Rushdie speech cancelled after death threats in India

24 January 2012, 11:02 am

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - A video-link speech by Salman Rushdie to Asia's largest literature festival was cancelled minutes before it was due to begin on Tuesday because of death threats to the organizers and fears of riots by Muslim groups. Rushdie's 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses" is banned in India and he had been forced to cancel a plan to address the festival in person. The portrayal of the ...... Read More »

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