We Ignored Salman Rushdie’s Warning

Honestly with Bari Weiss

The Free Press

News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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We live in a culture in which many people believe that words are violence. In this, they have much in common with Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who issued the first fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989, and with Hadi Matar, the 24-year-old who stabbed the novelist in the neck on a stage in Western New York. Today, as Rushdie recovers from his injuries, reflections from Bari on the profound impact that the words are violence crowd has had on our culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Barclays, we're here for every goal.
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0:18.0	We're here for the grassroots and all the muddy boots. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.
0:27.6	Barclays, here for every goal.
0:30.6	I'm Barry Weiss, and this is honestly.
0:34.0	For the people that need to hear this, words are violent.
0:39.0	Words are violent.
0:42.0	We live in a culture in which many people words are violent.
0:49.0	We live in a culture in which many people believe that words are violence. Stop saying you don't condone violence, honey,
0:52.3	words are violent.
0:54.8	In this, they have much in common with the Iranian Ayatollah,
0:59.0	who issued the first fatwa against the novelist Salma Rushty in 1989.
1:03.6	And also with Hadi Marratiya
1:06.8	Yamata.
1:11.2	And also with Hardy Matar, the 24-year-old who a few days ago appears to have
1:16.7	fulfilled the Supreme Leader's command. This was the scene shortly before 11 a.m. right after the moment a man was
1:25.7	tackled after allegedly stabbing Salma and Rushdie on stage when he rushed a
1:31.0	stage in Western New York and stabbed Rushty in the neck.
1:35.0	This morning writer Selmon Rushty, whose work has made him the subject of death threats,
1:39.0	is hospitalized with serious injuries and is on a ventilator, we're told,
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