Articles written by Giulio Meotti

Giulio Meotti|Sep 23, 2016

When Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses came out in 1989, Viking Penguin, the British and American publisher of the novel, was subjected to daily Islamist harassment. As Daniel Pipes wrote, the London office resembled “an armed camp,” with police protection, metal detectors and escorts for visitors. In Viking’s New York offices, dogs sniffed packages and the place was designated a “sensitive location.” Many bookshops were attacked and many even refused to sell the book. Viking spent about $3 million on security measures in 1989, the fatal y...