Salman Rushdie has now lived with a price on his head for over a decade. Long after most Westerners have forgotten about him, Iranian Muslims are still raging about his case. Recently suicide bomber recruitment in Iran was explicitly advertised as targeting Americans, Israelis, and Rushdie. And now a discussion thread in an Iranian forum (which claims to be “the largest Shia online community”) has a significant number of respondents claiming they would kill or hurt him if they had the chance. From the AhlulBayt discussion forum, with thanks to LGF:
What would you do if you saw Salman Rusdie unprotected walking down the street?
Kill him, and run to Iran for your BIG reward. [ 16 ] [14.55%]
Kill him, but NOT claiming the reward after. [ 25 ] [22.73%]
harm him without killing him [ 13 ] [11.82%]
Have a polite discussion with him saying his work is wrong. [ 20 ] [18.18%]
Praise him for his “work”. [ 7 ] [6.36%]
Do nothing. [ 29 ] [26.36%]
Total Votes: 110
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