Posted on 07/24/2008 10:23:32 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- In Salman Rushdie's new novel, "The Enchantress of Florence," the exasperated Mughal emperor Akbar the Great agrees to let a mysterious Florentine adventurer, Mogor dell'Amore, finish a tale. But as the troublesome Mogor prepares to continue, Akbar says with a touch of venom: "A curse on all storytellers. And a pox on your children, too."
It wasn't so long ago that the Indian-born author was a hunted man, placed under guard in an undisclosed location, because of an Islamic edict, or fatwa, against his life issued by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini. All for telling a story -- 1988's "The Satanic Verses."
Some radical Muslims believe the fatwa, declared for what they believe was blasphemy against Islam, remains in effect despite Iran declaring it lifted. That a book could be grounds for assassination is a belief that some Westerners routinely invoke -- particularly in these war on terror times -- when boasting about the superiority of Western culture.
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Just my own opinion of course, but being married to her would take some of the pain away from any fatwa.
his EX??? he really isn’t as smart as everyone thinks then...
Some people think of him as cursed for having a fatwa over his head.....I think of him as one heck of a lucky guy!
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