"News about the stabbing has led to renewed interest in The Satanic Verses, which topped bestseller lists after the fatwa was issued in 1989. As of Saturday afternoon, the novel ranked No 13 on Amazon.com."
Radical shiite Islamists taking L's. Not only has the attack failed to take his life but its going to lead to MORE people reading the book. People who never heard about Salman Rushdie and the book like my younger siblings and people in this thread are going to take notice now and thees going to be renewed interest in the book. These idiots haven't learnt their lesson from 1989, the sales of the book catapulted exponentially AFTER the fatwa was issued. The book was about to be taken off the shelves of W. H Smith before the fatwa was issued and the book became front page news. A total failure of censorship.
Radical shiite Islamists taking L's. Not only has the attack failed to take his life but its going to lead to MORE people reading the book. People who never heard about Salman Rushdie and the book like my younger siblings and people in this thread are going to take notice now and thees going to be renewed interest in the book. These idiots haven't learnt their lesson from 1989, the sales of the book catapulted exponentially AFTER the fatwa was issued. The book was about to be taken off the shelves of W. H Smith before the fatwa was issued and the book became front page news. A total failure of censorship.
