Author Salman Rushdie, marking his return to the literary world after a violent attack last year
source: bcnews“I’ve always tried very hard not to adopt the role of a victim
source: bcnewshe recently told New Yorker magazine editor David Remnick
source: bcnewsThe story marked Rushdie’s first interview since he was stabbed
source: bcnewsIn 1989, Rushdie defied advice to lie low after Iran's late supreme leader
source: bcnewsAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, put a virtual contract on his life in response to his novel
source: bcnewswhich many Muslims found blasphemous or at least outrageously irreverent
source: bcnews