Salman Rushdie death threat

Title

Salman Rushdie death threat

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:31

Description

Oni Bhattacharya reports on reaction to the death sentence (fatwa) imposed on the author Salman Rushdie by Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khomeini (Ruhollah Khomeini), because his book, The Satanic Verses, is a slur on the Prophet Mohammed. Includes interviews with Sayed Abdul Quddus, secretary of the Bradford Council of Mosques; Hesham el-Essawy, Islamic Society for the Promotion of Religious Tolerance; Salman Rushdie.

Contributors

Salman Rushdie; Oni Bhattacharya; Sayed Abdul Quddus; Hesham El-Essawy

Keywords

Books; Authors; Iran; Death penalty; Writers; Freedom of expression; Novelists; Islam; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Islamic law; Ruhollah Khomeini; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa

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