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The Satanic Verses controversy, also known as the Rushdie Affair, was a controversy sparked by the 1988 publication of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.It centered on the novel's references to the Satanic Verses (apocryphal verses of the Quran), and came to include a larger debate about censorship and religious violence.
On 12 February 1989, 10,000 protesters gathered against Rushdie and the book in Islamabad, Pakistan. Six protesters were killed in an attack on the American Cultural Center, and an American Express office was ransacked. As the violence spread, the importing of the book was banned in India [15] and it was burned in demonstrations in the United ...
This is a list of Wikipedia articles deemed controversial because they are constantly re-edited in a circular manner, or are otherwise the focus of edit warring or article sanctions. This page is conceived as a location for articles that regularly become biased and need to be fixed, or articles that were once the subject of an NPOV dispute and ...
He caused controversy in 2016 when he suggested that today's special forces lack the mental toughness of their forebears. [ 5 ] Mortimer has acted as a consultant to several television documentaries including the three-part BBC series about the wartime SAS, which was broadcast in 2017.
The World Today, styled also as The World Today with Maryam Moshiri is a news programme that premiered on both UK feed and international feed of BBC News channel on 21 February 2024. The programme is mainly hosted by Maryam Moshiri. The show, dedicated to international news is said to "bring the best of the BBC's global journalism to audiences ...
Inside the editing controversy sweeping the U.K. and changes to new editions, and whether they've been changed in the U.S. Roald Dahl books will be published in 'classic' form following editing ...
The controversy, which has been discussed by book lovers across platforms, has put a fresh spotlight on the book industry’s ongoing challenges with Goodreads, which has taken on outsize ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. BBC news programme World News Today Final title card, used from 2019 to 2020. Created by BBC World News Presented by Philippa Thomas Karin Giannone Kasia Madera (Fri) Alpa Patel (Sat-Sun) Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English Production Production locations Studio C ...