Pakistan-Iran: Demonstrations Continue Over The Satanic Verses

Record ID: 3239

  • Title: Pakistan-Iran: Demonstrations Continue Over The Satanic Verses
  • Date: 1st February 1989
  • Summary: The passions aroused by Indian-born Salman Rushdie's book 'The Satanic Verses' continued to sweep through much of the Islamic world in 1989.In February huge crowds in the Pakistani city of Peshawar denounced Rushdie, burned a United States flag with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's photograph and demanded the London-based author be handed over for execution. In Rawalpindi former Religious Affairs Minister Kausa Niazi called for Rushdie's liquidation. At Tehran University, the then Iranian President Ali Khameini injected a hint of possible compromise by saying that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's order to murder Rushdie might be lifted if the writer apologised to the Moslem world for having insulted it. NOTE: Date is approximate. This clip may contain footage from multiple events; exact date or dates may be unknown.
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  • Location: PAKISTAN PESHAWAR
  • Reuters ID: LDL0011OE1DFJ
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