Salman Rushdie says he may not have survived if The Satanic Verses had been published today
1 min readAuthor Salman Rushdie believes he may not have survived if he had published his controversial The Satanic Verses today due to the internet now making death threats common place: The Telegraph
Salman Rushdie may not have survived if he published his controversial The Satanic Verses today, because the febrile world of the internet has made death threats commonplace, the author has said.
Rushdie, who was placed under a fatwa in 1989 in response to the book, said the web has made hostility grow “exponentially”, with serious threats becoming “everyday”.
