Salman Rushdie was dead right when he described the banning of the Satanic Verses in India nine days after its publication in London as "political football".
Rushdie’s assailant: “My name is legion for we are many”
Rushdie not a problem for Muslims but for politicians
The Maulana from the Darul Uloom seminary at Deoband who threatened the Jaipur Literary Festival with disruption, in case Salman Rushdie participated, is only the latest in a long list of spoilsports appointed by God.