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- WORLD, Page 30World NotesLITERATUREA Renewed Death Threat
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- After a year of enforced confinement following the
- publication of his novel The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie can
- hardly be faulted for speaking his mind from hiding to a few
- British and American publications. But his bold step back into
- the public arena has cost the British author dearly.
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- Last week Iran's supreme spiritual leader, Ayatullah Ali
- Khamenei, reaffirmed the death sentence against Rushdie
- proclaimed a year ago by his predecessor, Ayatullah Ruhollah
- Khomeini. "Mercenary hands which try to diminish Islam by
- cultural plots like writing blasphemous books," Khamenei said,
- would be punished.
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- The warning chilled Japanese booksellers in Tokyo who last
- week began selling a translation of Rushdie's work. When Gianni
- Palma, who arranged the publication and promotion of the book,
- tried to speak at a press conference, he was attacked by a
- Pakistani man.
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