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  1. Salman Rushdie on Whitbread award (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Carol Allen interviews author Salman Rushdie on his novel, The Satanic Verses, winning the Whitbread novel section prize. He says he hopes the award may help the ban on the book to be lifted in India.

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  2. Salman Rushdie book pulled from shelves of W. H. Smith (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the arson threats that have forced W. H. Smith to withdraw The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie from its stores in Bradford. A copy was ceremonially burned by angry Muslims, forcing product manager...

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  3. Salman Rushdie death threat (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    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...

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  4. Salman Rushdie on The Satanic Verses (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sue Jameson interviews author Salman Rushdie about his controversial novel The Satanic Verses. The interview was recorded before the Whitbread book awards (which he did not win) and before the death threats...

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  5. Howe stands firm against Rushdie fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Foriegn Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe makes it clear at a Foreign Press Association lunch that Britain will not accept incitement to violence against Salman Rushdie and publishers of The Satanic Verses...

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  6. Salman Rushdie fatwa confirmed (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    David Spanier reports on an Iranian radio announcement confirming the death sentence (fatwa) against author of The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie, for blasphemy against Islam, confirmed by spiritual leader of...

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  7. Salman Rushdie fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Iran’s charge d’affaires in London, Muhammad-Mehdi Akhundzadeh-Basti speaks to Peter Russell about the calls for author Salman Rushdie to apologise for his book The Satanic Verses supposed blashemy...

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  8. Salman Rushdie fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    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)...

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  9. Geoffrey Howe on Salman Rushdie affair (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe talks to John Fraser about the Government’s decision to join Europe in condemning Iran and closing its mission in Tehran in response to the issuing of the fatwa on author...

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  10. Salman Rushdie fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Woodley reports on Salman Rushdie’s decision not to go on an American book promotion tour after having a price put on his head by Muslim leaders over the blasphemy to Islam in his book The Satanic...

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