U.K. Police Investigate Online Threat to J.K. Rowling - The New York Times

The author of the “Harry Potter” books was threatened on Twitter after she posted condolences for the novelist Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on Friday in western New York.

Mr. Rushdie went into hiding in 1989, shortly after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses. The book, which contained fictionalized depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, offended many Muslims,… [+540 chars]

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