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Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is a writer and essayist. For a long time he lived under a threat of a death penalty from the Iranian religious power for his work Les Versets sataniques.

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“The Outsourcing of Evil”
by Salman Rushdie
20 January 2006
No doubts that the most unfortunate expression that has become part of the English vocabulary is “extraordinary rendition”, since “extraordinary” does not necessarily mean “extraordinary” but “secret”, “ruthless” and “extralegal”. And so does “rendition” – a polysemous term that may mean (…)
“Daggers in the heart of liberty”
by Salman Rushdie
28 June 2005
In war, truth and facts are usually the first casualties. The war on terror is a new sort of conflict, but truth is certainly embattled. For example, Guantánamo. Amnesty International released a report indicating that Guantánamo was the “gulag of our times”. This provoked a furious response by (…)
«The lost honor of King Tony Blair»
by Salman Rushdie
5 May 2005
The British seem fascinated by royal couples and when the Windsors lose their luster, the front pages of the newspapers are taken by rock stars, sports stars, movie stars or millionaires. It seems that this fascination has also extended into the political realm and it also seems that the British (…)

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“Daggers in the heart of liberty”

“The Outsourcing of Evil”

«The lost honor of King Tony Blair»