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- <title>
- Jan. 07, 1991: World Notes:Islam
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Jan. 07, 1991 Men Of The Year:The Two George Bushes
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 66
- World Notes
- ISLAM
- No Mercy for Rushdie
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> He lives under constant police protection, moving from one
- secret address to another. His isolation is only rarely broken
- by much more than telephone calls and furtive visits by family
- and friends. Salman Rushdie feels he had no choice but to hide
- since the day in February 1989 when Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
- condemned him to death for his novel The Satanic Verses. The
- Indian-born writer maintains that he never intended to offend
- followers of the Muslim faith; last week he went a step further
- toward atonement--and perhaps an end to his exile--by
- announcing that he is embracing Islam and will not support an
- English-language paperback printing or further translations of
- the book.
- </p>
- <p> Rushdie's reaffirmation of his faith came after he held a
- secret meeting with Islamic scholars. But there was no sign of
- mercy from Iran's current spiritual leader, Ayatullah Ali
- Khamenei. He responded to Rushdie's semi-apology by saying the
- death sentence issued by the late Ayatullah Khomeini is
- irreversible.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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