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name: "Salman Rushdie on Religion and Criticism"
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date: 2026-06-21
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link: "https://wordsmith.org/words/pulchritudinous.html"
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linkText: "wordsmith.org"
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source: "A.Word.A.Day"
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topics: [quotes]
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tags: [free-speech, religion, courage, awad]
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description: "On why ideas, including religions, deserve criticism."
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> "Respect for religion" has become a code phrase meaning "fear of religion." Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.
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— Salman Rushdie, writer (b. 19 June 1947). A.Word.A.Day Thought for Today, on Rushdie's birthday.
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