RUSHDIE JR: ‘FATWA WAS FUN FOR ME’
Writer SALMAN RUSHDIE’s infamous fatwa in 1988 intrigued his young son, who thought the death threats were "fun" and "cool".
The acclaimed author provoked outrage from extremist Muslims around the world when he published controversial novel THE SATANIC VERSES, and the allegedly "blasphemous" text saw Iran’s rulers put a bounty on his head.
But the severity of the situation was lost on Rushdie’s child ZAFAR, now 27, who found the experience amusing at first.
He recalls, "The fatwa was fun for me at first. I was nine, and I came home one day to find police in the house.
"It was really cool to be around these big guys with guns. But I soon found out enough to realise there was a big deal going on, and it wasn’t good.
"I’d answer the phone and this voice would say: ‘We’ve got your number. We know where you are and we’re going to come and kill you’ I lost my childhood innocence early."
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