Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Salman Rushdie, threatened over book, defends free speech

FILE - This Sept. 8, 2012 file photo shows author Salman Rushdie posing during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Rushdie who lived for years under a death threat after his 1988 book "The Satanic Verses" drew the wrath of Iranian religious leaders is going to be speaking at the University of Vermont. The Wednesday talk by Rushdie was planned long before last week's attack by Islamic extremists killed 12 at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Rushdie is scheduled to speak about his 1990 children's book, "Haroun and the Sea of Stories." He is expected to address the attacks on Charlie Hebdo. (AP Photo/The Canadian Presss, Chris Young, File) BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Author Salman Rushdie, who lived for years under a death threat after his 1988 book "The Satanic Verses" drew the wrath of Iranian religious leaders, is defending the absolute right of free speech.








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