“When have I ever suggested you burn them? I am allowed to have opinions, aren’t I? And I don’t hate them—I don’t… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“When the Washington Post telephoned me at home on Valentine's Day 1989 to ask my opinion about the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwah ,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
So when I studied history at Cambridge, I did a special subject in that, exactly that. And then actually that - while… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“and the incident of the Satanic verses in the early career of the Prophet, and the politics of Muhammad’s harem after his… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Well, we're still in the middle of it. And it doesn't show any sign of going away. And these attacks that were… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Mind you, I do recall that Salman Rushdie actually came second in a science fiction writing competition organized by Gollancz in the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The problem for US officials is the same problem that filters through all the other sections of our societies. It goes something… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
We've seen violent responses to 'Satanic Verses.' We've seen violent responses to the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in an evil way. — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
In writing 'The Satanic Verses,' I think I was writing for the first time from the whole of myself. The English part,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“The Pakistani film International Gorillay (International guerillas), produced by Sajjad Gul, told the story of a group of local heroes - of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I've read The Satanic Verses and I thought it a nasty, sneering, free-thinking book... I can understand why the book is offensive… — Maurice Cowling Copy Share Image
“It was the means of making it clear that no matter how painful, Muhammad needed to be true to himself, to his… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I opposed the Fatwa against Salman Rushdie. I read the book and took a critical distance. I did not think The Satanic… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
