was all a “pretence”.
Seriously, did anyone think that Rushdie was sincere? (11:17 AM)
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