Salman Rushdie, the award-winning author who went into hiding for almost a decade after Iran’s supreme leader called for his killing over his novel “The Satanic Verses,” reflects on censorship and the state of free expression in America. Rushdie was stabbed more than a dozen times on stage in 2022 before giving a speech and was left blind in one eye.
By Lynne Lechter Perhaps yesterday was not the best day to schedule a halal food festival in the Philly suburbs?
A new documentary follows renowned author Salman Rushdie’s recovery from the 2022 attack that nearly took his life and left him without sight in one eye. Rushdie connects this attempted murder to the broader attacks on free expression, and the role of writers and journalists today. “I think one of the things that artists all understand and journalists understand is that if you have the story, tell the damn story,” Rushdie says. “Writers always speak the truth and face the consequences.”
According to the Middle East Forum’s report, El-Sayed’s campaign operated an exhibitor booth inside the convention hall, where campaign workers promoted his candidacy, solicited donations and recruited volunteers.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has rescinded an interfaith award for an Islamic cleric who praised Osama bin Laden.
The Church of England has rescinded an interfaith honor given to an Islamic cleric who once praised Osama Bin Laden following widespread backlash. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The female Archbishop of Canterbury has rescinded an interfaith award for an Islamic cleric who praised Osama bin Laden. DETAIL: On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally, the senior bishop of the Church of England and symbolic head of the global Anglican Communion, gave Imam Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi the Hubert Walter Award for “reconciliation and interfaith cooperation.” Ashrafi was awarded for his supposed “longstanding support for religious minorities in Pakistan.” However, soon after…Open
A surprisingly patronizing movie
A five-times-divorced British grandmother proposed to Osama bin Laden's fourth son two weeks after meeting him on horseback in Egypt, launching a two-decade odyssey of denied visas, exile, and controversy that continues today. Jane Felix-Browne was 51 years old, a parish councillor in the small English village of Moulton in Cheshire, population roughly 2,400, when […] The post British grandmother married Osama bin Laden's son after a two-week courtship — and their saga still isn't over appeared first on American Almanac .
A five-times-divorced British grandmother proposed to Osama bin Laden's fourth son two weeks after meeting him on horseback in Egypt, launching a two-decade odyssey of denied visas, exile, and controversy that continues today. Jane Felix-Browne was 51 years old, a parish councillor in the small English village of Moulton in Cheshire, population roughly 2,400, when she traveled to Giza, Egypt, for a horse-riding trip about twenty years ago. Omar Bin Laden was 26, a scrap metal dealer and the son of the most wanted man on the planet. Three days after they met in the saddle, Omar told her who his father was. Two weeks later, she proposed. By September 2006 they were married, and by the following spring they had formalized the union with…Open
Aired On: 9/14/2026
A new poll highlights public concerns over crime and cultural shifts in London, with many Britons believing parts of the city are dominated by Sharia law.
A new poll highlights public concerns over crime and cultural shifts in London, with many Britons believing parts of the city are dominated by Sharia law . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: More than a third of Britons believe London has “no-go zones ” where Sharia law dominates, according to a new poll examining public perceptions of the capital. The YouGov survey of more than 2,000 British adults found that 34 percent believed there are areas of London where non-Muslims are unable to enter, while 36 percent disagreed and roughly one in five said they did not know. DETAIL: The poll was conducted for a King’s College London study which examined public perceptions of crime, religion, and social conditions in the city. The findings come…Open
By Susan Quinn Polls suggesting widespread Muslim assimilation may be misleading.