Salman Rushdie Responds To Charlie Hebdo Attack, Says Religion Must Be Subject To Satire — huffingtonpost.com

In response to today's shooting at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Salman Rushdie released a statement defending the art of comedic criticism, writing, "I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity." Rushdie's words are particularly relevant given that his own work -- a magical realist novel inspired by Muhammad's life -- led Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa against him in 1989. His 2013 memoir Joseph Anton further promotes the right to offend.

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