Finally, the Ayatollah Khomeini put a multi-million dollar bounty on Rushdie's head and told Muslims it would be the right thing to do to assassinate Rushdie. That is why I was surprised to see him on television the other night. He says the contract is still out on him, but folks do not take it quite so seriously anymore. He had better hope not. Nothing but words.
Words have power.
Some of the deepest wounds we ever suffer come from words. So she stopped. She never sang anymore. She did not sing in worship. She did not sing at parties.