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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 f
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Location:PAKISTAN PESHAWAR
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