When I was writing The Satanic Verses, if you had asked me about the p…

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When I was writing The Satanic Verses, if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal. ✨ A translated man. Interview with James Campbell, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2006.
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