Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa has come back to haunt Salman Rushdie once again. Iran is threatening to boycott the Frankfurt Book Fair because Rushdie was invited to give the keynote speech. You could also read our essay on how Rushdie passed the time while in hiding.
Iran Boycotts Rushdie… Again
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Where are the PEN ******* running to Rushdie’s defense?
I’m guessing we won’t see it.
This obviously being an instance of the subaltern re-asserting Himself at the level of the geo-political….