In the past few days, there had been reports in the Times of India and elsewhere that Rushdie's life was being threatened--hard evidence that a fatwa the Ayatollah Khomeini issued more than two decades ago, ordering Rushdie's death, has hardly burned itself out.
MORE: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/01/a-writer-under-threat-again.html#ixzz1k3yRiqi4
See also...
Salman Rushdie cancels trip to India after death threat
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/20/world/asia/india-rushdie-threats/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
