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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.
India’s ban on the import of author Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses has been overturned by the Delhi High Court due to a remarkable situation – the original notification cannot be found ...
The Satanic Verses: Salman Rushdie: This book cannot be imported into India. [32] Import ban was imposed after Muslim groups protested that it was blasphemous and hurt their religious sentiments. [19] India was the first country to ban this book. [20] 1989 Soft Target: How the Indian Intelligence Service Penetrated Canada: Zuhair Kashmeri and ...
The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel from the Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie. ... As the violence spread, the importing of the book was banned in India [15] ...
When India banned “The Satanic Verses,” Rushdie condemned the action and doubted whether his censors had even read the novel. In an open letter to then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, published in The New York Times in 1988, he alleged the book was “being used as a political football” and called the ban not only “anti-democratic, but ...
Currently banned in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. [31] The Satanic Verses (1988) Salman Rushdie: 1988 Novel Banned for blasphemy against Islam. Salman received a fatwa for his alleged blasphemy [32] Naree (1992) Humayun Azad: 1992 Criticism Banned in Bangladesh in 1995, [33] though the ban was later lifted in 2000. [34] Lajja (1993) Taslima ...
In 1989, The import [50] of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses was banned in India for its purported attacks on Islam. [51] India lifted the Ban in May 2011. In 1990, Understanding Islam through Hadis by Ram Swarup was banned. [52] In the same year, the Hindi translation of the book was banned, and in March 1991 the English original became ...
The Satanic Verses, a novel written by Salman Rushdie became controversial in the 1990s due to the allegedly inflammatory and insulting text about Islamic prophet Muhammad, his wives and the Companions causing worldwide protests. The Indian government banned the book fearing protests from politicians and religious clerics. [16]