Many Of Us Didn't Believe In The

Your Blasphemy, Salman, Can't Be Forgiven. To Set Your Words Against The Words Of God.

My Father Decided That He Was Such A Admirer Of Ibn Rushd's Philosophy, Thinking That He Changed The Family Name To Rushdie. I Realized Why My Father Was So Interested In Him, Because He Was Really An Incredibly Modernizing Voice Inside Our Islamic Culture.

Few Topographical Boundaries Can Rival The Frontiers Of The Mind.

I Grew Up Kissing Books And Bread.

Out-of-step Intellectuals Like Noam Chomsky And The Deceased Edward Said Have Often Been Dismissed As Crazy Extremists, 'anti-american,' And In Mr. Said's Case Even, Absurdly, As Apologists For Palestinian 'terrorism.'