“[The student group’s] vagueness invites the interpretation [that they want him dead].”

What about the vagueness invites interpretation? That they didn’t first make clear that they don’t want Rushdie dead. The punchline only works if one believes all Muslims are guilty by association.

Dude, your mad kings were clearly out of control. Declaring war on the Ottomans, then declaring war on your allies from that war. Then declaring war on the Allies and helping the Nazis round up Jews in the region until someone finally stepped in to put down your rulers. Some gratitude would be nice.

None of these non-material workarounds seem to be improving material conditions, researchers caution

That’s weird, I believe they had a very good point