Novelist Salman Rushdie tells Bloomberg that the banning of books in the US which "tell the story of America from a different viewpoint" is "clearly an attempt to erase that viewpoint." PEN America, an advocacy group, has documented nearly 23,000 book bans in US public schools since 2021, which it said is "without precedent." Speaking on The Mishal Husain Show, Rushdie said that one of the reasons he moved to the US in 2000 was because free speech is enshrined in its Constitution through the First Amendment. The book bans are "dangerous," he warns, adding that many of the works "deal with America seen from the perspective of people who are not White." Listen to the full interview with Salman Rushdie by subscribing to The Mishal Husain Show wherever you get your podcasts.