Sir Salman Rushdie: A life spent fighting free speech - attacked at a bastion of free speech

Its leader the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or death sentence, demanding Rushdie's killing.

He took it as the cue to emerge from hiding and begin to lead a more normal life. He appeared in interviews - and even comedy sketches - exploring his predicament.An organisation that is effectively a branch of the Iranian government put a $3m bounty on his head.

People in the comments who think SlyNews’ wording ‘fighting free speech’ is just an accident. 😂 This is SlyNews, this wording is quite intentional.

Islamic terrorism tell it how it is . Shine the truth on this beastly cult and it's followers are red in tooth and claw .

sympathy for Salman Rushdie and not the 19 Palestinian children slaughtered by Israel this week.?

Quite a few people have died due to that book being published. I accept we choose how to respond to things, but why stir up a hornet's nest the way he did? As an aside, fatwas belong in the distant past.

At what point do we acknowledge there is a compatabilty problem with Islam here in the secular West?

By a ardent follower of the reIigion of peace.

'Fighting' free speech, or 'fighting FOR' free speech? Pretty sure this was pointed out hours ago, yet you've failed to correct it. Real professional :P

A life spent insulting muslims

Fighting “for” free speech perhaps?

BREAKING: News channel that pumps government propaganda constantly reports on free speech

Fighting free speech? And to think I use to like him. I feel foolish now. 😕

Fighting Muslims.

I hate that my first thought was another diversion!

Why holocaust Freedom of speech

Fighting for

In 1990, Ayatollah Ruhollah, the Supreme Leader of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Sir Salman Rushdie.

It is written in his fate. He should have changed his Muslim name too. Most hated man in Muslim Countries, Don’t feel sorry for him. People who hurt feelings of millions of People bound to end up getting hurt.

There is no such as free speech in any country on earth. In the UK like many other nation acceptable speech is governed & dictated by the ruling class. Every time you propagandists attack the people you deem as enemy you use the bs notion of 'free speech'.

That is his written in his fate.

who cares

Headline makes no sense

knight of the realm, no security

Glad you removed the controversial part

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