One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer…

Salman Rushdie
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One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as Averroes in the West. In his time, he was making the non-literalist case for interpreting the Koran. ✨ Salman Rushdie: Inside the Mind of Jihadists. Interview with Nathan Gardels, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 25, 2011.
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My heart broke open and history fell in. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2000). The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel, p.336, Macmillan
I hate admitting that my enemies have a point. ✨ Salman Rushdie (1989). The Satanic Verses, New York, N.Y. : Viking
The thing that always attracted me to New York was the sense of being in a place where a lot of people had a lot of stories not unlike mine,' Rushdie says. 'Everybody comes from somewhere else. Every … ▶
Sometimes by a woodland stream he watched the water rush over the pebbled bed, its tiny modulations of bounce and flow. A woman's body was like that. If you watched it carefully enough you could see … ▶
And so it is they who, between them, give me all the reasons for believing in none. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2008). The Enchantress of Florence, p.45, Random House

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