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58 results found for '"Satanic Verses"' in Keywords.
Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran (1989)
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- Interview
Paul Cooper, brother of Roger Cooper, held in Iran on spying charges for nearly 4 years without trial, talks to Lynne Mennie about the effect on Britons held there of the UK Government pulling all diplomats...
Salman Rushdie book pulled from shelves of W. H. Smith (1989)
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- 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...
Salman Rushdie on W. H. Smith’s withdrawal of his novel (1989)
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- Interview
Author Salman Rushdie is interviewed on the decision of bookstore chain W. H. Smith to remove his new book, The Satanic Verses, from its shelves in Bradford due to protests by and threats from Muslim groups....
Psychiatric nurse wins Whitbread book prize (1989)
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- News report; Interview
Sue Jameson reports on the Whitbread Book of the Year award, won by Paul Sayer, a first-time novelist and psychiatric nurse, for The Comfort of Madness.The book expected to win was The Satanic Verses by...
Salman Rushdie death threat (1989)
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- 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...
Salman Rushdie on The Satanic Verses (1989)
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- 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...
Fatwa call on Salman Rushdie (1989)
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- Interview; News report
George Matheson reports on Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declaring a fatwa (death sentence) on Salman Rushdie and the publishers of his controversial book, The Satanic Verses. 5 people have...
Satanic Verses book burnt in Bradford (1989)
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- Interview
Salman Rushdie speaks to arts correspondent Sue Jameson about his book The Satanic Verses being burnt in Bradford by the British Muslim community and letters of support he has received from the Muslim...
Howe stands firm against Rushdie fatwa (1989)
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- 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...
Salman Rushdie fatwa confirmed (1989)
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- 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...