Mohammed Fayyaz on International Guerillas

Title

Mohammed Fayyaz on International Guerillas

Genre

Interview

TX Date

22 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:00

Description

Following a ban on video sales of the Pakistani film International Guerillas, in which Salman Rushdie is shown torturing and murdering Muslims before himself being killed, the film’s distributor, Mohammed Fayyaz, arguing that Muslims in Britain should be able to express their own opinions about both the film and Rushdie’s book, The Satanic Verses. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Mohammed Fayyaz

Keywords

Books; Authors; Censorship; Films; Novels; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; International Guerillas; Freedon of expression

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