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You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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Bombay
Rushdie
Joseph Anton
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
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