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Though Rushdie denies that his convoluted novel is meant to be antireligious, its profane and satirical treatment of Islam's origins is guaranteed to offend any true Muslim. Rushdie points out that his work is fictional and the two most offensive chapters merely recount the demented dreams of one of its characters. But in the eyes of believers, both historical and religious truth have come under an unprecedented assault. Their reaction is especially harsh because Rushdie was raised a Muslim. Says Professor Georges Sabagh, director of the center for Near Eastern studies at UCLA: "He's engaged in the worst...
After learning the recount results, Graham'scampaign chair, Pamela A. Thomure, said she neededto examine the rest of the material used in thevoting process before deciding whether to takefurther action...
...minimize the possibility of error, Thomureasked that the recount be conducted by hand.Yesterday, the Election Commission hired about 40former poll workers to count the votes, payingthem $7 an hour, said Commissioner Edward J. Samp,one of the two commissioners supervising theprocess...
Many of Thompson's observers, who outnumberedGraham's by nearly 2 to 1, said they consideredthe recount a waste of time and money...
Thompson said that the recount was probably aprelude to an election challenge from Graham in1990...