From Reuters:
Author Salman Rushdie (C) poses with fellow honorees Salim Mansur (L), Tashbih Sayyed (2nd L), Wafa Sultan (2nd R) and Nonie Darwish before the American Jewish Conference’s 30th Annual Dinner, ‘Profiles in Courage: Voices of Muslim Reformers in the Modern World,’ in Beverly Hills, California, September 17, 2006. Rushdie was presented with the organization’s highest honor, the Stephen S. Wise Humanitarian Award, during the event. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello (UNITED STATES)
Congratulations, Tashbih, and congratulations to all these courageous people. I had the honor of speaking on a panel with Nonie Darwish in Los Angeles last week, and she is doing immensely valuable work, as is Wafa Sultan. I look forward to the day in which you are all lionized by Muslim groups around the world.
