I half-heard the overnight replay of the interview (I was half asleep). Although there was a death threat against Mr Rushdie because of the “Satanic Verses” book, there was no death threat against all British people or all Indian People, as compared to the situation now where one person living in America (who may or may not be an American citizen) posts an anti-Islam video and the Arab world condemns all Americans. I wonder if Mr Rushdie had a comment on this.

Although interesting, I can't help but note that Mr Rushdie certainly suffers no inferiority complex

Thank you, Mr. Rushdie. Such poetry, lost on most. It is my ardent dream, that the Umma, worldwide, would take a breath and think. khadija- Rabat-Morocco. Salam, Shalom, Peace. ko

That's right - like the first Jewish family to "disappear". May you be truly blessed and the world this very day is aflame with the hatred and intolence that we hope to quell.

Mr. Rushdie,

When all your troubles started, I wrote to you care of your publishers inviting you to hide out at our place in Chicago. We were living in a very off-the-beaten-track neighborhood where we figured you wouldn't be recognized by the mostly Hispanic residents.
After hearing the interview, I realize with all the moving around you didn't have much time to reply to strangers. I will be buying your book this week.

Art Malik did such a great reading of The Moor's Last Sigh, yet someone else is doing the audio narration of Joseph Anton.

How much say does Mr. Rushdie have in that selection for the audiobook?

Heart! Thank you, Mr. Rushdie. khadija

I heard Mr. Rushdie's interview where he asks why the Islamic world is going backwards. This was very interesting, is there any hope given the state of that part of the world and the finality of "death". If you kill enough people your society will go backwards. Won't there be a brain drain when all the educated people leave for the west.??

In her Newsweek article http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/09/16/ayaan-hirsi-ali-on-the-islamists-final-stand.html Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote:

"Rushdie felt particularly aggrieved that many of the attacks came from people whose worldview he shared. His leftist credentials were undisputed, given his positions on apartheid, the Palestinian question, racism in Britain, and Margaret Thatcher’s government. What’s more, Rushdie considered himself a friend, not an enemy, of Islam."

I assume that she knows Mr. Rushdie personally to write this.

Question - have Mr. Rushdie changed his positions on these issues? Namely - Islam and Israel-Arab (Jewish - Muslim) conflict.

Heard Salman Rushdie this morning and I was wondering why he is calling attention to himself at this point, and possibly putting himself in danger again when the lunatic fringe is so active. The rationale for the title "Satanic Verses" is rational but will not be understood by the mad mobs.