Harold Pinter on Rushdie fatwa

Title

Harold Pinter on Rushdie fatwa

Genre

Interview

TX Date

20 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Playwright, Harold Pinter on the International Committee for the Defence of Salman Rushdie. The campaign is attempting to keep the writer’s name in the forefront of people’s minds following the death sentence imposed by the Ayatollah Khomeini over his book, The Satanic Verses. A booklet has just been published containing statements of support signed by more than 12,000 people in 67 countries. Female interviewer not identified. Broadcast on LBC AM.

Contributors

Harold Pinter

Keywords

Books; Authors; Iran; Writers; Novelists; Islam; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Islamic law; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa; International Committee for the Defence of Salman Rushdie

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