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Afrasiabi said he is convinced the faculty members at the center want to ruin him because of his criticism of them and his defense of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses...
When he comes out of hiding, he really comes out. Salman Rushdie is writing a feature-film screenplay based on a short story he wrote about an immigrant boy growing up in London in the '60s. (Gee, Sal, how'd you come up with that one?) The Courter will be produced by British film company Warner Sisters (yes, Sisters). So far, it hasn't offended anyone...
...clear misstatement of fact is Dr. Afrasiabi's assertion that six years ago I "called him to [my] office and told him he has to stop negotiations [for clemency for Salman Rushdie]" because I was concerned that Harvard, "as a result, would lose lucrative deals with Rushdie's opponents." In fact, I cannot recall ever criticizing Dr. Afrasiabi's political opinions on any matter whatsoever; open and divergent dialogue is a hallmark of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies...
Second, in an incident Afrasiabi labeled "the real blowing point," he worked with the television program "60 Minutes" to arrange an interview with Iranian leaders and with exiled author Salman Rushdie...
...Salman Rushdie did not ask to become the free-speech hero to the literary world; he is too complex a writer to wave any flags. Rushdie was transformed into the world's most famous living author by the Ayatolla Khomeini's 1989 fatwah, a chilling text, and perhaps a more revolutionary piece of writing than Rushdie's novel...