'It's the books that matter, not the knives': Salman Rushdie | The Conversation | BBC News India

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  • @qalat23
    @qalat23 Год назад +247

    It is shame for any man to attack an elder man because you disagree with his view, once savge always. Long life to Rushdi !

    • @justamuslim2628
      @justamuslim2628 Год назад +1

      Yes. A big shame. In Arabic such act of violence is called غدر and it's forbidden in Islam.

    • @wahidurrahman77
      @wahidurrahman77 Год назад +30

      Religion of PEACE 😂

    • @justamuslim2628
      @justamuslim2628 Год назад +5

      @@wahidurrahman77 Yes it is the religion of peace.

    • @jimj2683
      @jimj2683 Год назад

      The quran should be burned by everyone.

    • @qalat23
      @qalat23 Год назад +4

      @Vagabond-yu2gk likewise all religion pretend to be peace, I observed closely, how they're.

  • @KNKLDK
    @KNKLDK Год назад +42

    Admire the courage of Salman Rushdie. To live for twenty years without any security talks volumes about it.

  • @EarlEBird-fz6yr
    @EarlEBird-fz6yr Год назад +66

    I was, like so many of us, horrified to witness Salman Rushdie being attacked in the way he was and now delighted to see that he has made a recovery. A giant in the literary world and to one who I send my grateful thanks, his work has followed and captivated me for years.

    • @txt4r
      @txt4r 4 месяца назад

      giant in literary world ??
      No one has read any of his novels -- they are totally unreadable
      would u support him if her wrote a novel eg SatXX Chews ??

  • @showmetheway2
    @showmetheway2 Год назад +93

    The things that modern medicine can do are so impressive.
    Of course, the strength of the individual is a huge factor.
    Well done on everything,Sir.

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      @bbcnewsindia  Год назад +7

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    • @prasannagundawade4188
      @prasannagundawade4188 9 месяцев назад

      Yes

  • @SuperTonyony
    @SuperTonyony Год назад +175

    For those who are unaware, many of Rushdie’s books and short stories fall under the heading of fantasy or alternate histories. As a person whose reading tastes lean toward sf and fantasy but very rarely toward “high brow fiction”, I was very pleasantly surprised at how imaginative and engaging Rushdie’s fantasy works are. I recommend him very highly! 👍🏻😊❤️

    • @bbcnewsindia
      @bbcnewsindia  Год назад +17

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    • @jovannacarranza1881
      @jovannacarranza1881 Год назад

      ​@@bbcnewsindiayou people don't know what he truly said all those years ago do you.

    • @bakihanma4826
      @bakihanma4826 Год назад

      ​@@jovannacarranza1881western standards they support

    • @UmarFarooque-ds3fk
      @UmarFarooque-ds3fk Год назад +2

      @@jovannacarranza1881 what he said bro , I also wanna know, please tell me

    • @indipacifician3693
      @indipacifician3693 Год назад

      @@bbcnewsindia You didnt mention islamism or islamic supremacy or anything about islam. Nice taqyiya and hypocrisy. If a hindu guy did it the same BBC would go like "hindu RSS bla bla bla knife attack" LOL

  • @rajr1032
    @rajr1032 Год назад +108

    A brave writer, and a true hero!

    • @jovannacarranza1881
      @jovannacarranza1881 Год назад +1

      Hiding like a coward and disrespecting people is being a hero and a great writer.

    • @Akira-dm3tj
      @Akira-dm3tj Год назад +10

      ​​@@jovannacarranza1881
      Well, what else do you expect? His life is in danger because people from some particular religion just don't like their religion questioned.

    • @jovannacarranza1881
      @jovannacarranza1881 Год назад +1

      @@Akira-dm3tj ask yourself why was his life in danger? Was it because he offended people because he felt like it.

    • @jovannacarranza1881
      @jovannacarranza1881 Год назад

      @@Akira-dm3tj Habibi people like Salman Rushdie don't care about you or anyone else they just like to cause trouble. He's a narcissistic, hypocrite, racist man and people like you are supporting him because you're either like him or you're just so arrogant.

    • @jovannacarranza1881
      @jovannacarranza1881 Год назад +1

      @@Akira-dm3tj in Islam Allah says don't disrespect people don't go out of your way to hurt them because we're all created to be equal. That's how Islam spread by teaching others to love and respect.

  • @elspethgibson7625
    @elspethgibson7625 Год назад +78

    This is why we have to stop making cultural excuses for fanaticism. We have to fight religious extremism in all its manifestations

    • @theinnerlight8016
      @theinnerlight8016 Год назад

      Like it's not one specific religion that's causing extremists violence in the modern times.
      I don't see many Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus or Jains committing acts of violence in the name of their faith.

    • @ibrahimanan1874
      @ibrahimanan1874 Год назад

      Yes, true, but Salman Rashidi is one of them

    • @anastasiabeaverhausen8220
      @anastasiabeaverhausen8220 Год назад

      Rushdie is not a religious person as he said in this interview. We all have the right to have Freedom FROM religion. Leave him alone. People have other views and beliefs than yours alone.@@ibrahimanan1874

    • @ia1530
      @ia1530 Год назад

      One way is to stop provoking and pointing to people’s religion-like this idiot did.

    • @holyleague8286
      @holyleague8286 Год назад

      @@ibrahimanan1874 how he is a religious extremist when he show the truth fase a devil which was hiding as a god called al-lah 👹

  • @theicemaiden5816
    @theicemaiden5816 Год назад +42

    I think Mr Rushdie has been and remains very brave. I get the feeling he didn't know quite how adored he was until he saw how much support he was getting after the attack. He has given readers much joy through his work (myself included) over the decades and I personally love his "this has happened, now let's deal with it" attitude. I wish him the very best and hope that the psychopath who attacked him goes away for a very, very long time.

    • @Cromwelldunbar
      @Cromwelldunbar Год назад +2

      Very, very brave: superhuman…and ever modest and humble…God bless the Man!

    • @javedbutt6222
      @javedbutt6222 Год назад

      ​@@CromwelldunbarHe doesn't believe in God

    • @proudatheist2042
      @proudatheist2042 Год назад

      ​@@Cromwelldunbardo you mean Salman Rushdie for the vile, pathetic excuse of a man who stabbed Salman?

    • @eddiek6660
      @eddiek6660 Год назад

      @@javedbutt6222anyone with half a brain doesn’t believe in “God” 🙄

    • @shivinunitholi2493
      @shivinunitholi2493 Год назад +1

      @@javedbutt6222 So what?? Why does it bother you, kid

  • @stevegrantley4588
    @stevegrantley4588 Год назад +34

    What a brave man. Razia is a wonderful interviewer.

    • @bbcnewsindia
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  • @psidhu1979
    @psidhu1979 Год назад +70

    Hahaha bloody brilliant "people have lost their lives as a response to words you wrote." "People lost their lives as a response to a terrorist fascist attack" - Classic Rushdie

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  • @balgrantango460
    @balgrantango460 Год назад +25

    So very grateful to have Salman Rushdie still with us and may he long thrive. Dante would have designed a whole new level of the underworld for the perpetrators of such crimes as were committed against Rushdie, a level of the underworld where he can be forgotten. Great interview.

    • @cyberverse9141
      @cyberverse9141 Год назад

      Do you even know the stuff he writes? He's an islamophobe

  • @subhendu7221
    @subhendu7221 Год назад +21

    Thank you Hadi Matar. You prompted me to read one of the finest book ever written.
    It is shocking that a book that has so much love for people can generate such hatred.
    How can someone hate this gentleman, sensitive, Compassionate man?

    • @proudatheist2042
      @proudatheist2042 Год назад

      People with personality disorders who believe in a socially endorsed mythology that can't handle satire and think they are entitled to be violent in the name of their socially endorsed mythology perpetuate terror.

  • @ramdularsingh1435
    @ramdularsingh1435 Год назад +18

    You are really really the true hero of ours Salman Sir ! You shall win the world the way you are progressing now ! You do have the guts and capacity for it all. GOD bless you !....

  • @diegoinjapan
    @diegoinjapan Год назад +12

    He seems like such a nice and eloquent man.

  • @normadesmond6017
    @normadesmond6017 Год назад +12

    horrible, horrible what happened to him. for writing a book he was threatened for years and years. until they finally got him. and I admire his strength to his craft and keeps on going.

  • @tlcservisesfbtm2271
    @tlcservisesfbtm2271 Год назад +25

    A big salute to Salman Rushdie for his strengths, holistic look at the world, wry sense of humour, zest for life and the great equanimity he shows about dealing with dangerous experiences in life that he has endured.

  • @shylanambiar4316
    @shylanambiar4316 Год назад +38

    Talk about sacrificing yourself for your art. First a fatwa and now attempted murder. Rushdie is a true literary hero.

    • @bertrandrussell894
      @bertrandrussell894 Год назад

      Yep, a superstitious mandate to murder a writer in a foreign country is a bit mad when you think about it. Backward even,

    • @quleughy
      @quleughy 10 месяцев назад

      I mean, the attempted murder was because of the Fatwa.

  • @Ratigan2
    @Ratigan2 Год назад +8

    What humbling interview. This man is incredible.

  • @spaarkingo
    @spaarkingo Год назад +26

    What a great personality ❤

    • @bbcnewsindia
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    • @nejlababali7901
      @nejlababali7901 Год назад

      This man is Evil

    • @sillysod33
      @sillysod33 Год назад

      @@nejlababali7901 why? Isis, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Taliban, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are evil. Salman Rushdie isn’t.

    • @brotherben4357
      @brotherben4357 Год назад +1

      @@nejlababali7901Evil? In what way, mate?

  • @muratkurt7262
    @muratkurt7262 Год назад +37

    Why doesn’t this have millions of views?

    • @bbcnewsindia
      @bbcnewsindia  Год назад +5

      Same question!

    • @garyk1334
      @garyk1334 10 месяцев назад

      A lot of people have given up on the bbc they can see it for what it has become & don't like it

    • @ranjumamachan5313
      @ranjumamachan5313 10 месяцев назад

      Writing is dead.

  • @sillysod33
    @sillysod33 Год назад +41

    The fact that SSR’s very presence infuriates hundreds of millions of braindead troglodytes worldwide makes him even more precious. SSR is a treasure and a gem 💖💖💖

    • @Gabriel-ServantOfGod
      @Gabriel-ServantOfGod 10 месяцев назад

      You are right in a way, the prophet told us to ignore the ignorant ones who slander and tell them "peace"
      So we should do that in fact, after all, this decrepid man will burn in hell if he doesn't repend for the slanders and mocking he did which he had no right to make, but we live in a sick society which allows this stuff with no repercussions.
      I won't insult anyone because i fear God, but i could slander apparently a lot of people and lie and whatnot and call it "fiction" and i would be fine...
      Anyways, you enjoy conflict and ugliness, but i don't.
      Nah i will hear some recitation to purify myself from this xD.
      I have this custom of answering comments from the time of ignorance before reverting to islam, so i must learn and follow the wisdom.
      Sadly many people don't read the Quran by themselves, so they only know what we do as an example.
      Honestly, believe what you want my brother/sister in humanity.
      I liked stuff i don't like anymore, and we can't idolize novel writers and justify their bad stuff just because we like what they write...
      Hitler has some cool architectonic paintings, is he a poor angel now?
      Similarely SSR literally has the face of a weird person who does nasty things in private islands...
      But perhaps he's good writing novels.
      I don't know, do what you want.
      Peace

    • @otablott7779
      @otablott7779 10 месяцев назад

      Be quiet fool

  • @Ivee_dodo
    @Ivee_dodo Год назад +9

    so relieved to see he is still here to enlighten us...

  • @Mindfookfilms
    @Mindfookfilms Год назад +24

    This is my hero. He single handedly outed the 'peaceful' dogma like no other.

    • @txt4r
      @txt4r 4 месяца назад

      would u support him if he wrote a novel eg SatXX Chews ??...

  • @homafattahi4073
    @homafattahi4073 Год назад +11

    Satanic Verses and Midnight children are my favourite books by Mr. Rushdie. What's maddening is how total ignorance gives rise to prejuidice, and provoks subsequent criminal actions toward a fiction in true sense!!

  • @prashasti598
    @prashasti598 Год назад +9

    salman is in no rush to die, excellent interview!

  • @windowman929
    @windowman929 Год назад +33

    Religion poisons everything: Christopher Hitchens 🇮🇪

    • @justamuslim2628
      @justamuslim2628 Год назад

      Hello. Glad he survived and recovered.
      Actually, such act of violence is called in Arabic غدر and it's forbidden in Islam.

    • @brotherben4357
      @brotherben4357 Год назад

      @@justamuslim2628Rushdie is considered an enemy of Islam and an enemy of Allah, no?

    • @justamuslim2628
      @justamuslim2628 Год назад +1

      @@brotherben4357 Of course not. Rushdi is a human being created by Allah. All humans have the right to live and learn from their mistakes.

    • @brotherben4357
      @brotherben4357 Год назад

      @@justamuslim2628 Oh. Are there no enemies of Islam or Allah?

    • @justamuslim2628
      @justamuslim2628 Год назад

      @@brotherben4357 Allah is God. God has no enemies because he created all creatures. He's the almighty and most powerful. There are for sure enemies of humanity. Whether Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Athiests it doesn't matter.
      Salman is just a story writer. He's neither an enemy of Allah nor humanity. His book is boring btw.

  • @amancalledkev
    @amancalledkev Год назад +42

    Let’s not avoid the glaringly obvious incompatibility of a particular religion in the civilised world.

    • @dylanmcdermott1110
      @dylanmcdermott1110 Год назад +4

      Let's not ignore the fact that you're grouping all Muslims under the category of extremists and using 'civilized' as a dog whistle to seek out other people with your prejudice.

    • @LogicaetRatio-r8z
      @LogicaetRatio-r8z Год назад +5

      @@dylanmcdermott1110what if Muhammad was a scammer

    • @dylanmcdermott1110
      @dylanmcdermott1110 Год назад +1

      @@LogicaetRatio-r8z I think religious prophets in general are scammers. I don't think very highly of Islam, Christianity or Judaism.

    • @worldwatcher9671
      @worldwatcher9671 Год назад

      Saying disrespectful things about the holy prophet who lives in the hearts of 1.5 billion Muslims is not free speech. It is a deliberate provocation which is totally unnecessary and evil.

    • @Cacofonixravi
      @Cacofonixravi Год назад +2

      All religions are incompatible in present world. It has to be relegated to museum

  • @SolLeon-kl9ho
    @SolLeon-kl9ho Год назад +9

    Thank you for this interview, this is just him, resilient, always the best, forever the optimist, one of the greatest writers of our time.

  • @winstonmaraj8029
    @winstonmaraj8029 Год назад +3

    So, so lovely to see Her and Him. Two brilliant people derived from South Asia. Except for the Scientists, these are the people who I love nd value above everything else. Thanks BBC India. He is sure to win the Nobel Prize somedae.

  • @7_years_and_
    @7_years_and_ Год назад +6

    He is so brave to challenge world's most dangerous cult . ⚔️🗡️🔥

  • @mermadiha
    @mermadiha Год назад +10

    I love him just so so much

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  • @mariadange06
    @mariadange06 Год назад +3

    Bless Salman Rushdie, what a man of conviction, staying true to himself despite constant threat to his life.

  • @wordscapes5690
    @wordscapes5690 Год назад +11

    The Religion of Peace - the gift that keeps on giving.

    • @sillysod33
      @sillysod33 Год назад +1

      A donkey’s shit has more value than the Religion of Peace.

  • @raniyako
    @raniyako Год назад +3

    18:44 i wish these words were engraved in the mind of every human being, live long Rushdi and keep your fight on

  • @liman524
    @liman524 Год назад +5

    Sincere and professional discussion, many thanks!

  • @monojdas-gupta5918
    @monojdas-gupta5918 Год назад +11

    The interview was a gem.Folks can learn how to coduct a civilised interview without being too prying or sensational.

  • @VersusArdua
    @VersusArdua Год назад +19

    Imagine being so butthurt that somebody you dont know wrote a book that's critical of your faith that you actually seethe with enough hatred to physically attack that person? These extremists are sick. If there are bombs going off in your homeland that are killing women and children, thats a legitimate gripe. I can understand the motivation there for taking some sort of retribution, no matter how misguided. But over a book? Its just pathetic, really.

    • @Robespierre-lI
      @Robespierre-lI Год назад

      The book isn't "critical of (that) faith". This is a common misunderstanding.

  • @Rosie-chen
    @Rosie-chen Год назад +1

    Lucky to watch Rushdie talking about his joy about receiving younger reader's book review。wish you all the best Sir!

  • @fzs695
    @fzs695 9 месяцев назад

    When I see him my faith in freedom of expression is strengthened, thank you Sir.

  • @fathimamajeed7338
    @fathimamajeed7338 Год назад +12

    We need more books thank you

  • @colegio2239
    @colegio2239 9 месяцев назад +1

    Salman Rushdie is such an educated, exquisite man. He did not deserve to be violated by some deranged godless terrorist! I totally admire Mr. Rushdie for his artistry as a top notch writer who is an inspiration to us all for his courage to never give up!

  • @dylanmcdermott1110
    @dylanmcdermott1110 Год назад +12

    I haven't read Rushdie, but I really want to. I've heard him read from The Satanic Verses and it's hilarious. I absolutely applaud this man's efforts to stand up for free speech and to keep satire alive.

    • @ibrahimanan1874
      @ibrahimanan1874 Год назад

      .. you welcome Salman Rashidi only because he confirms your inherited hatred for Islam, as if you are saying to yourselves: Look, he is not us.. he is a Muslim and he speaks about Islam the way we feel.. Do you think you are deceiving us?

    • @brotherben4357
      @brotherben4357 Год назад

      @@ibrahimanan1874Your comment is very confusing, mate. Do you think that people think Rushdie is a Muslim?

    • @ibrahimanan1874
      @ibrahimanan1874 Год назад

      @@brotherben4357
      Why don't they think so since it is so? Are they just stupid?

    • @Ratryggva1090
      @Ratryggva1090 Год назад

      ​@@ibrahimanan1874always the victim

  • @wanderlust451
    @wanderlust451 Год назад +3

    Good to see him... I am really feeling bad for him.... He doesn't deserve this...

  • @josephyoung6749
    @josephyoung6749 Год назад +5

    4:48 "it's not going to be a long book... only a couple hundred pages" now that's a writer for you

  • @leewilkin5582
    @leewilkin5582 Год назад +1

    Thank goodness Salman Rushdie did not die in that atrocious attack on August 12th of last year!
    My thoughts and prayers were with Salman on August 12th 2022 (and through the following months of his recovery). It’s heartening to know that so many good people all over the world were also sending wishes of goodwill and love during this terrible time.
    I was pleased to hear that Salman has been writing about what has happened to him-not from my selfish perspective of wanting to read his thoughts (that I’m sure will be a harrowing read for many as well as myself); but because the creative act must surely help him come to terms with this atrocity and aid his healing.
    It’s wonderful to see Salman looking relaxed and happy (and able to joke about various aspects of his life (and the world we collectively share)). People all over the world will draw comfort from that.
    I purchased a first edition copy of Haroun and the Sea of Stories after being impressed by Salman’s Late Show interview at the time of publication. (I’ve been thinking about using Magic Realism within my own fiction. This wonderful book has been calling me to read it again.)
    A little poem dedicated to the writer of Haroun and the Sea of Stories:
    Drawn by your treasured mind
    Sirened by your printed voice
    Coiled around me is an illusion of choice
    Because I’m a hapless sailor
    And you’re of that roaring sea
    Singing like waves over my sinking whaler
    And drowning me in your mystery

  • @NielsBohr107
    @NielsBohr107 Год назад +5

    Amazing to hear 1:00-1:42 releasing what he thought was just another novel when really he opened the floodgates to war which would alter his entire life. "It was a big fight, but a good one to have" 😎👍

  • @eruption423
    @eruption423 Год назад +3

    Salman is an idea .. idea never dies

  • @andrewcunningham6957
    @andrewcunningham6957 Год назад +2

    Great to see him doing so well.

  • @josephoriaku602
    @josephoriaku602 7 месяцев назад

    "It's the books that matter not the knives......to carve a better understanding through words that heal".

  • @srothbardt
    @srothbardt Год назад +13

    I doubt any of the people who put out
    the fatwa on Rushdie read any of his books. Some are difficult literature
    not anti anything. Dictatorships need enemies to put public attention on.

    • @Ratryggva1090
      @Ratryggva1090 Год назад

      The assaholas don't think. They just kill in the name of their god. Fatwa is a sickness.

  • @MoariIsaac
    @MoariIsaac Год назад +5

    Great literally gem.i love you.

  • @nikan4now
    @nikan4now Год назад +6

    A real intellectual

  • @DesiBookLover
    @DesiBookLover Год назад +24

    Still got his sense of humor.

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      @bbcnewsindia  Год назад +2

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  • @tuition_nemo
    @tuition_nemo Год назад +11

    Sir , I want to express myself in my mother tongue as I feel comfort . Midnight Children এখনো দেখা আমার অন্যতম এক সিনেমা ❤

  • @dmgsoultogetherness6667
    @dmgsoultogetherness6667 Год назад +7

    straight talking...best wishes to him.

  • @BL_World_Lovers
    @BL_World_Lovers Год назад +2

    Respect and love, from iran.

  • @GoogleRescueGooglerescue
    @GoogleRescueGooglerescue Год назад +3

    Full of hope and life

  • @NeoHomoSapien
    @NeoHomoSapien Год назад +20

    More power to you Salman Rushdie sir 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @tejasshah4204
    @tejasshah4204 Год назад +2

    As a therapist, I can imagine what it would be like to be Salman Rushdie's therapist..!

    • @Robespierre-lI
      @Robespierre-lI Год назад

      That certainly would be interesting. But he is very much someone whose fortitude and perseverance I admire - and wish I had.

  • @someinteresting
    @someinteresting 11 месяцев назад +1

    It is very interesting (and scary) how two opposite understandings of "it's the books that matter" clash with terrible results.

  • @dustykashifeathers858
    @dustykashifeathers858 Год назад +12

    I love you Salman!❤

  • @carlolee2116
    @carlolee2116 Год назад +8

    So look at u now sir. All i can say is be safe.

  • @showmetheway2
    @showmetheway2 Год назад +9

    9:40 That's such an important point he makes.

  • @SamNunezNYC
    @SamNunezNYC Год назад

    Really and incredible man. Beautiful in his outlook…. Can’t imagine going through something like that

  • @RIJU9285
    @RIJU9285 7 месяцев назад

    One of the most beautiful minds of this generation. What a sad world we live in!

  • @arundhatiray1224
    @arundhatiray1224 Год назад +8

    No one can take your mind away from you !
    May God bless you always in all your deeds especially ✍️ writing

  • @ToddDouglasFox
    @ToddDouglasFox Год назад +3

    Sorry Rushdie, it is you and not your books or that you were attacked that is the reason I have respected and liked you for decades. However your books and your continued goodness and strength of spirit throughout your life is also much appreciated and reminds me once again that I have accurate and meaningful insight into people. 🙇‍♀️ 🫡 👊

  • @picturehouse2947
    @picturehouse2947 Год назад

    Your books will always keep copies in my library . You are very courageous , an example to all ....

  • @fawaka5006
    @fawaka5006 9 месяцев назад

    Salman Rushdie, what a man! Blessings to him! 🙏🏿

  • @parthabiswas5388
    @parthabiswas5388 Год назад +3

    A brave writer ❤❤

  • @BP-dn9nv
    @BP-dn9nv Год назад +2

    As a catholic I have a hard time whenever my religion is insulted or I see a caricature of Jesus on tv. In no way however would i ever think about threatening or hurting the people behind it and stand 100% those who do. All Muslims have every right to take offense to the satanic verses, but they are in no way allowed to try and threaten rushdie's life

    • @Robespierre-lI
      @Robespierre-lI Год назад

      One of the biggest problems with religion is that they confuse ideas for identity and often create the notion that certain ideas are "sacred.". But all ideas should be open to criticism and parody, especially the bad ones.
      Islam and, to a lesser extent, Christianity have the greatest problems in this regard. (I've never heard of anger over a Hindu god being parodied or of Jews attacking others because Yahweh was insulted.)
      It's good that Christianity has been tamed in the past couple centuries. But there were many centuries in which the church killed "heretics" with abandon. We need to be honest about this.

  • @mehmooda786
    @mehmooda786 Год назад +1

    great to see u standing tall!

  • @jeannecastellano7181
    @jeannecastellano7181 Год назад +1

    What an intelligent GENTLEMAN! I'm so glad he is forging ahead in his physical recovery and writing. This is why we have freedom of speech in America. Yes, we have to put up with a lot of stupidity and illiberalism, but we know it's a system that also allows the creme de la creme of artists and scientists to write freely. Thank you Mr. Rushdie!

    • @yomamasohot6411
      @yomamasohot6411 Год назад

      The Islamists will get you anywhere. They got to you in Europe. They will get to you in America.

  • @cookiecruncher3260
    @cookiecruncher3260 10 месяцев назад

    Salman Rushdie is a hero for humanity ❤

  • @alinr5440
    @alinr5440 8 месяцев назад

    What an amazing man. My deep respect and admiration.

  • @SamJay7
    @SamJay7 Год назад

    After all, that to say "I'm incredibly lucky", this man understood god.

  • @nazlone
    @nazlone Год назад +3

    I try to read Salman, but after one or two chapters, I get bored. Reading Satanic verses was something I did to see the uproar against him.
    The main issue is that there is not a single Muslim intellectual who has come out to challenge him with the PEN. They have only threatened him with death.
    Ibn Rushd(Averroes) faced the same in Spain.

  • @solallate1141
    @solallate1141 Год назад +19

    People are evil who attacked Salman Rushdie

  • @yoursbrahmastra7050
    @yoursbrahmastra7050 Год назад +3

    Long Live Rushdie Sir 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️🧡

  • @naeaf
    @naeaf Год назад +3

    Sorry that this happened to him.

  • @lynnmckenna9934
    @lynnmckenna9934 Год назад +2

    respect

  • @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
    @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 Год назад +1

    Bravo for still speaking

  • @ElsonGjoka-re3on
    @ElsonGjoka-re3on Год назад +1

    The fakt that he really survived to that atack "demonise him more ..
    Im sure that some extremist muslims ..start waching him like 😈 ( one eye )
    Personally i never read him..
    But watching him now ..it looks like a very calm ,and protected man.
    He looks more than a simply writer .

  • @theo9952
    @theo9952 Год назад +12

    Unfortunately his attacker - that miserable fanatic - cannot be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for the attempted murder and serious permanent physical damage. I hope that at least he gets that and serves his time to the last day.

    • @theo9952
      @theo9952 Год назад +6

      @@cyberverse9141 You are encouraging acts of terrorism. You should be in prison along with that criminal.

    • @cyberverse9141
      @cyberverse9141 Год назад +2

      @@theo9952 his entire career is based on spreading abuse and hatred towards Muslim community. You're the one who's sick for defending him

    • @theo9952
      @theo9952 Год назад

      @@cyberverse9141
      Criticizing a religion is not . And you keep on encouraging acts of Islamist terrorism. You should be either behind bars, or extradicted back to wherever you came from. I hope that either of the two happens soon, as you are evidently a potential danger to a free civilized society, where one has to right to criticize ANY RELIGION or ideology without getting murdered or maimed by miserable fanatics. We will see to it.

    • @sammshroo3494
      @sammshroo3494 Год назад +2

      @@cyberverse9141 pathetic excuse

    • @holyleague8286
      @holyleague8286 Год назад

      @@cyberverse9141 Quran 22.52
      And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is Knowing and Wise. (if muhammad was already touched by Satan, how did he know he was again fooled by Satan?😁)

  • @taroctg
    @taroctg Год назад +1

    Love you, Salman.

  • @Robespierre-lI
    @Robespierre-lI Год назад +3

    Rushdie never asked to be a hero for free speech and press freedom. He certainly never intended to be a case study for the poisonous religious laws concerning "blasphemy" in Islam.
    But that's exactly what he has become - in addition to being an incredible fiction writer.
    He certainly has earned a place in history - and in the hearts of many.

  • @soumyajeetchakrabarty6872
    @soumyajeetchakrabarty6872 9 месяцев назад

    Mr.Rushdie is ❤

  • @leenaronalds4155
    @leenaronalds4155 Год назад +4

    God, I love this man. I could listen to him all day.

  • @CO27640B
    @CO27640B Год назад

    We love you Sir.

  • @kasturiswami784
    @kasturiswami784 Год назад +11

    What a wise man.

    • @jovannacarranza1881
      @jovannacarranza1881 Год назад

      You don't understand the definition of wise man do you.

    • @sillysod33
      @sillysod33 Год назад +1

      @@jovannacarranza1881enlighten us then if you do.

    • @brotherben4357
      @brotherben4357 Год назад

      @@jovannacarranza1881What is your definition of a ‘wise man’?

  • @laylaali5977
    @laylaali5977 Год назад

    Excellent interview

  • @kgp007007
    @kgp007007 Год назад +3

    Imaginary book with real life consequences. Bravo

  • @kgp007007
    @kgp007007 Год назад +1

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  • @deepasampathkumar
    @deepasampathkumar Год назад +1

    He wrote a book, if you are riled up, you go write another book. Write against him
    He will face the repurcusions for his actions now. Thank God there is a well protected judiciary

  • @tonyongbayawak1027
    @tonyongbayawak1027 Год назад +4

    His books really good to become exmuslim

  • @sabihatanveer8494
    @sabihatanveer8494 Год назад +5

    ❤🤲✌,you had the last😂,rust in piece to that manic Attacker

  • @leilagomulka5690
    @leilagomulka5690 Год назад

    I was a writer in Chautauqua. I was horrified by the news. 🙏💔

  • @vishalprasad2138
    @vishalprasad2138 Год назад +3

    When is this interview from?

  • @shrinivasrathod7514
    @shrinivasrathod7514 Год назад

    Nice too see you sir

  • @stoicsavage509
    @stoicsavage509 Год назад +5

    What a LEGEND 🙌