I can't stand his writing (even his children's book was awful) but this shows the ugly side of organised religion and of society which allows bonkers loonies to use religions as a crutch to shore up their madness.

I agree JK.

I despise all religious nuts, cultists and religions.

No one forced anyone to read Satanic Verses I tried to read it when it first came out and I couldn't get on with it.

If an extremist stabbed Salman Rushdie, then hasn't Salman proved his point ?

The only "religion" I have time for is Buddhism. It is about compassion, love for all and denial of ego. It is the only inclusive religion, that can happily encompass any other, or atheism, rather than draw infantile battle lines.

Rushdie can be bit hit and miss for me but I loved some early stuff - and re read Midnight's Children earlier this year. I
dearly hope he pulls through and this vile evil, fascist strain in society of shutting everyone up who disagrees with you is thwarted.

I would have agreed with you until the Rohingya WYOT. That shattered all my belief in Buddhism. What the Buddhists did to those Muslims is beyond belief. And are still doing.

JK2006 wrote:
I would have agreed with you until the Rohingya WYOT. That shattered all my belief in Buddhism. What the Buddhists did to those Muslims is beyond belief. And are still doing.

Yes this very much troubles me too. Just goes to show, I suppose, it boils down to people in the end. We can call ourselves whatever we want; but actions are the measure. There is, though, nothing in Buddhism which could countenance what those "Bhuddists" did. The same can't be said for Christianity or Islam. Their books prescribe blood-shed.

Wyot wrote:
The only "religion" I have time for is Buddhism. It is about compassion, love for all and denial of ego. It is the only inclusive religion, that can happily encompass any other, or atheism, rather than draw infantile battle lines.

Rushdie can be bit hit and miss for me but I loved some early stuff - and re read Midnight's Children earlier this year. I
dearly hope he pulls through and this vile evil, fascist strain in society of shutting everyone up who disagrees with you is thwarted.

I deliver to a lot shops and restaurant's owned by Sikhs the boomer generation of Sikhs do have fantastic stories and why they came to the UK.

It's sad that fear of seeming racist limits our militant atheists from denouncing these fanatics. You wouldn't believe the number of white middle class female academics are straining to explain away the subjugation of women in Islamic countries. It's astonishing. As Rushdie himself noted, the convenient relativism of many western commentators leaves the road clear for violence and persecution.

Sales of Satanic Verses rocketing; praise be to whichever God is arranging this...

www.nationalreview.com/news/salman-rushd...t-in-wake-of-attack/

I hated Midnight's - gave up on Satanic after a few pages - just do not like his writing.

My copy of Satanic Verses was in a thift store just days after it was published. I haven't bothered looking at his other novels.

If you want to be revolted, stocked and laugh at the same time read Tom Sharpe. Not in public though, I did read Wilt I was bursting out laughing in the bar and subway.

I did get a seat to myself and a drug addicted from the hood no doubt, asked me If I had taken something I shouldn't had he was concerned?

When I told the plot line of Wilt and of course the blow up doll. He said is Wilt a real person ?