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58 results found for '"Satanic Verses"' in Keywords.
Iranians expelled from Britain over Rushdie fatwa (1989)
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- Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd interview on expelling Iranians closely connected with the Ayatollah Khomeini regime from the UK, 9 so far, following the issuing of the death threat against author Salman...
Muslims’ anger at Salman Rushdie novel (1989)
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- Interview
Tens of thousands of Muslims will take to the streets of London tomorrow for a massive demonstration against the controversial Salman Rushdie novel, The Satanic Verses. Muslims believe the book is...
Demonstration against Salman Rushdie book (1989)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Police in riot gear were called in when violent clashes broke out during a demonstration by twenty thousand Muslims who marched on Downing Street in a protest against Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic...
Collets bookshop fire bombed (1989)
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- Interview
Gareth Furby interviews eyewitnesses, Mr and Mrs Jonathan Condliffe(?) about a fire bomb attack on a branch of Collets bookshop on the Charing Cross Road in London. The arson attack is thought to be part of...
Anti-Rushdie rally turns violent in Bradford (1989)
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- Interview; News report; Vox pop
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;...
Satanic Verses reading (1989)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
The first public reading in Britain of Salman Rushdie’s controversial book, The Satanic Verses, has gone ahead without trouble. Rushdie is still in hiding due to the death threat (fatwa) issued by an...
Collets bookshop fire bombed (1989)
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- Interview; News report
George Matheson reports on a fire bomb attack on a branch of Collets bookshop on the Charing Cross Road in London. The arson attack is thought to be part of the campaign against Salman Rushdie’s novel, The...
Harold Pinter on Rushdie fatwa (1989)
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- Interview
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...
Bomb attack on York bookshop (1989)
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- Interview; News report
Paul Kenyon reports on a bomb attack at a bookshop in York. Police have revealed the device went off before the alarm was raised through ITN, and a major disaster was only averted by the prompt action of...
Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran (1989)
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- Interview
Conservative MP Nicholas Baker, a friend of Roger Cooper held in Iran for nearly 4 years on spying charges without trial, talks about the impact that Salman Rushdie’s book and the resulting fatwa has had...