Salman Rushdie talks to paper about fatwa

Title

Salman Rushdie talks to paper about fatwa

Genre

News report

TX Date

15 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:02

Description

David Piper reports on author Salman Rushdie talking to The Guardian newspaper about his Satanic Verses book for the first time since the fatwa was put on him a year ago over the controversial novel.

Contributors

David Piper

Keywords

Books; Authors; Iran; Newspapers; Novels; Islam; The Guardian; Salman Rushdie; Islamic law; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa

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