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We Ignored Salman Rushdie’s Warning
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Aug 16, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
We live in a culture in which many people believe that words are violence. In this, they have much in common with Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who issued the first fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989, and with Hadi Matar, the 24-year-old who stabbed the novelist in the neck on a stage in Western New York.
Today, as Rushdie recovers from his injuries, reflections from Bari on the profound impact that the words are violence crowd has had on our culture.
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Today, as Rushdie recovers from his injuries, reflections from Bari on the profound impact that the words are violence crowd has had on our culture.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Aug 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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