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IMSD statement over the murderous attack on Salman Rushdie | August 20, 2022

21 August 2022

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Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy

August 20, 2022

IMSD Statement on Salman Rushdie

The IMSD condemns the murderous attack on Salman Rushdie in the strongest possible terms. There cannot be any doubt that the assault on the world-renowned writer is due to the Iranian fatwa in 1989 which pronounced that Rushdie should be killed for blaspheming against the prophet of Islam. Despite the apology tendered by Rushdie for