Rush·die /ˈrʌʃ(ˌ)di, ˈrʊʃ-/
Rushdie
n : British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his
novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa
was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947) [syn: Salman
Rushdie, Ahmed Salman Rushdie]