The Rushdie Fatwa and 'Religion vs. Free Speech'
Given the relevance of the essay to the refreshed fatwa on Rushdie, I’ve decided to make "Religion vs. Free Speech" accessible to all.
"Cut off the head of Salman Rushdie!" chanted a crowd of Islamists in Pakistan yesterday as calls to murder the “blasphemer” were renewed following his knighthood in Britain.
Such barbarism is to be expected from religionists—not just from Muslims, but from any religionists who are neither restrained by a rights-respecting constitution (as they are to so…
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