Salman Rushdie fatwa

Title

Salman Rushdie fatwa

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:12

Description

Iranian Writers in Exile member Esmail Khoi tells Gareth Furby he thinks Salman Rushdie is a great writer; agrees he is putting his life at risk by supporting Rushdie because of the fatwa (death sentence) issued by Iran for supposed blasphemy of Islam in Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses; and on the extent of the threat against Rushdie.

Contributors

Gareth Furby; Esmail Khoi

Keywords

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

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