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Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
Actor
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Bombay
Rushdie
Joseph Anton
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
Religion
Mediaeval
Form
Unreason
Real
Weaponry
Freedoms
Combined
Threat
Becomes
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