'I don't want to hide' says Rushdie, 30 years after fatwa

The novelist's life changed forever on February 14, 1989, when Iran's spiritual leader ordered Rushdie's execution after branding his novel "The Satanic Verses" blasphemous. Like a kind of reverse Valentine, Tehran renewed the fatwa year after year. Rushdie spent 13 years living under a false name and constant police protection.

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