"(about her teen years) My admirers all said the same thing in different ways. It was my fault, their wanting to kiss and hug me."

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My father decided that he was such a admirer of Ibn Rushd's philosophy, thinking that he changed the family name to Rushdie. I realized why my father was so interested in him, because he was really an incredibly modernizing voice inside our Islamic culture.

— Salman Rushdie