Salman Rushdie fatwa

Title
Salman Rushdie fatwa
Genre
Interview
TX Date
18 Feb 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:02:15
Description
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 against Islam; if Iran is encouraging Muslims in Britain to kill Rushdie following the issuing of the fatwa (death sentence); and he claims the press has made the fatwa a political issue instead of a religious one.
Contributors
Muhammad-Mehdi Akhundzadeh-Basti; Peter Russell
Keywords
Books; Authors; Iran; Freedom of expression; Novelists; Islam; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Islamic law; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa

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