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Wednesday, 6 March 2019

Rushdie urged to withdraw Satanic Verses and 'end suffering' - archive, 7 March 1989

7 March 1989 Chairman of the Islamic Society for Religious tolerance in the UK asks Salman Rushdie to withdraw his book

Dismissing ‘fellow-writers, who are supporting you to the last drop of their ink,’ one of the earliest Muslim campaigners against The Satanic Verses asked Mr Salman Rushdie last night to ‘end the suffering’ and withdraw the book.

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from Islam | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/07/salman-rushdie-urged-to-withdraw-satanic-verses-1989

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