Salman Rushdie Drops the Fatwa Into a Conversation at His High School Reunion

May 26, 2010

“I can’t believe you actually own a Toyota dealership. That’s incredible.  Me? Not much. The Ayatollah Khomeini ordered my execution. Yeah he pretty much declared a holy war on me for something I wrote in a book. I was in hiding for like 10 years. Yeah, pretty crazy. I still get threats, but it’s different since he died. How old are your twins now? Really? Sophomores?”

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