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Rushdie on run after threat
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INDIAN-born British novelist Salman Rushdie, holidaying in India, has checked out of his Bombay hotel room, a hotel official said today after hardline Muslims threatened to "blacken" the author’s face. His departure came after a local Muslim group offered a 100,000-rupee ($2710) award to anyone who would "blacken his face". Blackening a person’s face with shoe polish or soot is considered a grave insult in India.
that’s because they are rascist, although since they aren’t westerners that’s OK with the PC crowd
The novelist, born in Bombay to a Muslim family, sparked fury among Muslims worldwide 15 years ago with his controversial novel "The Satanic Verses" which is viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims. "We definitely wanted to blacken his face and hence announced an award for anyone who would do the daring act," said Suhail Rokadia, general secretary of the Raza Academy, the organisation which spearheaded the anti-Rushdie campaign. Yesterday, more than 100 Indian Muslims jumped up and down, rolled their eyes, hooted, hollered, and wet themselves protested in Bombay against the writer’s visit, carrying banners saying "Kill Salman Rushdie" and "Kill Rushdie, the White Collar Terrorist".
If we ever took incitement to violence as serious, the Koran would have to be banned |