Definition: Meaning of, Rushdie, Salman in English to English dictionary.
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(1947- ) a British writer born in India, who won the Booker Prize for his novel Midnight's Children . In 1988 his novel The Satanic Verses offended Muslims because they said that it was insulting to their religion, with the result that Ayatollah KHOMEINI in Iran gave a FATWA, an order that Rushdie should be killed. He had to live in a secret place for many years.