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Winfield Myers: European elites are cowed by radical Islamists
Winfield Myers, The Examiner Sep 7, 2006 5:00 AM (1198 days ago)WASHINGTON When Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against “Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie in 1989 for “blasphemy” against Islam, the reaction was swift: Rushdie repented and killed the paperback edition of his novel, lest he be killed himself. As the BBC put it in 1990, “He renewed his faith in Islam on Christmas Eve and disassociated himself from the anti-Muslim sentiments expressed by characters in his book.”
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