Salman Rushdie ready to ‘get medieval’ with the Times Literary Supplement

Novelist hits back at TLS blogger’s criticism of his language in response to Charlie Hebdo attacks

Salman Rushdie has threatened to “get medieval” on the “ass” of the Times Literary Supplement if it continues to pick apart his comments.

The esteemed literary magazine has published an article taking issue with Rushdie’s use of the word medieval in a pejorative sense in his widely disseminated statement about the attacks in Paris earlier this month. “Religion, a medieval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms,” said the novelist at the time, declaring his solidarity with Charlie Hebdo.

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