Anti-Rushdie rally turns violent in Bradford

Title

Anti-Rushdie rally turns violent in Bradford

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

17 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Dee Marshall reports on violence in Bradford when fighting broke out between white youths and Muslims protesting against the publication of Salman Rushdie’s novel, The Satanic Verses. Includes crowd noise; interviews with protesters; Dennis(?) O’Toole, Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire; Liaqat Hussain, General Secretary of the Bradford Council of Mosques; Mohammed Riaz, a Labour councillor in Bradford. Broadcast on Pennine Radio.

Contributors

Pennine Radio; Dee Marshall; Liaqat Hussain; Mohammed Riaz; Dennis(?) O’Toole

Keywords

Books; Authors; Violence; Yorkshire; Demonstrations; Censorship; Riots; Protests; Novels; Bradford; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature

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