Muslims protest against Rushdie book

Title

Muslims protest against Rushdie book

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

9 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:47

Description

Muslim groups are holding a week of demonstrations over Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic Verses, outside the headquarters of the publishers Viking Penguin in London. The book is shortly expected to be brought out in paperback. Simon Bowden reports. Includes interviews on the protest and the fatwa against the author with demonstration organiser, Bradford Council of Mosques President, Sher Azam; unidentified demonstrator. For Brian Widlake programme.

Contributors

Simon Bowden; Sher Azam

Keywords

Books; Authors; London; Interethnic relations; Demonstrations; Novels; Penguin; Islam; Peaceful protest; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa

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