February 2, 2009

After the Fatwa

Christopher Hitchens in Vanity Fair

When Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa on novelist Salman Rushdie for The Satanic Verses, it was the opening shot in a war on cultural freedom. Two decades later, the violence continues, and Muslim fundamentalists have gained a new advantage: media self-censorship.
Posted by dan at February 2, 2009 12:25 AM