author - salman rusdie

BOOKER prize-winning British author Salman Rushdie said in an interview broadcast on Monday that he may one day write a book about his life under an Iranian decree calling for his death.

The Indian-born writer, who was raised as a Sunni Muslim, has lived since 1989 under the shadow of an Iranian fatwa - or religious decree - calling for his death over his controversial novel The Satanic Verses.
The author is accused by some Muslims of blaspheming Islam in the book, which triggered an international furore when it was first published in 1988.
Rushdie was forced into hiding after Iran's then revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa.
Following the announcement of Rushdie's knighthood last year, Iran said the death sentence still stands.
After nearly a decade hiding away, Rushdie began to appear in public more and more, eventually becoming a socialite fixture on the international party circuit.
When his knighthood was announced in the queen's birthday honours list, it sparked condemnation from a number of Muslim countries and organisations, protests, and threats against Britain from Al-Qaeda.
At the time, British government ministers stressed that they were sorry if people had been upset by the honour, but said it was for a lifelong body of work and refused to apologise for the award.