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Salman Rushdie Quotes

One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as Averroes in the West. In his time, he was making the non-literalist case for interpreting the Koran.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: indian
Birth: June 19, 1947

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