(RNS) — The gruesome stabbing of the author Salman Rushdie in the peaceful intellectual retreat of Chautauqua, New York, raises critical questions about the increasing conflict between religious conceptions of blasphemy and freedom of speech. This is not a new conflict by any means, but the attack on Rushdie on American soil signals a disturbing turn of events. Rushdie first shot to global notice in 1989 after the former supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, calling for his death for writing 'The Satanic Verses,' a novel that offended many Muslims with its depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.

https://religionnews.com/2022/09/02/rushdies-right-to-blasphemy-not-free-speech-was-attacked-at-chautauqua/

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