Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses and the theater.
Monday, March 31st, 2008Posted eddyra by on news
The late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has pronounced a fatwa in 1989 that called on Muslims to
kill Salman Rushdie, the author of Satanic Verses. The book was considered by many Muslims to be blasphemous and its author to be an apostate. His book, which was published in 1988, had caused a storm of protest on its first publication, almost 20 years ago.
There had been book-burnings and riots, death threats and indeed actual deaths. A reward was offered of £1.6m to kill him. The book’s Italian translator was stabbed and his Norwegian publisher shot, but both survived.
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